Produce+ Products include vegetable, fruit, grain, nut, and legume crops grown on farms within the State of New Mexico. These products include fresh, whole Produce+ foods sold in their raw state (unpeeled or unprocessed). Products may undergo minimal post-harvest handling like field cooling, initial trimming or rinsing, washing or cleaning.
Meat: Beef, bison, pork, and lamb/mutton products from animals raised within the State of New Mexico.
Meat products must be fully processed in a USDA FSIS Inspected Facility and contain the USDA Inspection seal on each package. Products may be sold as natural, minimally processed, or processed products.
A NM rancher/processor must maintain continuous ownership of the animal throughout the supply chain and ensure that the animal meets at least three of the following four origin criteria:
- Animal must be Born in NM
- Animal must be Raised/Grazed primarily in NM
- Animal must be Finished/Fed in NM
- Animal must be Slaughtered and Processed in NM
Minimally Processed Foods are whole Produce+ foods that are slightly altered for safety, convenience, or preservation (without adding salt, sugar, fats, oils or other ingredients).
Cultural Foods: Initial processing activities may occur on-farm (roasting, steaming, sundrying); cooking, cooling, grinding (small batch/hand) and packing must occur in a clean room or permitted facility.
Processed Foods: Products made from 100% NM Grown Produce+ foods that have undergone significant processing resulting in a change in the character, or have been combined with at least one other substantial food ingredient. This includes products that are subjected to: milling, slicing/dicing, pureeing, co-mingling, pasteurizing, etc.