Certified Maverick Ranch
High Meadows Brand Beef

Maverick Ranch Beef is proud to offer fresh Certified Organic meats which are now available to supermarket retailers. It is the first beef which follows the new guidelines as recently announced by the USDA.

MAVERICK RANCH High Meadows Organic Beef is third party process certified organically raised every step of the way by Quality Assurance International. Certification inspectors document the process starting on the ranches thru to the processing plants. Each participant (rancher, feeder, and packer) submits an organic management plan to QAI. When that plan is approved by the QAI inspector, the periodic inspection and verification begins. Maverick Ranch High Meadows Certified Beef meets the guidelines established by the Organic Trade Association and the proposed USDA regulations as published in the Federal Register. In production, all pastures and feed are inspected in order for the beef to be certified.

Procedures include:
1. No chemical fertilizers
2. No chemical pesticides or herbicides used on the fields
3. No animal by-products fed to animals
4. No human sludge used on the fields
5. No antibiotics in feed or given to the animals
6. No growth hormones, promotants or steroids.
7. No pesticides given to the cattle
8. No inhumane treatment of animals
9. No genetically modified (GMOs) crops may be fed
10. No genetically modified cattle
11. No irradiation of meat
12. No embryo transfer

During the packing process, the beef must be transported in clean trucks. Packing plants are also organically certified for pest control, sanitation, and processing.