USDA Renews IMI Global's Process Verification Program (PVP) Status
US - Integrated Management Information, Inc. (IMI Global) (OTCBB: INMG), a leading provider of verification and Internet solutions for the agricultural/livestock industry, today announced that the USDA has renewed the Company's Process Verification Program (PVP) for a one year period. IMI Global has had USDA approval of its PVP since 2005.IMI Global is uniquely positioned to meet an emerging and diverse market demand for improved information transparency regarding food supplies.
John Saunders, president and CEO of IMI Global.
IMI Global's PVP is the cornerstone of the Company's service that helps cattle ranchers, feedyards and packing houses achieve and maintain compliance with Export Verification (EV) programs. The PVP includes a component for source, age and process verification that meets the import specification of countries such as Japan, Korea and most recently of the European Union. Cattle that are age, source and process verified by IMI Global's PVP programs are receiving premiums at auction. The PVP is also playing a growing role in reassuring consumers of US products.
"We are pleased with the USDA's recent renewal of our programs and look forward to a continued positive working relationship with the USDA," said John Saunders, president and CEO of IMI Global. "With industry-leading PVP systems and a strong track record of innovation in supporting higher standards of process verification, IMI Global is uniquely positioned to meet an emerging and diverse market demand for improved information transparency regarding food supplies. The growing movement toward country of origin labeling for food is a good example of this demand, and IMI Global expects to play an important role in this area. The pet food contamination scare, which involved melamine-tainted ingredients from China, is another prominent example. In response to this we launched Pet Supply Verified™, a new pet food verification system based on our successful SupplyVerified™ program for livestock."
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