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Room for improvement in meat & poultry worker safety

A greater focus on worker safety by meat and poultry processors has led to declines in injuries and accidents, but more can be done.

Richard Mitchell

June 11, 2019

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Meat and poultry plants are becoming increasingly safer environments for workers in all positions.

Cordray's Corner

Achieving Personal Work-Life Balance

Dr. Joe Cordray

June 5, 2019

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Owners and managers of small meat plants need to be concerned with two types of work-life balance; personal work-life balance and organizational work-life balance. This article addresses personal work-life balance as it relates to the small meat plant owner or manager.

Spare Parts Know-How

To improve spare parts management, the walls between departments must be demolished

Get above the silos

Phillip Slater

May 9, 2019

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Your maintenance and reliability team will know better than anyone the impact a spare-parts shortage has on the business. No spare often equals no production, so there is sometimes an attitude of "the more the merrier."

Guest Column | Ag Advocacy

Don't take a vacation from plant security this summer

Casey Kinler

May 8, 2019

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Summer vacations are on everyone's minds, but one vacation you don't want to take is a vacation from plant security. Animal rights activists don’t take a break from activism, so plants shouldn't take a break from security.

Cordray's Corner

A well-planned breakroom improves company culture

Dr. Joe Cordray

April 19, 2019

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There are several ways that you can transform your company's culture from an abstract concept into a daily positive experience by strategically designing and stocking your breakroom.

What recent poultry plant construction means for industry

April 16, 2019

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In this exclusive video Q&A from IPPE in Atlanta, Will Sawyer, CoBank, discusses the blitz in poultry processing construction and expansion and what it means for the rest of the industry.

Food Safety

Keeping sanitary workers safe in meat and poultry plants

Sanitation need not be dicey: Safety education and close monitoring can lessen the perils crews face while sanitizing meat and poultry plants.

Richard Mitchell

April 15, 2019

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Cleaning crews face threats ranging from handling toxic chemicals to potentially hazardous encounters with meat processing equipment.

2019 Food Safety Report | Food Safety Culture

Overcoming the human element of food safety

Dr. John E. Johnson

March 12, 2019

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This article will focus on the human element of food safety, which presents the most vulnerability to food safety. There are five steps that can be implemented to educate, train and reinforce food safety.

Supplier's Perspective

'Hidden' chilling problems take a toll at the mixer

Erik Fihlman

February 25, 2019

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At the mixer or blender, chilling may appear under control, but minor variations can creep in that may go unnoticed or unaddressed, adding unnecessary costs to your bottom line.

Designing meat processing plants for hygiene

Consider food safety at the start of a construction project.

Sam Gazdziak

February 22, 2019

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When it comes time for a processor to renovate or build a new facility, there is excitement in the air. However, as much as one might be tempted to jump into pouring concrete and putting up walls, there are food safety and hygiene considerations that must be made in the design phase.

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Room for improvement in meat & poultry worker safety

Achieving Personal Work-Life Balance

To improve spare parts management, the walls between departments must be demolished

Don't take a vacation from plant security this summer

A well-planned breakroom improves company culture

What recent poultry plant construction means for industry

Keeping sanitary workers safe in meat and poultry plants

Overcoming the human element of food safety

'Hidden' chilling problems take a toll at the mixer

Designing meat processing plants for hygiene

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