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operations to harvest facilities meet various requirements and standards.***

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AzTx Cattle Co., LTD

311 East Park Avenue

Hereford, TX 79045

Contact: Maury Adams 

Phone: (806) 346-2164

Email: maurya@aztx.com 

• Age and Source Verification of 

Cattle

• Non-Hormone Treated Verified 

Beef Cattle (NHTC) with approval 

number PV7141FFA

• High Quality Beef (HQB) Livestock 

Feeding Verification with approval 

number PV9322AUA

• Never Ever 3 (NE3)

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

Location(s): Producers, Feedyards 

& Stockers

Service(s):

Program Compliant Tags

PVP Certificate No.: PV3089ZZA Rev01

Issue Date: March 30, 2023 

Original Approval Date:

January 24, 2007

BeefTraxx, LLC

120 S. 3rd Street

Staplehurst, NE 68439

Contact: Kaylynn S. Coleman

Phone: (817) 456-5796

Email: verify@beeftraxx.com

• Source Verification

• Age Verification

• Export Verification Saudi Arabia

• Non-Hormone Treated Cattle 

(NHTC) Program with approval 

number PV9294ZZA

• BeefTraxx Natural Verified Beef

o No Growth Hormones – fed, 

oral, or implanted

o No Antibiotics – fed or injected

o No Animal By-products Ever – 

in feedstuffs, minerals and/or 

protein supplements. 

• Livestock Feeding Claims Audit 

Program

o European Union (EU) High 

Quality Beef with approval 

number PV9294ZZA

o Never Fed Beta Agonists

Livestock: Cattle

Location(s): 

Producers (Cow/Calf Operations),

Producer Feeders, Backgrounders 

and Feedyards

Services: 

PVP Certificate No. PV3143ZZA

Issue Date: May 25, 2023 

Original Approval Date:

October 19, 2018
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Big Blue Sale Barn

Passport Program®

224 North Park Avenue

Fremont, NE 68025

Contact: Wende Settles & Michelle 

Ehlers

Phone: (888) 294-2583

Email: wwolfe@savrx.com; 

bbsb@savrx.com; 

bigbluesalebarn@gmail.com

• Source Verification

• Age Verification

• Health/Process Verification

• Verified Natural Beef

• Big Blue Sale Barn Never Ever 3

• High Quality Beef (HQB) Feeding 

Claim with approval number 

PV8162EEA

• Non-Hormone Treated Cattle 

(NHTC) Program with approval 

number PV8162EEA

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

Location(s): Producers, 

Backgrounders & Feedyards

Service(s):

Program Compliant Tags

Offsite Tagging Locations

PVP Certificate No.: PV3271HTA

Issue Date: September 29, 2023

Original Approval Date:

May 8, 2004

Bioaudix, LLC

Neumattweg 16

4243 Dittingen

Switzerland

Contact: Adrian Haerri

Phone: +41 (0) 61 228 7997

Email: Adrian.Haerri@bioaudix.com 

• Provide verifiable certification of 

food manufactures/processors to 

the Non-GMO standard 

established by Biolytix.

• Provide verifiable monitoring for 

compliance of clients to the NonGMO standard established by 

Biolytix AG.

Service(s): Marketing of Non-GMO 

certified products 

PVP Certificate No. PV4010JSA

Effective Date: February 01, 2024

Original Approval Date:

December 16, 2016

Elite Beef Producers, Inc.

1111 Stateline Road

Lovington, NM 88260

Contact: Storm Field 

Phone: (806) 319-9010

Email: sfield@elitebeef.com 

• Age and Source

• Non-Hormone Treated Cattle 

(NHTC) with approval number 

PV0356BEA

• High Quality Beef (HQB) with 

approval number PV0356BEA

• Never Fed Beta Agonist

• Verified Natural

o No antibiotics can be 

administered through feed, 

water or injection from birth to 

harvest.

o No HGP’s or reproductive 

hormones may be used.

o No animal by-product can be 

used as feed.

