Gold Creek Foods, LLC Process Verified Program

Commodity

Location(s):

Caryville, TN, Est. P2260T
Dawsonville, GA, Est. P27505
Gainesville, GA, Est. 27505A, P44935, P34805

Process Verified Point(s):

  • Raised in USA – chickens raised on farms in the United States.
  • Raised Cage Free – chickens are not raised in a cage.
  • No Antibiotics Ever – chickens raised without the use of any antibiotics of any kind at any time.
  • No Animal Protein/Vegetarian Diet – chicken feed does not include any animal by products.
  • Responsible Use of Antibiotics
  • USA Source Verified – chickens raised and processed in United States.
  • Raised Without Antibiotics – chicken are not given antibiotics in their feed, water or by injection.
  • No Antibiotics Administered - antibiotics are not used at any point even at the hatcheries.
  • Locally Raised and Processed - plants and feed mill are within 250 miles.
  • 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.
  • Raised with Non-GMO/Non-GE Grains – feeds are produced from grains (corn and soy) that are verified to be non-genetically modified organism (GMO)/non-genetically engineered (GE) from the time and point of delivery through the milling process to the point of mixing and then segregated through the remainder of the process to ensure the identity is maintained through to the finished packaged poultry products.
  • Verified Animal Welfare Program – claim is based on the principles outlined in the National Chicken Council’s Animal Welfare Guidelines.

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.