IMI Global Announces PM Beef as First Customer for New FoodSystemsVerified(TM) Solution, Which Helps Food Production Companies Comply With Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Standards
May 20, 2009 7:56:00 AM
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View Additional ProfilesCASTLE ROCK, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/20/09 -- Integrated Management Information, Inc. (IMI Global) (OTCBB: INMG), a leading provider of verification and Internet solutions in the agricultural/livestock industry, today announced that PM Beef has become the first customer for IMI Global's new FoodSystemsVerified(TM) solution.
PM Beef (www.pmbeef.com) -- a leading domestic and international supplier of top-quality, corn-fed beef -- retained IMI Global to assist in its preparation to comply with the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Institute's best practices standards, one of the five recognized standards under the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). As a result, PM Beef was named a Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 Level 3 Certified Supplier by the SQF Institute, a division of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). PM Beef is the first U.S. beef harvest facility to receive such certification, which requires producers to meet and maintain the most rigorous food quality and safety standards.
"Food safety and quality are very important to PM Beef and we are very proud to be the first U.S. beef harvest facility to earn the very stringent SQF 2000 Level 3 certification," said Lisa Hernandez, Vice President of Quality Assurance and Food Safety at PM Beef. "Working with IMI Global and FoodSystemsVerified, we were able to easily verify our safety standards and employee training practices in order to receive this internationally recognized food-safety certification, which sets PM Beef apart from our competitors, both in the U.S. and worldwide."
"PM Beef is a valued, long-time customer of IMI Global, and we are pleased to have played a role in helping them achieve SQF 2000 Level 3 Certified Supplier status," said John Saunders, president and CEO of IMI Global. "SQF is internationally recognized and meets the standards of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). Given the public's growing concern about food safety, we believe more and more processors are going to seek certification to meet GFSI standards, and we are looking forward to helping them expedite that process through the use of our FoodSystemsVerified solution."
FoodSystemsVerified is an online resource accessible at www.FoodSystemsVerified.com. The solution helps manufacturers create food quality manuals, implement staff e-learning programs, and build and manage online document storage systems for record keeping and auditability, enabling users to efficiently and confidently meet any of the GFSI-recognized standards.
About IMI Global
Founded in 1995, IMI Global is a leading provider of verification and Internet solutions for the agriculture industry. Go to www.IMIGlobal.com for additional information. IMI has worked with some of the largest agricultural organizations in the United States, providing web-based applications for verification and identification as well as a range of consulting services tailored to meet each customer's needs. Additional IMI web sites include www.USVerified.com and www.PetSupplyVerified.com.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, based on current expectations, estimates and projections that are subject to risk. Forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and actual events could differ materially from the Company's predictions. Important factors that could cause actual events to vary from predictions include those discussed in our SEC filings. Specifically, statements in this news release about growth, new business development, potential, leadership, the impact and effectiveness of the Company's products and services on the marketplace, are forward-looking statements that are subject to a variety of factors, including availability of capital, personnel and other resources; competition, governmental regulation of the beef industry, the market for beef and other factors. In addition, financial results for the three and nine-month periods are not necessarily indicative of future results. Readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements to reflect new information or developments. For a more extensive discussion of the Company's business, please refer to the Company's SEC filings at www.sec.gov.
Company Contacts:
John Saunders
Chief Executive Officer
303-895-3002
Jay Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer High Investor Relations, Inc.
303-393-7044
