Reily Foods Company Recognized For Highest Food Safety Manufacturing Standards For 6Th Straight Year

New Orleans,/PRNewswire/ -- Reily Foods Company is proud to announce that it has once again received the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Food Safety Initiative Certification with an "A" rating for the 6th  straight year.  This "A" rating was achieved at its New Orleans facility.  The Knoxville manufacturing facility is due for its next annual audit in August where it is expected to achieve its 6th straight "A" rating as well.

The BRC is an internationally recognized accreditation body for the audit and certification of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). This certification recognizes that Reily Foods' manufacturing facilities are committed to achieving worldwide best practices in the food and beverage manufacturing industry.

"Reily Foods promotes a culture of Food Safety First and these consistently high certifications are evidence that our investment and efforts   continue to pay off," said David T. Darragh,   President and CEO of Reily Foods Company.

Reily Foods' New Orleans facility produces a number of packaged beverage brands including Luzianne Tea and Coffee, as well as French Market Coffee. Reily Foods is also a significant contract manufacturer for some of the country's leading private label brands.

"This certification shows that our manufacturing operations continue to be among the safest and most reliable in the industry. We are extremely proud of this continued achievement at the highest level, and what it says about Reily's commitment to maintaining   the highest food safety manufacturing standards," said Reily Foods' New Orleans Plant Manager James Keith.

Reily Foods' Knoxville-based manufacturing facility produces coffee, tea, mayonnaise, dressings and sauces, and cake flour products. Branded items produced include Luzianne, Blue Plate, JFG, Swans Down, and TryMe. Like the New Orleans-based facility, Knoxville also offers contract manufacturing services for a host of private label brands.

"At Reily Foods we know we must earn the right daily to be the brand and supplier of choice for our customers," said Duane Montague, Reily Foods' Knoxville Plant Manager

If you would like to do business with one of the safest food manufacturers in the world, contact Tony Doughty, Vice President of Operations, at 504-799-1570 or at tdoughty@reilyfoods.com.

About Reily Foods Company
Established in 1903, Reily Foods Company is a family-owned business based in New Orleans, one of the world's great culinary centers. Reily Foods manufactures and markets a wide range of quality food products sold in grocery stores and restaurants throughout the United States including Luzianne Tea, French Market Coffee, Blue Plate Mayonnaise, JFG Coffee, JFG Mayonnaise, Swans Down Cake Flour, Wick Fowler's 2- Alarm and Carroll Shelby's Chili Kits, La Martinique Salad Dressings, Tiger Sauce, and No Pudge! Fat Free   Brownie mixes.

About British Retail Consortium
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is the lead trade association representing the whole range of retailers, from the large multiples and department stores through to independents, selling a wide selection of products through center of town, out of town, rural and virtual stores. The BRC is the authoritative voice of retail, recognized for its powerful campaigning and influence within government and as a provider of excellent retail information.

About Global Food Safety Initiative
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is collaboration between some of the world's leading food safety experts from retailer,  manufacturer and food service companies, as well as service providers associated with the food supply chain. It is coordinated by The Consumer Goods Forum, the only independent global network for consumer goods retailers and manufacturers worldwide. The GFSI vision is 'once certified, accepted everywhere.