NEW PEA PLANT
PRODUCER COMPLIANCE WITH
SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS WILL
INCREASE FOOD SAFETY
New Leaf Essen als plant at Innisfail.
Compliance with sustainability
standards isn't currently a
requirement for pulse growers
supplying New Leaf Essen als in
Innisfail, but the company's General
Manager says adhering to these best
prac ces will boost food safety.
"This is the pet food ingredient
facility," said Trevlyn Armstrong,
General Manager of New Leaf
Essen als, a division of W.A.
Grain & Pulse Solu ons. "Pet food
requirements are higher than for
human food because toddlers can get
into the bowl when the pet food is
on the floor. No pet food company is
going to take the risk with food safety
and harm a child, so they take their
food safety very, very seriously."
Armstrong previously worked for
another pet food company and found
its food safety program to be more
stringent than the human food plant
he had been employed by because
items like French fries are cooked again
a er purchase so there's another kill
step with the customer, but pet food is
ready to eat from the bag.
"If farmers start signing on to a
global sustainable sourcing ini a ve
then that's a good story to tell big
companies that X number of our
growers belong to this program,"
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