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Fieldale Farms Wins 8th Food Quality Award |
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Award Presented at Food Safety Summit |
Fieldale Farms Further Processing Division was awarded the 8th Annual Food Quality Award, sponsored by DuPont Qualicon and presented by Food Quality magazine, at the recent Food Safety Summit in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes companies making exceptional contributions to food safety and customer satisfaction with a positive impact on business results.
"At Fieldale Farms we believe we have a culture of quality people producing quality products. Receiving this award is recognition of our team's daily efforts to produce safe quality products," said Dan White, PhD, Fieldale's food safety/quality assurance manager.
"Every team member at Fieldale Farms makes a contribution, and it is personally very rewarding to have their contributions recognized," added Dr. White, who accepted the award with Mark Wright, Fieldale's national accounts sales manager. Fieldale Farms, located in Baldwin, Ga., is a private label manufacturer and food service supplier of poultry products.
The award was co-presented by Marcos Cantharino, global sales and marketing director at DuPont Qualicon, and Rick Biros, former publisher of Food Quality. "We're honored to recognize superb achievements in the food industry because we believe in our responsibility to promote a culture of food safety and quality around the world," Luiz Fischmann, global marketing manager at DuPont Qualicon, said in a statement.
The April 28 event at the Washington Convention Center's Keynote Theater began with a reception attended by over 300 meeting attendees. Following the reception, Craig Wilson, assistant vice president and general merchandising manager of food safety and quality assurance for Costco Wholesale Corporation, delivered the keynote address, in which he discussed how companies can fight to ensure food safety in these tough economic times.
In selecting Fieldale Farms as the winner of the award, the judges concluded that their entry was the most impressive in terms of the company's efforts to enhance food quality and safety. According to one of the judges, "This company has really made serious investments in food quality and safety related tools . and demonstrates their ongoing commitment to keeping their systems up to date with technology tools and learning. . This company really seems to have a plan for moving forward." Another cited the company for making "substantial investments in facility infrastructure, equipment, technology, and personnel."
This past winners of the award are West Liberty Foods LLC, Hormel Foods, Beef Products Inc. (BPI), Tyson Food Safety & Lab Services, SYSCO Corporation, Franklin Foods, Hygaard Fine Foods Ltd. and East Balt Commissary Inc.
The award's sponsor, DuPont Qualicon, is a business within the DuPont Agriculture and Nutrition portfolio that provides science-based diagnostic products designed to reduce the impact of pathogens and other unwelcome organisms in food and pharmaceuticals. |
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