Over 40 companies are exhibiting at the 2010 Poultry Processors Workshop during the Supplier Showcase and reception scheduled for October 6th at the Springdale Holiday Inn from 3:00-6:00 p.m. The event continues on Thursday, October 7th at the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science at University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. The two day educational event will address current issues for the poultry processors, HACCP, QA, and environmental personnel. Traceability, Plant Floor Data Collection, Performance Based Sanitation, Impact of Export Markets, Employee retention and Training, and New Performance Standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter are just a few of the topics to be addressed. A golf tournament is also scheduled at the Springdale Country Club on Thursday, beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Conference registration fee is $60 for TPF members; $75 for non-members; $25 for university personnel; students are complimentary. Onsite registration is available for $15 additional charge. Exhibitor table top space fee is $100 for TPF members; $200 for non-members. Individual golf entry fee is $80 per person or $320 per team.
Following is a list of exhibitors for the 2010 Supplier Showcase:
• 3M Microbiology
• A & A Laboratories, Inc./Whitbeck Laboratories, Inc.
• Ag Equip USA
• Ambrose Packaging
• A-Tech Inc
• Baader Johnson
• Bizerba USA
• Canteen Vending Services
• CAT (Cooling & Applied Technology)
• CAT Squared
• CFS
• Cintas Corporation
• Cockrum Welding
• Conveyor Technology
• D&F Equipment
• D.C. Taylor
• Ecolab-Food & Bev. Division
• Elanco Food Solutions
• Elite Spice
• FLS Energy
• FMC Microbial Control Business
• Food Mate
• FPEC
• Habasit America
• Hugg and Hall Equipment
• Industrial Equipment Sales
• Intralox LLC
• Marel Stork Poultry Processing
• Meyn America LLC
• MP Equipment Company
• Paragon M&H Inc
• Poly Clip System
• POSS Design Limited
• Prime Equipment Group Inc
• Reiser
• Safe Foods
• Signode
• Terra Renewal LLC
• UniFirst Corporation
• Volk Enterprises
• WeighTech Inc
• Zee Company
For more information on the workshop, contact any member of the Processors Workshop Committee below or Paulette Binkley at The Poultry Federation at 501-375-8131.
Processors Workshop Committee members: Shane Acosta, Cargill; Heath Hula, Butterball; Dr. Phil Hudspeth, O.K. Foods; Keith Lipford, Simmons; Pat Mareth, George’s; Brad Shelton, O.K. Foods; David Young, Tyson Foods; Dr. John Marcy, U of A, Div. of Ag, Poultry Science; Chad Lawrence, Zee Company; Preston Stiles, Conveyor Technology; Tommy Basham, The Vincit Group.