Food Safety

Plymouth Beef Promise

SQF (Safe Quality Foods)

Plymouth Beef operates under the SQF (Safe Quality Foods) Level 3, edition 8 Certification. This is the highest standard food safety certification available in the industry. This program is above HACCP and helps us to achieve our goal as a Leader in Food Safety. The program contains 5 key areas of focus:

  • SQF System Ready
  • Documents Ready
  • Training Ready
  • Plant Ready
  • People Ready

Plymouth Beef has achieved Level 3 certification for over 10 consecutive years.  Our management and QA department has dedicated itself to provide our customers the highest quality, most wholesome products possible.

Food Safety Protocols

At our state-of-the-art facility we have all of the latest protocols and procedures in place to produce the most wholesome Hamburger & Ground Beef products in the industry. We purchase raw materials form the very best suppliers who have the latest intervention strategies in place at their facilities. We employ the best technology in our facility to make sure we are operating as a Leader in Food Safety and under industry best practices.

  • Raw materials and finished product are part of an elaborate microbiological testing program
  • We employ the latest in foreign object detection systems
  • Foss Meat Scan equipment is used to monitor fat content
  • Rapid Trace-back program in place
  • Continual Employee training and auditing
  • Subject to unannounced Food Safety audits