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Native Maine Produce & Specialty Foods, LLC is again awarded GOLD status for food distribution safety, quality standards and practices by Silliker Laboratories.

In today’s global marketplace retailers, restaurants, institutions and professional chefs should demand assurances they are purchasing safe and quality food products. Wanting the same assurances, Native Maine demonstrates an unmatched commitment to safe and quality products by adhering to an internationally accepted food management system, a food safety, sanitation and security audit. This audit includes a fully integrated safety and quality management protocol designed specifically for the wholesale food sector. A third party, licensed independent contractor, Silliker Global Certification Services performed the on-site audit on July 14, 2009.

Silliker Laboratories is the leading international network of accredited food testing and consulting services. They help companies worldwide manage solutions to today's food safety and quality challenges throughout the supply chain. As part of Native Maine’s food safety and quality solutions program approach, we maintain an uncompromising commitment to food quality and safety. No other independent produce company in Maine chooses to be under such scrutiny to prove the quality of their food’s safety!

By earning this prestigious level of Gold, Native Maine customers have peace of mind that the food they purchase is safe. Established food safety policies, procedures and protocol are at the heart of everything we do as a company. From multiple temperature zones to an unbroken distribution cold chain, to ServSafe Food Safety® educated administrators and degreed (culinary arts) product selectors and managers on every shift, the formal food safety education of Native Maine’s staff is supreme.

Experience the way we protect the food you serve by visiting us. Private tours of our modern 1,000,000 cubic foot food distribution facility or appointments to view a copy of our food safety audit are available anytime.