Commodity
Location(s):
Gainesville, GA, Est. P9165, P31979, P40124, P46027
Process Verified Point(s):
- No Antibiotics Ever – poultry products are from birds hatched and raised without the use of antibiotics ever.
- Responsible Use of Antibiotics:
- No antibiotics used important to human medicine as defined by the World Health Organization.
- No antibiotics used medically important to human health as defined by the World Health Organization.
- Responsible use of animal antibiotics only – antibiotics are used only when medically necessary.
- No antibiotics will be used on program birds except for Ionophores, but only in a manner describe by the label for control of coccidiosis.
- Veterinary use only antibiotics allowed – only a veterinarian may issue treatment of antibiotics to birds.
- Only veterinary use antibiotics allowed – only a licensed veterinarian can prescribe antibiotics for the treatment of birds.
- No antibiotics used for growth production – no antibiotics are used throughout the growth cycle of the bird to enhance growth.
- Growth promoting antibiotics are not used – birds are not given antibiotics for growth promotion.
- No antibiotics, including Ionophores - birds are never given antibiotics or ionophores during their life cycle.
- All Vegetarian Diet – poultry products are from birds that are raised on an all vegetarian diet with no animal by-products included in the rations.
- No Animal By-Products – poultry products are from birds that are not fed any animal by-products.
- USA Source Verified – poultry products are from birds that are hatched and raised within the United States.
- No antibiotics used important to human medicine as defined by the Food and Drug Administration – antibiotics that are used are considered not important to human medicine by the Food and Drug Administration.
For more information on the USDA Process Verified Program and additional information on this specific program, visit the Livestock & Poultry Program’s Quality Assessment Division website.