Third-party verifier of meals manufacturing practices The place Meals Comes From, Inc. (WFCF) introduced right now it had acquired the Upcycled Licensed Program from the Upcycled Meals Affiliation.

The Upcycled Meals Affiliation launched its certification program in early 2021, changing into, on the time, the primary certification program for the nascent upcycled meals trade. Since then, 93 firms have obtained Upcycled Licensed standing for over 480 merchandise, in response to the Upcycled Meals Affiliation. The group claims it has helped divert a mean of 390,000 tons of meals waste yearly.

WFCF is smart as a pure residence for the Upcycled certification program given the corporate’s deal with with meals trade verification. The corporate manages verification applications for natural meals, non-GMO meals, and the humane therapy of animals amongst others. And now with the acquisition of the UPFA’s verification program, they add a reasonably fast-growing new class to their secure.

As for the Upcycled Meals Affiliation’s future, the non-profit group seems to proceed to facilitate the expansion of the trade even because it exits the verification enterprise.

“The Upcycled Meals Affiliation is trying ahead to ongoing collaboration to successfully serve the broader meals waste discount neighborhood and to making sure that upcycled meals firms have the sources they should develop and convey to market new upcycled meals merchandise,” wrote the Upcycled Meals Affiliation CEO Angie Crone on her Linkedin.

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