A Message to Our Customers About Products from China

From the Office of the President
Laura Cross

June 16, 2008

In recent days, the news media is reporting many stories of unsafe food products from China. There are reports that some products contain banned ingredients, or that products are unsafe for consumption. This unfortunately is not isolated in the country of China; we too,  have many safety issues that need to be addressed in our own country as well as many countries throughout the world.  In light of this situation, I would like to address the concerns about the safety of our products coming from China. 

The health and safety of all our products has always been the highest priority for Seapoint Farms. We continue to have numerous safety precautions in place to ensure that the products and the environment in which we grow them in are of the safest and highest standards.  We follow strict protocol and have for the past 11 years that Seapoint Farms has been doing business. 

Some of these reporting procedures are :

• Water and soil tests:

1. 2 times per month before planting.
2. 2 times per month during planting.

• Inspection report – Farming Soil
• Inspection report – Farming Water
• Test report – Farming Soil
• Test report – Farming Water
• Raw material Field management documentation
• Edamame Farming Water & Soil Chemicals Test Report
• Water Standard Report
• Chemicals and Pesticides tests :
1. 2 times per month before harvest.
2. Every 6 hours during harvest
3. Every 4 hours during processing.
• Chemical & Pesticide Record
• Pesticide Residue Control & Product Tracing System
• Edamame HAACP Quality Control Plan
• Processing Flow Chart of Edamame with CCP
• Production Specification Reports
• Certificates of Analysis Reports (COA Reports)
• Certificates of Analysis Certificates (COA Certs)
• Product Recall Program in place
• Kosher Certification (when applicable)
• Organic Certification (when applicable)
• Letter of Guarantee

All Seapoint Farms products from China are grown in areas that are strictly controlled by third party agencies.  Seapoint Farms products are produced under the strict controls mandated by CIQ (China Inspection and Quarantine Bureau). CIQ is responsible for the control of all farming, processing, manufacturing and export.  They pay strict attention to raw material quality and safety as well as the manufacture and export of finished products.  All Seapoint Farms packers in China perform additional safety inspections. Seapoint Farms products are only produced in factories personally visited and inspected several times per month by our employees from our China and Hong Kong offices as well as visited several times per year by myself and the CFO of Seapoint Farms.   Additionally, Seapoint Farms has a third party independent laboratory performing annual inspections at each factory in China.  Every production code is approved by Seapoint Farms prior to shipment, and only factories with the highest level of quality are accepted.

All Seapoint Farms products from China are only produced in factories that have USFDA factory and product registrations, and are HACCP certified.

Be assured that we make every effort to maintain the highest quality and safety of all Seapoint Farms products.

For more information, please call our Corporate offices, Monday through Friday; 9:00AM to 5:00 PM., PST.