Quality Policy It is Sterling Solutions policy that all livestock meet its’ program requirements for certification at the time they are presented for harvest including: Source Identified, Source Verified, Age Verified and Traceable. Sterling Solutions supports best management practices for livestock operations involved in the Sterling Solutions PVP for source and age verification. To this extent, as a company, we do not tolerate inhumane handling of livestock. Quality Objective: Verification and Validation 1. Data establishing the Source, Age and Traceability of livestock will be validated by Sterling Solutions through the use of on-site evaluations by qualified Auditors (field personnel). 2. Auditors will meet the ISO 19011 International Standard for Quality Management Systems and possess the relevant agricultural experience. 3. Company will use an evidence-based approach in conjunction with on-site evaluations. The rational method for reaching reliable and reproducible audit conclusions in a systematic audit process: Audit evidence is verifiable. It is based on samples of information available, since an audit is conducted during a finite periods of time and with finite resources. 4. Company auditors will maintain independence with is the basis for impartiality of an audit and the objectivity of the audit conclusions. Auditors will maintain an objective state of mind throughout the audit process to ensure that the audit findings and conclusions will be based only on the audit evidence.