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SQF Level 3 Certified Food Manufacturing

Grand Prairie Foods holds the highest tier of the SQF program — a food safety and quality standard — alongside USDA inspection, FDA registration and nut-free facilities. Audit-ready credentials your program can build on.

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Credentials that de-risk your supply

When you put your brand on a product, your supplier's food safety program becomes your responsibility. Our certifications give procurement, quality and brand teams the documentation they need to onboard us quickly and defend the decision internally — from GFSI-recognized food safety to a formal quality management system most co-manufacturers never pursue.

SQF Level 3

SQF Level 3 — Food Safety + Quality

The top tier of the Safe Quality Food program: the GFSI-recognized Food Safety Code plus the voluntary SQF Quality Code. Beyond keeping food safe, it holds us to a documented quality management system for product consistency and defect prevention — a level most buyers require only for safety, not quality.

USDA

USDA Inspected

Our facility operates under USDA inspection, with the oversight and record-keeping that federally inspected production demands for meat, poultry and egg products.

FDA

FDA Registered

Registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and operating under FDA food-facility requirements, including preventive controls and traceability.

Nut-Free

Nut-Free Facilities

We manufacture in nut-free facilities — a meaningful allergen advantage for schools, healthcare, and any operator managing nut-allergy risk across their menu.

Understanding the standard

What “SQF Level 3” actually means

SQF (Safe Quality Food) is administered by the SQF Institute and recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). The program has three tiers — and they are not interchangeable:

Tier 1

SQF Fundamentals

An entry level of good manufacturing practices. Not GFSI-recognized — it won’t satisfy buyers who require GFSI benchmarking.

Tier 2

SQF Food Safety Code

A HACCP-based food safety system. GFSI-recognized and the level most major retailers and buyers require.

Tier 3 — ours

SQF Quality Code

The Food Safety Code plus a formal quality management system — product consistency, defect prevention, process control. A voluntary, value-added step beyond safety alone.

Most co-manufacturers stop at the Food Safety Code. Grand Prairie Foods holds Level 3 — because when we make your product, consistency is the whole point.

What it means for your operation

Faster supplier onboarding

A current GFSI-recognized certificate answers most of a supplier questionnaire before it’s asked — shortening approval cycles with retail and foodservice buyers.

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Audit-ready by default

Documented programs, traceability and records are maintained continuously, not scrambled together before an audit or a customer visit.

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Confidence for private label

Putting your brand on our product means our quality system protects your reputation — the Quality Code exists precisely for consistency at scale.

USDA Inspected
SQF Level 3 Certified
FDA Registered
Nut-Free Facilities
Family-Owned Since 2003

Need our certificates for supplier onboarding?

We’ll send current SQF, USDA and FDA documentation and answer your quality team’s questions directly.

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