Real Mex Foods Policies & California Transparency in Supply Chains Act

Real Mex Foods is committed to treating all employees lawfully and to maintaining excellent labor practices. Real Mex Foods is also committed to purchasing ingredients and products only from suppliers that share these commitments, and fully supports the goals of the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act. We uphold our commitments through the following practices:

1. Verification

Real Mex Foods is formalizing our longstanding commitments in 2012 by requiring each supplier to sign a written statement verifying that they are not engaged in any type of human trafficking, human rights violations or other illegal or unlawful labor practices. As part of this statement, the supplier must also verify that they are not purchasing or using any ingredients in their products that originate from a nation or source engaged in forced labor, human trafficking or other human rights violations. We will keep these letters on file and require each vendor to restate their written commitment on an annual basis.

2. Supplier Audits

In each contract with a supplier, Real Mex Foods reserves the right to verify that supplier's compliance with the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, as well as our other safety and quality standards. This verification may include surprise inspections of supplier facilities and operations by Real Mex or third parties hired by Real Mex. Should any supplier found to be in violation of these standards, Real Mex intends to terminate that supplier's contract. Our standards are clearly communicated to each supplier prior to executing any new contracts.

3. Certification

Real Mex Foods fully supports the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and through these steps works to ensure that its suppliers comply with both its spirit and legal requirements. The company's policy is to immediately investigate and address any information brought to its attention regarding any actions by a supplier that may be in violation of this Act.

4. Internal Accountability

Among the core values of Real Mex Foods are integrity, honesty and respect. Through the hiring, training and management of Real Mex employees we strive to enforce these values every day, ensuring that every person in our company is treated fairly and with respect.

5. Employee Training

In 2012 Real Mex Foods will institute a module into our training programs to make sure that all employees making purchasing decisions understand and comply with the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act.  Each employee will be required to sign a document indicating that they fully understand and will adhere to these policies. Employees with direct contact with Real Mex Food suppliers will further be trained to clearly communicate to our suppliers these requirements as part of the criteria to be a Real Mex supplier.