Source:  MEATINGPLACE.COM, 1/27/11

Poultry industry facilities with outstanding safety programs are invited to apply for recognition under the Joint Poultry Industry Safety Award Program, a group of poultry industry groups announced.

The program recognizes facilities that have achieved injury and illness rates below the industry average for three consecutive years through the implementation of innovative and effective programs.

Poultry or egg processing plants, hatcheries, feed mills or rendering facilities that are operated by member companies of the National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association are eligible to apply.

Award program application forms are available on www.poultryegginstitute.org.

The application deadline for the 2011 awards is March 1, 2011. The annual awards will be presented during the National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry, June 1-3, 2011, at the Savannah Marriott, Savannah, Ga.

The Joint Industry Safety and Health Council are made up of members from the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, National Chicken Council and National Turkey Federation. Collectively, the three organizations represent 95 percent of the nation’s poultry products and employ hundreds of thousands of workers.

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