Texas Meat Company, Capra Lamb, Becomes World’s First to Receive Global

Animal Partnership Step 5® Animal Welfare Certification

Goldthwaite, TX, October 21, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Capra Premium Dorper Lamb based in Goldthwaite,
Texas has become the first U.S.-based lamb company to receive the Global Animal Partnership (GAP)'s 5
Step® Animal Welfare rating and the highest rating ever issued to a commercial lamb program globally
(www.globalanimalpartnership.org).

GAP, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization based in Austin, TX, is one of the largest animal welfare
certification labeling programs in North America. The GAP Certification process and labeling program
makes it easier for consumers who care about the treatment of the livestock they consume to identify
ethically raised animals.

The GAP's 5 Step® Animal Welfare certification process is comprehensive, taking into consideration the
living conditions, emotional well-being, management, handling and care and diet of the animals for the
entire life of the animal. To achieve Step 5 level, lamb's, and their parents, must be raised on pasture for
their entire lives. The ranches are thoroughly checked to ensure the animals are humanely handled and
never receive any antibiotics, growth hormones or animal by-products. Lamb's are also not castrated or
tail docked.

GAP Executive Director, Anne Malleau commented, “We're incredibly proud of the work Capra Foods
and their ranchers have done to achieve Step 5 certification. Their dedication to animal welfare is
something we're excited to be helping explain to their customers.”

Founder and Managing Partner of Capra Foods, Craig Jones stated, “We feel very pleased that our ranch
partners have received the world's highest ranking in animal welfare from GAP. Our group of family
ranches throughout Texas and beyond put a lot of time and effort into ensuring we raise our animals as
nature intended - 100% grass fed, free to roam on pasture and free from antibiotics.

“We feel motivated by both our personal values and by the increase in consumer demand from more
discerning meat eaters who care about where their food comes from.”

Capra's ranchers raise Dorper Sheep, a meat breed that produces no wool, which results in a leaner,
milder taste versus traditional and imported lamb. They distribute their meat across America via health
oriented retailers, discerning food-service wholesalers and restaurants with a focus on sustainable
sourcing. To find out more, visit www.caprafoods.com.

Marketed under the Capra Premium Dorper Lamb Brand®, Prime Fresh Foods processes and markets
high quality, domestically raised, Dorper lamb to health oriented retailers and discriminating foodservice
companies. The company positions its products in the “clean label” and “free from” protein segment. To
find out more about Capra Foods or the GAP program, please visit:

www.caprafoods.com

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Press Contact:
Danielle McCormick - danielle@rtb-media.com
Tel.: 415.233.5974

Capra Spokesperson
Craig Jones - craigjones@caprafoods.com
Tel.: 325.648.2418

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Craig Jones
325-648-2418
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