From a small 5,000-square-foot plant in Springfield, Ill., solely focused on making ice cream mixes, to a large, 126,000-square-foot plant in Dubuque, Iowa, that processes nearly 40 million pounds of fluid milk a month, to the team at the Faribault, Minn., plant who earned the top prize for their handcrafted Cave Aged Rinded Swiss, Prairie Farms Dairy boasts a wide range of manufacturing operations.
Allan Huttema was named Interim CEO in December to replace outgoing CEO, Joe Coote, who left the dairy company with plans to return to his native Australia.
The prospect of cybercrime remains a never-ending, and increasingly dangerous, threat to dairy processors. Attackers are focusing more on critical infrastructures, leading to threats of food tampering and hacks into processing, transportation and storage systems that can result in food spoilage and, consequently, food poisoning and shortages.
The collaboration is producing positive results among participating farmers, including a 10% decrease in GHG emissions intensity from the milk used in the production of Pizza Hut cheese, Pizza Hut stated.
According to the office of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, demand for the company’s products has created the need for an additional manufacturing facility, slated to be 750,000 square feet.
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations outlines requirements and considerations related to the labeling of foods, including ice cream and frozen desserts.