Certified organic by Quality Assurance International. Gluten & casein free. No nitrates or nitrites added (Except those naturally occurring in sea salt & cultured celery juice powder). Pork raised with no antibiotics ever (Pork never administered antibiotics or animal by-products). Applegate humanely raised (Pork raised with no crates ever on family farms on organic vegetarian feed and no ractopamine (A beta-agonist growth promotant)). US Inspected and passed by Department of Agriculture. Pork raised exclusively on Certified Organic feed.