And they have the authority to restrict shipment of any product not meeting specifications. We use many ingredients in our manufacturing process that we don't make ourselves, but even those ingredients must pass the test. We have a vendor certification program to ensure the companies who have us as customers measure up to our standards of quality. Plant Q.A. is supported by a highly-trained, experienced corporate staff. This team provides technical support to both our customers and our production facilities.
Consistency is the key.
All plant Q.A. managers work directly with one of these quality experts. We have numerous plants, but the goal is to provide and implement the same quality programs in every plant. We have two USDA-certified corporate laboratories that act as support facilities for our plant labs. All of this so the final product will come out the way our customers expect. We are currently implementing a sophisticated computerized system of inventory tracking.