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Are meat and poultry processing jobs becoming safer? The numbers seem to suggest they are.

With new methods, tools and technology, PSSI and its customers have reduced sanitation safety incidents associated with energized equipment.

The process involved in designing the “perfect” food forming or depositing system is deceptively complicated.

With spare parts inventory, the real problem is that essentially all spare parts inventory stocking problems are really forecasting problems.

Is there a more natural way to clean wastewater? Poultry and beef processors are certainly trying, by experimenting with new technologies created by Mother Earth to treat wastewater and reduce their water footprints.

Very few companies have put much thought into the processes of removing obsolete items from the inventory and disposing of them. Yet this task is fundamental to managing spare parts obsolescence and, by extension, is fundamental to spare parts inventory management.

Since 2005, Laurel, Miss.-based chicken processor Sanderson Farms has been on an unmatched record of expansion in the meat industry, building and opening five processing plants (with a sixth brand new plant planned to open in 2019).

By not taking adequate measures to cut water and energy use, which includes recirculating their resources and leveraging the optimal equipment and operating strategies, many plants are unnecessarily bolstering expenses while becoming more vulnerable to shortfalls in available supplies.

Proper facility and equipment design is a preventive measure that can help reduce the risk of food safety issues.

According to the Department of Labor (DOL), workers in the meat and poultry slaughtering and processing industries are experiencing fewer injuries and illnesses.