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BUSINESS NEWS & NOTES

Starkey appointed president of USPOULTRY
The U.S. Poultry
& Egg Association
board of directors
has appointed John
Starkey as its new
president effective
Dec. 1. Starkey
will succeed
Starkey
Don Dalton, who
stepped down earlier this year. Like
Dalton, he will manage the business
affairs of the association under the
supervision of the executive committee
and the board. Starkey, who earned
a bachelor's degree in chemical
engineering from Purdue Univ. and a
master's degree in sanitary engineering
from Georgia Tech, joined USPOULTRY
as vice president of environmental
programs in 2000.
"USPOULTRY has a long history
of support for the poultry industry,"
said Henry Welch, chairman of the
board. "We are confident that John's

educational background, knowledge
of the industry, and service in the
environmental arena will enable him
to help lead the association in the
challenging years ahead."
"I'm appreciative of the confidence
the board has shown in naming me
Don Dalton's successor," said John
Starkey. "I'm grateful to Don for the
outstanding leadership he has provided
USPOULTRY during his tenure. I am
excited to continue USPOULTRY's
tradition of service to the industry and
will continue to explore innovative
ways to enhance our service."
Prior to joining USPOULTRY, Starkey
served as manager of environmental
engineering for Gold Kist, director of
environmental affairs for Hudson Foods,
and a principal in the engineering firm
of Vaughn, Coltrane & Associates.
Starkey also served on the USPOULTRY
Research Advisory Committee from
1993-99. He is a member of the Water
Environment Federation.

Gold'n Plump facility reaches safety
milestone
Officials with St. Cloud, Minn.-based
Gold'n Plump Poultry announced
this fall that its Cold Spring,
Minn. processing plant recorded 1 million hours
worked without an injury resulting in lost
time. The processing plant employs
approximately 615
workers and managers pride themselves on constantly
enhancing the facility's safety training programs. "It's important we

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engage people and make them a
part of the solution. We all have a
stake in safety, and that's how we
operate," said Deke Fischer,
plant manager.
Kari Waters, Gold'n
Plump's corporate
health and safety manager, was credits the
management and employees' commitment
with the achievement.
"It's their attention to
detail and awareness
that makes the big difference," she said.

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Murray's
introduces online
source verification
Murray's Chicken, South Fallsburg,
N.Y., announced it will offer
customers the industry's first online
Farm Source Verification System
for poultry. Using the Web-based
system, consumers will have access
to information about the farm
where specific
pack ages of
the company's
natural poultry
was raised.
The decision
to introduce the
system was based on consumers'
growing demand for information
about the food the origin of the
food they purchase. According
to an August 2007 consumer poll
(Zogby International), 85 percent
of U.S. consumers indicated it is
important to know where their
food comes from and 70 percent
of food shoppers said they are
willing to pay more for poultry,
meat, produce, seafood and other
food products if they were from
the United States.
"Since I began working in the
poultry industry, our business has
always put the consumers' needs
first. The system is a continuation
of that commitment," says Murray
Bresky, CEO., president and
namesake of Murray's Chicken.
The Farm Source Verification
System utilizes the mapping
capabilities of Google Maps and
Google Earth to provide shoppers
with access to information about the
turkey and chicken family farmers
Murray's Chicken worked with on
a given day.
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