3.0 | Quality Assurance, Food Safety, and Regulatory Compliance
Relevance to Our Business The Richardson brand has a long-standing reputation as a producer and supplier of high-quality, food safe products to the world. It is Richardson’s priority to protect consumers from health risks related to the handling, processing, and packaging of food-grade products. We implement rigorous quality assurance and food safety protocols and practices – backed by data, science, and innovative technology – and put them to the test through regular internal assessments and audits. We do this to ensure we remain a company in which people can place their trust. Our corporate quality assurance and food safety team: • Is specialized in food sciences and food chemistry, microbiological sciences, and grain grading. • Maintains compliance with domestic and international food safety specifications, standards, and laws. • Maintains compliance with commercial quality and food safety specifications. • Ensures the grains, oilseeds, and food products Richardson supplies to end-use domestic and international customers comply with all applicable commercial and regulatory quality, functionality, nutritional, and food safety standards. • Collaborates with Richardson's stakeholders - including operations, sales and merchandising, procurement, transportation, insurance, legal, environment, health, and safety (EH&S), and corporate communications - to develop and maintain standards for product development and ensure safety, integrity, and consistency of products. • Represents Richardson on industry, regulatory, and market-access committees, where they lend their expertise in the areas of food quality and food safety.
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