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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration describes the federal Grade A milk drug-residue screening framework.
processorUS Foods / FirstClass Foods, Hawthorne, EST. 18895
US Foods’ Hawthorne operation, also known as FirstClass Foods and Stock Yards Hawthorne, makes custom meat portions and ground-meat blends.
organizationUSDA Butter Grading
USDA Butter Grading evaluates butter quality, including flavor, body, color and workmanship.
organizationUSDA National Organic Program
The USDA National Organic Program sets organic production standards, including pasture requirements for ruminant livestock.
organizationUSDA Process Verified Program
The USDA Process Verified Program audits documented company processes against specifically defined claims.
companyValio Ltd.
Valio is owned by Finnish dairy farmers through cooperatives and owns the Finlandia cheese and butter brand.
processorValley Meat Company
Valley Meat Company was identified as a Modesto, California ground-beef processor in 2010 recall reporting.
companyVerde Farms LLC
Verde Farms markets organic grass-fed beef and operates a meat-processing facility in Pedricktown, New Jersey.
companyVictorine Livestock
Victorine Livestock is Clint Victorine’s operation from which the Eel River Organic Beef business developed.
companyVilla Rose LLC
Villa Rose LLC operates in Waialua, Hawaii, under the Waialua Egg Farm name.
farmVitality Farms
Vitality Farms in Corvallis, Oregon was featured as a Cattail Creek lamb operation in 2014 and 2016.
companyVolcano Island Honey Co. LLC
Volcano Island Honey Company operates Big Island apiaries and does business as Rare Hawaiian Honey Company.
farmW & A Wallace Farming Company Ltd
W & A Wallace Farming Company Ltd was Atkins Ranch’s 2025 Producer of the Year.
farmWaiorongomai Station
Waiorongomai Station is named in Ovation’s New Zealand lamb-supplier network.
processorWalmart Olathe / Red Kingfisher LLC
Walmart’s Olathe, Kansas facility cuts and packages Angus beef for its Midwest stores under establishment 3199.
retailerWalmart U.S. / Marketside / Great Value
Walmart U.S. sells meat under private labels including Marketside and Great Value, with distinct supplier and regional beef programs.
brandWendy's
Wendy’s is a restaurant brand also sold on grocery-store beef patties whose reviewed package names JBS USA Food Company as distributor.
companyWestern Buffalo Company
Western Buffalo Company is named as a destination for bison shipped by Indian Springs Bison in North Dakota.
farmWhite Oak Pastures
White Oak Pastures is the Harris family’s Bluffton, Georgia farm, with its own cattle slaughter and processing operation.
retailerWhole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market applies published sourcing, animal-care and processing standards to meat sold in its Meat department.
processorWillamette Valley Meat
Willamette Valley Meat is a family-owned Portland, Oregon processor of retail-ready meat, offal and specialty cuts.
farmWolfe's Neck Farm
Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport, Maine is the starting point of the meat business described in Pineland Farms’ company history.
processorYosemite Valley Beef Packing
Yosemite Valley Beef Packing in Merced, California was named as a Panorama contract processor in 2012.