Food Safety
5-star food safety
You take food safety seriously. At Markon, we share this passionate dedication to providing safe fruits and vegetables and we work diligently to meet your high standards. Markon has created metrics to ensure your fresh produce is both delicious and safe.
Every case of Markon First Crop®, Ready-Set-Serve®, and Markon Essentials® you purchase has met or surpassed Markon’s unparalleled standards—our 5-Star Food Safety® Program. It’s that simple.
5-Star Food Safety is based on specifications, inspections, and information at five key points: fields, facilities, transportation, distributor warehouses, and your kitchen.
5-Star Food Safety Program Key Points
Fields
Fields
- Third-party audit reviews for Good Agricultural Practices
- Detailed specifications
- Daily inspections
- Water testing
Grower/Shipping Facilities
Grower/Shipping Facilities
- Third-party audit reviews for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (Ready-Set-Serve only)
- Regular inspections
- GMP observational visits and product quality standards verification
- Water testing
- Environmental monitoring program
Transportation
Transportation
- Temperature monitors on trucks originating in Arizona, California, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas (South Texas), and Washington
Distributor Warehouses
Distributor Warehouses
- Dedicated quality assurance
- Warehouse temperature zones
- Third-party inspections
Your Kitchen
Your Kitchen
- Trace back to field level
- Regular mock recalls conducted to verify traceability
- “Best If Used By” dates on all Ready-Set-Serve inner and outer packaging
- Storage and handling information
- Cooler icons on packaging easily identify appropriate cooler storage area (back, center, front, outside)
- Food safety educational tools available through your Markon member sales representative
Get Markon on Your Plate
No matter the size of your operation, Markon can help you serve the highest quality produce. Located across the United States and Canada, there’s a distributor near you to help bring your culinary vision to light.