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IDFA Recognizes Dairy Companies for Superior Worker Safety
(Chicago, IL — October 26, 2007) At a special Champagne Toast to Worker Safety today during the Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) honored a select group of dairy companies with IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards and Achievement Certificates. This is the fourth year that IDFA has sponsored this program, which highlights the outstanding worker-safety records of U.S. dairy companies. The winning firms are listed below.
The operations for each nominated company were judged solely on specific data required annually by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on the facility's "Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses" report. This year's award decisions were based on data from OSHA reports for the 2006 calendar year.
The award program includes categories for both processing facilities and trucking operations in the dairy industry. In addition to the 40 category award winners, IDFA awarded Achievement Certificates to 22 processing and trucking operations for having no injury cases that resulted in lost time away from work.
"For several years, we've had an extremely positive response to this program from dairy companies. This interest truly demonstrates the industry's commitment to worker safety," said Clay Detlefsen, IDFA vice president of regulatory affairs. "We congratulate all of the participants on their accomplishments."
Processing facilities were judged in four product categories: natural and processed cheese; dry, condensed and evaporated products; ice cream and frozen desserts; and fluid milk. Within each product category, IDFA accepted nominations for small, medium and large facilities that achieved the best overall safety performance rates based on the OSHA data. Trucking companies were scored on their OSHA summaries according to the type of location: short haul, long haul or mixed; awards were categorized for small and large facilities.
The 2007 winners will be featured in an upcoming issue of Dairy Field magazine. IDFA will issue a call for nominations for the next Dairy Industry Safety Awards competition in early 2008.
2007 Worker Safety Category Winners — Plant Safety
HP Hood LLC, Agawam, Mass.
Kemps LLC ~ Subsidiary of HP Hood LLC, Rapid City, S.D.
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Fort Wayne, Ind., Operations Center
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Texas Operations Center
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Salt Lake City, Utah, Operations Center
Foremost Farms USA, Reedsburg, Wis.
Foremost Farms USA, Sparta, Wis.
Pace Dairy Foods of Indiana, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Leprino Foods, Waverly, N.Y.
Kraft Foods Global, Inc., Albany, Minn.
Tamarack Farms Dairy, Newark, Ohio
Safeway Inc. - Denver Milk Plant, Denver, Colo.
The Kroger Co. - Westover Dairy, Lynchburg, Va.
O-At-Ka Milk Products Cooperative, Inc., Batavia, N.Y.
Certificates of Achievement Winners — Plant Safety
Kemps LLC ~ Subsidiary of HP Hood LLC, Farmington, Minn.
Crowley Foods ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, Bristol, Va.
Kemps LLC ~ Subsidiary of HP Hood LLC, Rochester, Minn.
Kemps LLC ~ Subsidiary of HP Hood LLC, Duluth, Minn.
Foremost Farms USA, Preston, Minn.
Foremost Farms USA, Appleton, Wis.
Fullerton Cultured Specialties, Fullerton, Calif.
Kraft Foods Global, Inc., Campbell, N.Y.
2007 Worker Safety Category Winners — Transportation Safety
Crowley Foods ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, Binghamton, N.Y.
Kemps LLC ~ Subsidiary of HP Hood LLC, Merrill, Wis.
Kemps LLC ~ Subsidiary of HP Hood LLC, Brainerd, Minn.
Crowley Foods ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, Paterson, N.J.
Heluva Good Cheese ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, Youngstown, Ohio
*Heluva Good Cheese ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, Sodus, N.Y.
*Heluva Good Cheese ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, Sodus, N.Y.
Rosenberger's Dairies ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, Levittown, Pa.
HP Hood LLC, Barre, Vt.
Crowley Foods ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, LaFargeville, N.Y.
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Manteca, Calif., Sales & Distribution
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, City of Industry, Calif., Sales & Distribution
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Anchorage, Alaska, Sales & Distribution
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sales & Distribution
Edy's Grand Ice Cream, Earth City, Mo., Sales & Distribution
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Phoenix, Ariz., Sales & Distribution
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, San Diego, Calif., Sales & Distribution
Edy's Grand Ice Cream, Jacksonville, Fla., Sales & Distribution
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Tucson, Ariz., Sales & Distribution
Edy's Grand Ice Cream, Richmond, Va., Sales & Distribution
Edy's Grand Ice Cream, Pittsburg, Calif., Sales & Distribution
Edy's Grand Ice Cream, Columbia, Md., Sales & Distribution
Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Private Fleet, New Ulm, Minn.
Price's Creameries, Roswell, N.M.
Meadow Gold Dairy, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Alta Dena Dairy, Highland, Calif.
*Two different Sodus' facilities were named as winners.
Certificate of Achievement Winners — Transportation Safety
Kemps LLC ~ Subsidiary of HP Hood LLC, New Orleans, La.
Kemps LLC ~ Subsidiary of HP Hood LLC, La Crosse, Wis.
Rosenberger's Dairies ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, Hatfield, Pa.
Rosenberger Dairies ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, York, Pa.
HP Hood LLC, Concord, N.H.
Kraft Foods Global, Inc., Bentonville, Ark.
Safeway Inc., Bellevue Milk, Bellevue, Wash.
Safeway Inc., Phoenix Ice Cream, Phoenix, Ariz.
Price's Creameries, Las Cruces, N.M.
Price's Creameries, Alamogordo, N.M.
Meadow Gold Dairy, Greeley, Colo.
Meadow Gold Dairy, Boise, Idaho
Dean Foods North Central, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Penn Maid ~ Division of HP Hood LLC, Philadelphia, Pa.
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The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), Washington, DC, represents the nation's dairy manufacturing and marketing industries and their suppliers, with a membership of 530 companies representing a $90-billion a year industry. IDFA is composed of three constituent organizations: the Milk Industry Foundation (MIF), the National Cheese Institute (NCI) and the International Ice Cream Association (IICA). IDFA's 220 dairy processing members run more than 600 plant operations, and range from large multi-national organizations to single-plant companies. Together they represent more than 85% of the milk, cultured products, cheese and frozen desserts produced and marketed in the United States. IDFA can be found online at www.idfa.org
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