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

Location(s): Producers and

Feedyard

Service(s):

PVP Certificate No.: PV3353JZA

Issue Date: December 19, 2023

Original Approval Date:

February 9, 2021
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Food Safety Net Services

1707 Stone Ridge Drive

Stone Mountain, GA 30083

Contact: Amanda Ferrens

Phone: (402) 906-9606

Email:

amanda.ferrens@certifiedgroup.com

• Tenderness Value

o Certified Group will only provide 

tenderness value

Service(s): lab testing/evaluation PVP Certificate No. PV4073MMA

Issue Date: March 19, 2024

Original Approval Date:

March 19, 2024

Frost PLLC dba FACTA, LLC

680 W. 8th Street

Yuma, AZ 85364

Contact: Justin D. White

Phone: (928) 782-9831

Email: jdwhite@factallc.com

• Provide an objective foundation for 

monitoring and verification for the 

certification of cattle of customers 

to meet specific USDA Beef 

Program(s) requirements.

o Source and Age Verification

o Non-Hormone Treated Cattle 

(NHTC) Program with approval 

number PV0022MMA

 European Union (EU) High 

Quality Beef with approval 

number PV0115MMA

o Export Verification Programs

for Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, 

Taiwan and Singapore

• Provide an objective foundation for 

monitoring and verification for the 

certification of cattle of customers 

to meet FACTA Natural and Grass 

Fed requirements.

o FACTA Natural requirements 

are: No HGPs or Beta Agonists, 

No Antibiotics, through feed, 

water or injection anytime. No 

Animal By-Products. PCT Tags 

are required at the time of 

shipping. Program cattle must 

be moved to and through PVP 

Natural Verified locations. 

o FACTA Grass Fed Program

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

Location(s): Producers, Finishers, 

Backgrounders and Auction Markets

Service(s):

PVP Certificate No. PV2279JZA Rev01

Issue Date: October 19, 2022 

Original Approval Date:

January 29, 2020
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FSNS Certification & Audit, LLC

199 W Rhapsody Drive

San Antonio, TX 78216

Contact: Darby Smith; Kaci Foote 

Phone: (303) 506-7958; (210) 355-6561

Email: darby.smith@fsns.com; 

kaci.foote@fsns.com

• Provide an objective foundation for 

monitoring and verification for the 

certification of cattle of client beef 

producers to meet specific USDA 

Beef Program(s) and Feeding 

Claim Verification Program(s) 

requirements

o Age and Source Verification

o Non-Hormone Treated Cattle 

(NHTC) Program with 

approval number 

PV2235MLA

o Never Fed Beta Agonist

o High Quality Beef Livestock 

Feeding Claim (EU HQB)

with approval number 

PV2235MLA

• Provide an objective foundation for 

monitoring and verification for the 

certification of cattle of client beef 

producers/feeders to meet specific 

FSNS Certification & Audit Feed 

Claim Verification Requirements

o Non-GMO

o Grass-Fed

• Provide an objective foundation for 

monitoring and verification for the 

certification of cattle of client beef 

producers/feeders to meet specific 

Verified Natural Beef requirements.

Verified Natural Beef requirements 

are defined as: 

o No Growth Promotants

o No Beta-Agonists

o No Antibiotics or Sulfas

o No Animal By-Products

o No Ionophores

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

Location(s): Producers and

Feedyard

Service(s):

PVP Certificate No.: PV3249MLA

Issue Date: September 06, 2023

Original Approval Date:

August 24, 2022 
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IdentiGEN North America – Merck 

Animal Health Intelligence

2033 Becker Drive, Suite 301

Lawrence, KS 66047

Phone: (785) 856-8800

Contact: Stacie Eliades-Becker, Global 

Laboratory Operations Director

Email: stacie.eliadesbecker@merck.com

Contact: Jasbeer Goolam Hossen, 

Global Quality & Compliance Director

Email:

jasbeer.goolam.hossen@msd.com

DNA TraceBackTM

• A system for the collection, 

identification, and storage of tissue 

samples.

• A system for the DNA analysis of 

tissue samples, to determine the 

source animal’s unique genetic 

identity for traceability, parentage, 

breed and species in beef, pork, 

poultry, and seafood and 

aquaculture. 

• A system for the DNA analysis of 

tissue samples for animal 

management and quality testing 

purposes.

• A system for the collection, 

identification, analysis, and storage 

of samples from the marketplace 

coupled with a system for the 

comparison of DNA profiles from 

market samples with potential 

source carcasses to determine 

animal of origin.

• A system for SNP testing to 

differentiate the A1/A2 genotype in 

bovine samples.

Livestock: Beef & Pork (live 

animals, carcasses, cuts & ground 

meat); Dairy (live animals); Poultry 

(meat); Seafood (meat/tissue); 

Aquaculture (meat/tissue)

Location(s):

Laboratory in Lawrence, KS

Service(s):

Genetic analysis services

PVP Certificate No.: PV3275ZZA

Issue Date: November 09, 2023

Original Approval Date:

October 9, 2007
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IMI Global, Inc., a division of Where 

Food Comes From, Inc.

