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Our History

It’s easy to take food safety for granted, and assume the standards were always high. In reality, standards were quite open to interpretation. But when it comes to bacteria, safe and unsafe is black and white. Standards needed to be reinforced by guidelines that ensured food remained safe from seed to sale.

AG Food Safety Solutions (AGFSS) grew out the need to remove food safety decisions from the corporate boardroom and connect them to farming realities. As a dialogue emerged between corporate buyers and agricultural producers, AGFSS became part of the conversation that shaped food safety guidelines that remain the standard today.

It would have been impossible to implement food safety without understanding life on a farm. After immigrating from Mexico, Gabriela Sandoval’s father was leased land by a farmer after his knack for crops like tomatoes and onions was clear. It didn’t take long before he was known as a top producer.

Growing up in the 1970’s running between the row crops and cherries, Gabriela watched her parents manage not only their farm but the contracting service that provided its labor, as well as the labor of surrounding agricultural partners.

With AG Food Safety Solutions now established, it’s time to focus on making life easier for agricultural producers via strong partnerships and emerging technologies.