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always new ideas and concepts that come up
on Meat and Poultry Inspection. He was
outspoken and clear on issues affecting smaller at our meetings. One thing we learned and
abide by is the belief that if you are going to do
plant management based fully on his ability
something new or different, you had better be
to listen to his peers throughout the country.
very serious about it. We call it 'The Stoltzfus
His role in explaining the true implications of
Way' and tolerate no excuse for not getting it
proposed rules and inspection to others on the
committee who knew little about family-owned understood and followed."
small meat processing businesses
was profound.
Stoltzfus Meats has invested
heavily in new equipment and
is working on a 5,000-sq.-ft.
expansion of the processing
plant in the current year. The
business has changed to become
60 percent reliant on wholesale
volume and the expansion is
premised on more space for
packaging ready-to-eat items and
smokehouse capacity. The firm
also does private labeling of meats
for 10 business partners and has
accounts with nearly 900 other
food outlets.
Although much of the original
family farm has been sold off
for housing development, Myron
says that in 2014, some of the
original barn structures have
been remodeled into venues for
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