Certifications/Memberships

We provide our customers with products that are produced and processed with high standards of quality and safety. To assure you of this, Hesco has earned numerous certifications within the food industry. These seals assure our customers of the authenticity of our products through independent, third party certification programs. Safe, quality food starts here.

Hesco supports organizations through membership and participation.

WBENC

Hesco Inc. received national certification as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Women's Business Development Center - Chicago, a regional certifying partner of the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) in June 2011.

NWBOC

Hesco Inc. is a woman-owned business and was certified as such by the National Women's Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC) in February 2011.We are excited about this certification, because it supports many of our customers' diversity efforts.

GFSI - BRC

Hesco Inc. earned certification grades of "A” during our first British Retail Consortium (BRC) audits of our Watertown, SD and Hastings, NE facilities. BRC standards are recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), which is becoming a requirement of more and more food industry companies.

AIB

Hesco earned a "Superior" rating during our first AIB facility audit in 2005. We maintain that "Superior" rating today.

QAI Organic

This certification signifies that Hesco meets or exceeds all standards required for labeling a product "organic.”

USDA Organic

The National Organic Program and the Organic Foods Production Act are intended to assure consumers that the organic foods they purchase are produced, processed, and certified to be consistent with national organic standards.