Sterling Solutions, a division of Where 

Food Comes From, Inc.

Validus, a division of Where Food 

Comes From, Inc.

202 6th Street, Suite 400

Castle Rock, CO 80104

Contact: Susan Morse

Phone: (714) 742-4801

Fax: (877) 258-4535

Email: info@imiglobal.com

Where Food Comes From®: The Where 

Food Comes From® labeling program is 

available for use on food products verified 

by an approved USDA Process Verified 

Program. For more information, phone 866-

395-5883 or email 

info@wherefoodcomesfrom.com

Points Verified Livestock: Cattle (Beef & Dairy), 

Pork, Lamb, Bison and Poultry

Location(s):

Producers, Dairy Calf Ranches, 

Ranches, Feedyards, Auction 

Markets, Hatcheries, Feed Mills, 

Grow Out Farms, Poultry Harvest 

and Processing Facilities, and Meat 

Processing Facilities in the United 

States, Mexico and Canada. 

Service(s):

• Program Compliant Tags

• Data Service Provider

• 2nd and 3rd Party Contract Audits

• Consulting

• Offsite Tagging Locations

Facilities: Auction Markets

For Age, Source, China Verified, 

NHTC, Verified Natural Beef, and 

Vegetarian Fed. Locations with *also 

includes Verified Grassfed.

Atkinson Livestock Market in Atkinson, 

NE; Bassett Livestock Auction in 

Bassett, NE; Bear Paw Livestock in 

Chinook, MT; Beaver County 

Stockyards in Beaver, OK; Belle 

Fourche Livestock Market in Belle 

Fourche, SD; Billings Livestock in 

Billings, MT; Broken Bow Livestock in 

Broke Bow, NE; Burke Livestock 

Auction in Burke, NE; Burwell 

Livestock Market in Burwell, NE; 

Cattlemen’s Livestock Market in Galt, 

CA; Central Oregon Livestock Auction 

in Madras, OR; *Crawford Livestock 

Market in Crawford, NE; Dillon 

Livestock Auction in Dillon, MT; Enid 

Livestock Market in Enid, OK;

PVP Certificate No.: PV3254ZZA

Issue Date: January 19, 2024 

Original Approval Date:

July 19, 2004
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Cont’d

IMI Global, Inc., a division of Where 

Food Comes From, Inc.

Gordon Livestock Market in Gordon, 

NE; Humboldt Auction Yard in Fortuna, 

CA; Huss Livestock Market, LLC in 

Kearney, NE; Lexington Livestock 

Market in Lexington, NE; Loma 

Livestock, LLC in Loma, CO; Miles City 

Livestock in Miles City, MT; Montana 

Livestock Auction in Ramsey, MT; 

Nevada Livestock Marketing, LLC in 

Fallon, NV; North Platte Stockyards in 

North Platte, NE; Ogallala Livestock 

Auction Market, Inc. in Ogallala, NE; 

Overland Stockyard in Hanford, CA; 

Philip Livestock, LLC in Philip, SD; 

Platte Livestock Market in Platte, SD; 

Prescott Livestock Auction in Prescott, 

AZ; Producers Livestock Marketing in 

Salina, UT; Riverton Livestock in 

Riverton, WY; Sidney Livestock Market 

Center in Sidney, MT; Stockmen’s 

Livestock Inc. in Yankton, SD; 

Torrington Livestock, LLC in 

Torrington, WY; Western Stockman’s 

Market in McFarland, CA; Winter 

Livestock in Dodge City, KS; Wishek 

Livestock Market in Wishek, ND; 

*Turlock Livestock Auction Yard in 

Turlock, CA.

