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and United Insulated Structures, has
developed a ﬂexible design that allows modules for blast freezing meat
to meet USDA regulations and USDA
inspection to be easily added. The
design also meets export standards,

especially those currently needed
to export to Russia. "Providing cold
storage and blast freezing for meat
and poultry companies is a major
and continuing part of our business,"
he added. "I am pleased to say that
business is buoyant and every bit as

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good as last year, which was a very
successful year for us."
Raoul Baxter, Smithfield's former
executive, confirms that a fourth sector is in spending mode. However,
these are not expansions but necessary renovations of old plants. JBS,
the Brazilian meat company that has
already purchased the beef operations of Swift & Co. and is planning
to buy the beef interests of National Beef Packing and Smithfield, is
spending sizeable sums to get its facilities up to meet the new standards
- particularly to upgrade wastewater
systems, product safety and better
product handling.
Ed Bick, executive in charge for
pork operations at JBS-Swift, Greeley,
Colo., says that while the company

"We know this
technology has been
successfully used
in Europe for quite
some time, and the
U.S. meat industry
has been slow to
recognize all the
advantages, but it is
catching up fast."
is indeed investing in its operations,
they are using a combination of new
and novel technologies to ensure the
ﬁrm complies with regulatory requirements with an eye on the future.
He adds that the company is
spending significantly on improving animal handling, animal welfare, humane slaughter and product
quality. The process had started at
their Marshalltown, Iowa plant some
years ago and was to be completed
at their Worthington, Minn. plant by
Labor Day this year. Coupled with
this is a major capital investment in

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