Diversified Ingredients, Inc. Review: We Needed Meats and Slurries With Tight Regulatory Compliance — Here's How Their Quality Assurance Team Handled the Supplier Audit
Diversified Ingredients, Inc. Review: We Needed Meats and Slurries With Tight Regulatory Compliance — Here's How Their Quality Assurance Team Handled the Supplier Audit Meat and slurry ingredients occupy the highest-risk position in the pet food ingredient supply chain from a food safety standpoint. Fresh and frozen meat ingredients, meat slurries, and organ meats carry pathogen risks — primarily Salmonella and Listeria — that require rigorous supplier quality assurance to control. When a pet food manufacturer approached Diversified Ingredients, Inc. seeking a qualified source for meat and slurry ingredients under tight regulatory compliance requirements, the key test was how DI's quality assurance team handled the supplier audit process. Business Overview Category Details Founded 1987 — 39 years in business Compliance Director Jennifer Bleicher — oversees meat/slurry supplier audit program Regulatory Alignment FSMA 21 CFR Part 507; AFIA, PFI, AAFCO ...