Legacy Verified, LLC

39244 Kiowa Bennett Road

Kiowa, CO 80117

Contact: RaeMarie Gordon-Knowles

Phone: (877) 895-2374 Ext. 101

Email: raemarie@legacyverified.com

Points Verified Livestock: Cattle (Beef & Dairy)

Location(s): Producers, Calf 

Ranches, & Feedyards

Service(s):

Program Compliant Tags

Offsite Tagging Locations

PVP Certificate No.: PV3271ZZA

Issue Date: January 26, 2024 

Original Approval Date:

March 05, 2019
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Low Carbon Technologies, LLC

11740 US Route 42/N

Plain City, OH 43064

Contact: Colin M. Beal

Phone: (307) 438-1596

Email: info@lowcarbonranch.com

Verification of reduced greenhouse 

gas emissions in a group of cattle 

using a comprehensive life-cycle 

assessment model that incorporates 

impacts associated with management 

practices and cattle performance 

throughout the life of the animals. A 

qualified group of cattle must have 

life-cycle greenhouse emissions at 

least 10% lower than industry 

baseline based on the Low Carbon 

Technologies Scoring Tables. The 

following specific points are verified 

for each group of cattle:

o Identify the candidate cattle by a 

unique identification number

o Identify the cattle owner(s) of 

candidate cattle

o Identify and verify relevant 

management practices 

associated with candidate cattle, 

including verification of all 

raising locations

o Identify and verify relevant cattle 

performance of candidate cattle, 

including age verification

o Identify the Emissions Score of 

candidate cattle determined by 

the Scoring Tables

o Assign certification status 

(Qualify, Disqualify) and provide 

the certificate

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

Location(s): Producers, 

Backgrounders/Stockers, & 

Feedyards

Service(s):

Program Compliant Tags

Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions

PVP Certificate No.: PV3187ZZA

Issue Date: July 06, 2023

Original Approval Date:

November 08, 2021
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Ranchers Connecting Ranchers, LLC

7165 County Road 60

Willows, CA 95988

Contact: Jennifer Holzapfel

Phone: (530) 228-8190

Email: 

info@ranchersconnectingranchers.com

Provide an objective foundation for 

monitoring and verification for the 

certification of cattle of member beef 

producers to meet RCR Natural

requirements. 

o Source and Age Verification 

(SAV)

o Non-Hormone Treated Cattle 

(NHTC) Program with approval 

number PV5174LLA

 European Union (EU) High 

Quality Beef with approval 

number PV7298LLA

o Export Verification Programs for

Saudi Arabia

o RCR Natural Program – no 

hormones, no antibiotics, no 

animal by products

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

Location(s): Producers & Feedyards

Service(s):

Program Compliant Tags

PVP Certificate No.: PV3286JBA

Issue Date: November 22, 2023

Original Approval Date:

June 23, 2015

Red Angus Association of America

18335 E. 103rd Avenue, Suite 202

Commerce City, CO 80022

Contact: Jeananne Drouhard

Phone: (940) 477-4591 

Email: jeananne@redangus.org

 Feeder Calf Certification Program 

(FCCP):

o Traceable to at least 50% Red 

Angus Bloodlines

o Source Verified to the Ranch of 

Origin

o Age Verified (Group)

 Allied Access Program (AA)

o Source and Age Verification

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

Location(s): Producers & Feedyards

Service(s):

Program Compliant Tags

PVP Certificate No.: PV3296JZA

Issue Date: October 24, 2023 

Original Approval Date:

September 07, 1995
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Samson, LLC

2204 14th Street

Columbus, NE 68601

Contact: Scott Mueller

Phone: (402) 606-4096

Email: scott@samson-inc.com 

Graduated Levels of Verification 

includes:

• Source Verified Beef Cattle

o Source Verified, program 

tagged at Ranch of Origin

• Age and Source Verified Beef 

Cattle

• Age, Source and Non-Hormone 

Treated Verified Beef Cattle 

(NHTC) with approval number 

NH5306NNA

• Age, Source, NHTC, and Samson’s 

Verified Natural (SVN) Beef Cattle

• High Quality Livestock Feeding 

Claims (Not Been Fed with 

Prohibited Animal Protein Post 

weaning (EV Program-Saudi 

Arabia), QAD Procedure 1040 (EU 

High Quality Beef with approval 

number PV9013NNA), Direct Fed 

Microbials, and Never Fed Beta 

Agonists) 

• Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)

• Vet Quality Assurance (VQA) 

• Breed Verification (Braunvieh, 

Wagyu, and Angus Plus)

• Born and Raised Location (State 

and Country)

Individual Merit includes:

• High Quality Beef (EU HQB, Direct 

Fed Microbials, and Never Fed 

Beta Agonists) 

• Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)

• Vet Quality Assurance (VQA) 

• Breed Verification (Braunvieh, 

Wagyu, and Angus Plus)

Livestock: Cattle (Beef)

Location(s): 

Producers, Dairy Calf Ranches, 

Feedyards, & Auction Markets

Service(s):

