English Español French English Home Our Story Products Food Safety & Quality Trade Services Recipes & Videos FOOD SAFETY Our Top Priority Church Brothers and True Leaf Farms pride themselves with having the highest integrity when it comes to Food Safety Standards. The most critical factor is having complete visibility and control of the raw material from the source. All of our products are subjected to the 7 point program outlined below. READ MORE Farm Approval Pre-season risk assessment Documentation review-grower GAPs, land history, adjacent land use, water source & test results, soil inputs, letter of guarantee, etc. Compliance against FSMA, LGMA metrics & customer requirements Implemented corrective actions/buffers if needed Planting & Growing Compliance Continual ranch monitoring & verification of implemented GAPs- animal activity/intrusion, changes in adjacent land use, review of monthly irrigation water test results, etc. Completion of an annual 3rd Party GFSI Ranch Audit Pre Harvest Risk Assessment (approx 4-7 days prior to harvest) Pre Harvest Pathogen Testing for Leafy Greens (Salmonella & E.Coli 0157:H7) Harvest Surveillance Daily Harvest Risk Assessment to include a thorough review of the area to be harvested for any animal hazards/intrusion Verification of implemented GAPs/GHPs (ex. employee hygiene, equipment/harvest tool sanitation, properly stocked restrooms, etc.) Continual foreman/employee training on food safety topics such as animal hazards, employee hygiene, proper hand washing, equipment sanitation, reporting of any suspicious activity or individuals, etc. Annual 3rd Party Harvest Crew Audits Traceability - All loads are identified with a unique block ID which establishes the grower, ranch & lot. Traceability stickers also include the harvest date and crew Harvest Transportation & Cooling Monitoring Monitoring of cut to cool times Traceability of product leaving the field & verified upon receipt at the cooler Cleanliness of trucks Employee hygiene programs Monitoring of cooling process Sanitation of cooling tubes Shipping & Distribution Oversight Traceability - Data is electronically recorded with regards to products being shipped on each order Monitoring of temperatures Cleanliness of trucks 3rd Party Facility Audits Employee hygiene programs Value Added Process Preventative Control GFSI Processing Plant Comprehensive Sanitation Program Advanced Automated Processing Lines Continuous Process Monitoring Advanced pH Control Traceability Internally generated block ID for each planting (identified Grower, Ranch, Lot, Variety & acres) This block ID is applied in the field and follows the product all the way through receiving, cooling, processing & shipping PTI, Mock Recalls, iCiX RESOURCE LIBRARY VIEW CERTIFICATION VIEW FOOD SAFETY LOGIN VIEW LOCATIONS Sales & Main Office 19065 Portola Drive Salinas, CA 93908 Processing Plant 1275 San Justo Road San Juan Bautista, CA 95045 Processing Plant (Winter Season) 2955 S Avenue 2½ E Yuma, AZ 85365 Privacy Policy HOURS OF OPERATION Sales: 6am-5pm: Mon-Fri 7am-11am: Sat Closed: Sunday Appointment Loading: 6.30am - Midnight (Mon-Sat) Closed: Sunday