Source: NCDA&CS, 1/7/21


Sometimes extraordinary actions are obvious – a passerby saving someone from a burning building or a stranger volunteering to donate a kidney to someone in need. The list of good deeds could be endless. However, sometimes you have to look a little deeper or have some inside knowledge to understand that what appears to be “ordinary people doing ordinary jobs” may really be much more.

That’s the case with the employees of the NCDA&CS Division of Meat and Poultry Inspection. Their work has been extraordinary in the months since the coronavirus pandemic jostled the food supply chain. Their combined effort to keep meat and poultry products available to consumers has also earned the entire division the NCDA&CS Excellence in Team Accomplishment award.

“I think they’ve done a phenomenal job to keep things moving forward and allowing the [meat and poultry] establishments to continue to operate – doing what needed to be done,” said Lisa Benton, a division employee who nominated the division for the award.

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