Program Compliant Tags

Offsite Tagging Locations

Facilities: Auction Markets

For Age, Source, NHTC, and SVN - 101 

Livestock Market in Aromas, CA; 

Columbus Sales Pavillion, Inc. in 

Columbus, NE; Creighton Livestock 

Market in Creighton, NE; Elgin Livestock 

Sales, Inc. in Elgin, NE; Ericson-Spalding 

Livestock Market in Ericson, NE; Faith 

Livestock Auction LLC in Faith, SD; Fort 

Pierre Livestock Auction, Inc. in Fort 

Pierre, SD; Hub City Livestock in 

Aberdeen, SD; Huron Continental 

Marketing in Huron, SD; Kimball 

Livestock Exchange in Kimball, SD; 

Lonestar Stockyards in Amarillo, TX; 

Magness Livestock Auction in Huron, SD; 

Mitchell Livestock Marketing LLC in 

Mitchell, SD; Mobridge Livestock in 

Mobridge, SD; Orland Livestock 

Commission Yard in Orland, CA; Sioux 

Falls Regional Livestock in Worthing, SD; 

St. Onge Livestock in St. Onge, SD; 

Turlock Livestock Auction in Turlock, CA; 

Valentine Livestock Auction in Valentine, 

NE; Winner Livestock in Winner, SD

PVP Certificate No.: PV4037HTA

Issue Date: February 21, 2024

Original Approval Date:

August 08, 2006
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TechniTrack, LLC

5403 S. Bell Drive

Chandler, AZ 85249

website: www.technitrack.com

Contacts: Greg Hull; John Sparks IV

Phone: (602) 769-9820; (602) 989-8817

Email: gchull8558@outlook.com; 

John@TechniTrack.com

• Source and Age Verification of 

cattle

• Non-Hormone Treated Cattle 

(NHTC) Verification with approval 

number PV0320ACA

• TT-AN3 (All Natural) Verification

• TT-GR (Grass Raised) Verification

• Data Service Provider

Livestock: Cattle (Beef & Dairy)

Location(s): Calf Ranches, Farmer 

Feeders, Backgrounder/Stockers, 

Feedlots and Auction Markets

Service(s): Data Service Provider

PVP Certificate No.: PV2173JZA Rev02

Issue Date: August 22, 2022

Original Approval Date:

May 26, 2009

Zoetis 

Pork Business Unit

1040 Swabia Court 

Durham, NC 27703

Contact: Bill Beckman; Scott Imwalle

Phone: (618) 578-2596

Email: william.beckmanjr@zoetis.com; 

scott.imwalle@zoetis.com

Improvest® PVP

• Veterinarian prescription in place 

for flow of pigs being certified.

• Trained and certified technicians 

administer product.

• Dose timing will adhere to product 

label directions. 

• Quality Assurance (QA) inspection 

completed by technical specialist.

Livestock: Pork

Location(s): Swine finishing farms

PVP Certificate No. PV3104JSA

Issue Date: May 24, 2023 

Original Approval Date:

November 16, 2012

Zoetis Precision Animal Health 

Genetics

333 Portage Street

Kalamazoo, MI 49007

www.zoetis.com

Contact: Karen Rutherford

Phone: (269) 290-2814

Email: Karen.Rutherford@zoetis.com

• Preservation of sample 

identification and repeatability of 

genetic analysis for: 

i. Genetic Markers for Animal 

Quality and Management

ii. Genetic Markers for Product 

Quality and Management

iii. Parentage

iv. DNA Traceability

Livestock: Cattle (Beef & Dairy) & 

Sheep

Location(s):

Service(s): Genetic Analysis

PVP Certificate No. PV4010ZZA

Effective Date: January 11, 2024 

Original Approval Date:

November 15, 2006
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IMI Global, Inc., Sterling Solutions, & Validus – Points Verified

• Cattle Identification and Source Verification (CISV)

• Age Verification (includes operations in US, Canada, and Mexico)

• Animal Welfare Review Dairy (AWRD):

o Data System: Data storage of information generated from the pre-visit and on-site farm processes;

o Assessment: Educational-based interaction with the producer or producer-representative regarding program focus area;

o Audit: Verification that program focus areas are within audit parameters for the producer or producer-representative.

