STATEMENT ON FSMA COMPLIANCE - H.S.CROCKER

1 STATEMENT ON fsma COMPLIANCE Co., Inc. will follow and comply with all facets of the Food Safety Modernization Act which was recently signed into law. This act has two major themes; prevention and accountability. Prevention requires companies to have controls in place during manufacturing in order to ensure the safety of their products. Accountability means that companies need to ensure that their suppliers are making safe ingredients. For a food packaging company like us, this ruling includes component parts for printing and die-cutting. There are certain aspects of this act that do not apply to food package manufacturers and Co.

2 , Inc. has determined that we will comply with any applicable parts of this act. We already are complying in several areas as we are a SQF Level 2 certified company, and we do report to the Illinois Department of Public Health who in turn reports to the USDA. All of our suppliers of the material we print on, either foreign or domestic are certified to the standards of SQF, HACCP, ISO or some combination of these programs. The fsma does require any company that imports raw materials to have a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). To establish an FSVP the hazards associated with an imported material must be evaluated.

3 We already have SOPs in place for evaluating and auditing our suppliers. In summary, our focus on SQF puts us in a good position to meet the challenges of the fsma . We will make the necessary changes to our existing programs to maintain COMPLIANCE with the new ruling. Sincerely, Ron Giordano President / CEO / Chairman Crocker Co., Inc. Issued 12/14/2016