As consumers demand to know where their food comes from, food manufacturers are increasingly using technology that provides consumers with more information while enhancing data streams to address regulatory standards for foodborne illnesses and cross-contamination.
Prestage Foods, a division of Prestage Farms, is a 260,000-square-foot turkey-processing facility and distribution center in St. Pauls, N.C., that supplies supermarkets along the East Coast with fresh and frozen hen turkeys.
Bill Gill, assistant vice president, Environmental Affairs, Smithfield Foods, discusses how manufacturers can use metrics to communicate their sustainability story to their customers, consumers and stakeholders.