More than 140 meat and poultry plants received awards for outstanding safety performance at the American Meat Institute Foundation's annual Conference on Worker Safety, Health, Human Resources and the Environment.

Forty-two plants were recognized with the highest award: the Award of Honor. Forty-seven received the Award of Merit. Thirty plants received the Award of Commendation and 22 received a Certificate of Recognition.

The various levels of awards are earned based on an evaluation of each eligible plant's actual safety performance as well as its implementation of various key components of an effective safety and health program as measured by the safety program questionnaire. Each plant's award application is analyzed by experts at the National Safety Council, which assisted with the development of the program.

To view a list of this year's safety award winners, click here. 

Environmental awards

AMIF also recognized 147 plants with Environmental MAPS awards during the conference.

The basis for the MAPS awards are the development and implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMSs). The Environmental MAPS program is AMI's voluntary, four-tiered EMS program that recognizes company and/or individual plant progress through the four tiers, from the first steps in Tier 1 of organizing for development of an EMS all the way through to implementation of a fully functional EMS at Tier 3. One further step is achievement of ISO 14001 certification.

For a complete list of this year's MAPS award recipients, click here. 

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