{"id":453,"date":"2016-05-11T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T19:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joy.quirch.com\/?page_id=453"},"modified":"2022-04-05T10:44:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T14:44:29","slug":"quality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.quirchfoods.com\/quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; inner_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; module_id=&#8221;about&#8221; module_class=&#8221;prod-2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.quirchfoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sea_bg.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;background-position: center;||backround-size: contain;&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;on&#8221; 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