• Source Identification

• Source Verification (includes operations in US, Canada, and Mexico)

• Chihuahua Verified (source verified to the Mexican state of Chihuahua) 

• Born in the USA

• Born and Raised in the USA

• Born or Hatched and Raised in the USA

• Hatched and Raised in the USA

• Hatched and Raised and Harvested in the USA

• US Source Verified (USA Source Verified)

• China Verified

• Responsible Use of Antibiotics (RUA)

• No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM) as defined by the World Health Organization

• No Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine (NAIHM) as defined by the Food and Drug Administration

• Saudi Arabia Export Verification

• Traceability

• Breed Verified

• ABS InFocus Genetic

• Aberdeen Premium Beef

• Angus Verified

• Balancer Edge

• Black Angus Verified Beef

• Brangus Vigor

• Certified Piedmontese Claim

• Charolais Advantage

• Hereford Advantage

• Wagyu Verified Beef

• Nebraska Verified: cattle born and/or fed in the State of Nebraska.

• Non-Hormone Treated (NHTC) Verification of Cattle: IMI Global is approved as a Management Group under the USDA NHTC Program with approval 

number PV6177DDA.

• Verified Natural

• Verified Natural Beef (VNB)

• No Growth Promotants 
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• No Added Hormones

• No Antibiotics

• No Antibiotics Used

• No Antibiotics Ever (NAE)

• No Antibiotics Last [Variable] days

• No Animal By-Products

• No Added Animal By-Products

• 100% Vegetarian Feed

• Verified Grassfed (VGF)

• Pasture Raised

• Verified Green: Verified environmental stewardship and sustainability practices for both ranches and feedyards.

• Beef Quality Assurance Verified: BQA Verified/CCQA Verified

• Training in Animal Care and Handling

• Health Program Verification: Individual animal or group.

• Livestock Feeding Claims Audit Program Approval (for the following claims):

o Direct Microbial Fed

o High Quality Beef Requirements (Quota specific definitions) with approval number PV9133DDA

o No Beta Agonists Fed Program (beef and pork)

o Never Fed Beta Agonists (beef and pork) 

o No Beta Agonists Onsite (beef)

• EV Program for Pork to the Russian Federation: IMI Global provides a supplier evaluation service for those companies seeking to verify a supply of live 

animals that meet QAD 1030V requirements.
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Legacy Verified, LLC – Points Verified

• Provide an objective foundation for monitoring and verification for the certification of cattle of client beef producers to meet specific USDA Beef Program(s) 

requirements.

o Source and Age Verification (SAV)

o Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (NHTC) Program with approval number PV9052BEA

 European Union (EU) High Quality Beef with approval number PV9052BEA

o Export Verification Program for Saudi Arabia

• Provide an objective foundation for monitoring and verification for the certification of cattle of client beef producers to meet Legacy Natural requirements.

o Legacy Natural requirements are: No Hormones, No Beta-Agonists, No Antibiotics, No Animal By-Products (Calves may be supplemented with 

colostrum within the first three (3) days following birth), and No Ionophores (Coccidiostats are allowed). PCT Tags are required at the time of 

shipping. Program cattle must be moved to and through PVP Natural Verified locations.

• Provide an objective foundation for monitoring and verification for the certification of cattle of client beef producers to meet Legacy Verified Angus 

requirements.

o Legacy Verified Angus requirements are: Calves must be 50% Angus/Red Angus as verified through registration papers, lease agreements, AI 

Certificates, etc. Bulls may not live cover more than 30 head of cows per breeding season. 

• Provide an objective foundation for monitoring and verification for the certification of cattle of client beef producers to meet China Verified requirements.

o Never Fed Beta-Agonists and Never Fed Ractopamine.

• Provide an objective foundation for monitoring and verification for the certification of cattle of client beef producers to meet Secondary Tagging Location 

requirements. 

• Provide an objective foundation for monitoring and verification for the certification of cattle of client beef producers to meet USDA Calf Ranch requirements 

for applicable programs. 

o Source and Age Verification (SAV)

o Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (NHTC) Program with approval number PV9052BEA

o Legacy Natural – Dairy

 Legacy Natural – Dairy requirements are: No Hormones, No Beta-Agonists, No Antibiotics, No Animal By-Products (Excluding Colostrum 

and Milk Replacer), and No Ionophores. (Coccidiostats are Allowed.) PCT Tags are required at the time of shipping. Program cattle must 

be moved to and through PVP Natural Verified locations.

o Export Verification Program for Saudi Arabia

o Legacy Verified Angus

o China Verified

 Never Fed Beta-Agonists and Never Fed Ractopamine.