Arkansas Department of Agriculture Achieves USDA Quality System Assessment (QSA) Approval in Partnership With Integrated Managem
02 Marzo 2007 - 9:08AM
PR Newswire (US)
Arkansas Is Second State to Utilize IMI Global's Verification
Services CASTLE ROCK, Colo., March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Integrated Management Information, Inc. (IMI Global) (OTC:INMG)
(BULLETIN BOARD: INMG) , a leading provider of verification and
Internet solutions for the agricultural/livestock industry, today
announced that it has assisted the Arkansas Department of
Agriculture with a Quality System Assessment (QSA) program that has
received approval by the USDA. The approval gives Arkansas cattle
producers access to age and source verification services required
to make their beef eligible for export to Japan. Cara Gerken, vice
president of quality services of IMI Global, said the QSA program
that IMI Global developed for Arkansas received approval from the
USDA, Arkansas becomes the second state department of agriculture
behind Missouri to utilize IMI Global's system for source and
verification for cattle. "We are pleased to count the Arkansas
Department of Agriculture as our latest client for IMI Global's
verification services," said Gerken. "Their adoption of a USDA
approved QSA program will help Arkansas cattle producers not only
receive premium prices for their cattle at auction, but qualify
their beef for export to the recently reopened Japanese market.
This move will also come as good news to meat packers who are
seeking to expand their sources of export eligible beef." Charles
Gann, head of field operations for the Arkansas Department of
Agriculture, said, "We wanted to implement a QSA program for source
and age verification that would give our state producers access to
export markets. Once cattle are tagged and remain tagged, they are
source and age verified and new trading options are available. This
program is purely voluntary, but we expect to have most of our
cow/calf producers on board as we go forward." About IMI Global
Founded in 1995, IMI Global is a leading provider of verification
and Internet solutions for the agricultural/livestock industry. Go
to http://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. IMI operations include
CattleNetwork.com, an online service offering market information
and industry news to the cattle industry, and CattleStore.com, an
online source for livestock supplies, such as animal
identification, medical equipment and veterinarian supplies.
Additional IMI web sites include USVerified.com and AgNetwork.com.
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