Inspectors and workers battle poultry contamination at Bell & Evans
In Fredericktown Pennsylvania the Bell & Evans plant employs six USDA inspectors among 8.50 per hour staff to inspect 150000 chickens daily. They identify lesions and contaminants in two seconds and reprocess diseased carcasses. The story notes 7,600 inspectors nationwide and recalls of 27 million pounds linked to listeria. Scott Sechler owns the company with 750 employees and near $100 million in annual revenue.
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Oliver Prichard
Philadelphia Inquirer
Fredericksburg
Bell & Evans
Lebanon County
USDA
America
Wampler Foods
Montgomery County
Scott Sechler
Freddie Reyes
Excel Corp
Fort Morgan
Colo
United States
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Wampler
Franconia Township
U.S
Food safety under fire as USDA faces authority gaps
Critics say the USDA lacks power to force recalls fine or shut down plants amid recalls tied to E coli and listeria outbreaks. The HACCP system shifted oversight to industry, while inspectors warn of staff cuts and limited legal tools despite ongoing contamination and deaths.
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Garry McKee
USDA
Arthur Hughes
Maine
Inspectors’ Union
Hughes
Dan Glickman
FAA
HACCP
Story County youths dominate 4-H horse judging event
The 4-H Youth Horse Judging Contest at the Iowa Equestrian Center in Kirkwood Community College drew 60 contestants on June 11. Story County dominated the top senior awards with Emily Cummins, Elizabeth Eimers, Jane Holmes, and Alisja Cooper-Reid earning top team and individual honors. Holmes was top senior in Reasons and overall.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Equestrian Center
Kirkwood Community College
Story County
Iowa
Emily Cummins
Collins
Elizabeth Eimers
Slater
Jane Holmes
Alisja Cooper-Reid
Nevada
Amanda Honnold
Holmes
Cummins
Cooper-Reid
Eimers
Erika Harlan
Jeffer
Dubuque County Wins Dairy Quiz Bowl Titles in Multiple Divisions
At Stormont High School near Arlington on June 12 the Dubuque County Senior team captured the Dairy Quiz Bowl crown with members Matt Simon Tim Raven Beth Schiltzer Sarah Bahl and coach Amanda Kass Kim Wolf Dawn Stendel. Dubuque County also claimed the intermediate division with Kayla Demmer Elizabeth Gaul Kurt Wolf and Ted Wolf coached by Amanda Kass. Fayette County took the junior division.
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Arlington
Dubuque County
Stormont High School
Matt Simon
Tim Raven
Farley
Matt Hefel
Epworth
Beth Schiltzer
Sarah Bahl
Dubuque
Amanda Kass
Kim Wolf
Dawn Stendel
Kayla Demmer
Elizabeth Gaul
Peosia
Kurt Wolf
Ted Wolf
Hill wins cooperative director of the year in Iowa turkey group
Paul Hill of Ellsworth has been named the Farmer Cooperative Director of the Year by the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. Hill is chairman and a founder of Iowa Turkey Growers Cooperative, which owns West Liberty Foods.
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Paul Hill
Ellsworth
Farmer Cooperative
National Council of Farmer Coopera
Tives. Hill
Iowa Turkey Growers Cooperative
West Liberty Foods
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