Retired President of USPOULTRY Passes Away Just Days Before IPPE 2015
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Where Food Comes From, Inc. (dba IMI Global, Inc.), Castle Rock, Colo.
This resource for third-party verification of food production practices named former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) executive James Riva as vice president of global alliances. Previously, Riva was the division director of the USDA's livestock, poultry and seed program, quality assessment division, where he was responsible for standards, technical services and a national workforce of graders and auditors focused on conformance to various agricultural standards for meat, poultry and eggs as well as ISO-type accreditations. Previous positions include deputy director, branch chief, agricultural marketing specialist and quality systems auditor.