For GCCA Transportation Directors-at-large positions, three individuals recently joined the board and started serving their three-year teams effective immediately.
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.
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.
To be eligible for an award, a processing facility or transportation operation must implement an effective and innovative health and safety program and have illness and injury rates below industry averages reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"Our new name reflects our expanded focus on and commitment to addressing the challenges and opportunities faced by food and beverage producers at every stage of the production process," organization stated.
CheeseExpo, a biennial event hosted by Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA) and the Center for Dairy Research (CDR), returns from April 16 to 18 at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wis.