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	Douglas Wins Clean Water Award	Wayne Farms Welcomes David Malfitano
	Campbell's Team 'Makes the Difference'	The New York Corner . . .
	XIT Marks Two Years of Safe Operation	PSF Achieves Safety Milestone
	Laurel Reaches 2 Million Safe Hours	GMA Marks 30th Anniversary

Douglas Wins Clean Water Award

Wayne Farms' Douglas, Georgia facility has been honored with the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association's Clean Water Award for 2003. Douglas received the award for best pretreatment facility during an association meeting on March 5th.

Over the last few years, the plant has made significant improvements in both wastewater treatment and storm water pollution prevention, explains Wayne Farms Environmental Affairs Manager Phil Willis. It has also invested heavily in new technology and demonstrated a strong commitment to environmental training and community service.

Dennis Artley, Operations Manager at Douglas, notes that the plant faced strong competition--with roughly 30 facilities in the running--and submitted to extensive on-site review from the USPEA. "Their engineering team came in, examined our records, and carried out interviews with our operators and supervisors," says Dennis, who notes that the reviewers were impressed with both the quality of the plant's program and the openness of staff in answering questions. "They liked the fact that we brought our operators into the process and let them give the answers," he notes. "This contrasted with many other companies and showed that we had a lot confidence in our operation."

Dennis notes that the major initiative over the last two years has been the development of a new activated sludge pretreatment system--designed to replace an older system inherited from the city of Douglas. "We knew that our original system would not take us very far, especially with new regulations down the road," he says, "and that we needed to have much more advanced technology."

Work on the project, led by Maintenance Manager Ron Williams, began in February of 2001 and was completed last June. Today, after nearly a year of operation, the system has produced exceptional results and provided a major benefit to the local community.

"This has been a cooperative effort of many people in Oakwood and Douglas," explains Dennis, "but I have to say that Ron Williams and his staff here deserve a lot of credit. They've worked extremely hard and have been very instrumental in making this project a success."

Campbell's Team 'Makes the Difference'

The Campbell's team in Oakwood receiving the "You Make the Difference Award" last month, the first time it has been given to a Campbell supplier. From left, Brian Mullins, John Tapia, Myke Rich, Roger Busch, Joanne Cook, Steve Bisson, Kerrie Turner, not pictured, Lee Goldin. The team also includes management and staff from Wayne Farms Decatur plant, DQ4-Decatur, and DQ3-Douglas.

Campbell Soup Company defines customer service as "Delighting the Customer." It is very evident that we did just that. Keep up the great work and thank you everyone for your outstanding efforts.

--Stephen Bisson
  Business Manager, Campbell Soup Supply

XIT Marks Two Years of Safe Operation

I would like to you join me in congratulating the team at XIT for going 730 days (2 yrs) without a lost time accident. This achievement was completed on January 15. The team at XIT has demonstrated exemplary commitment to being proactive in safety awareness and daily follow-through on policy.

XIT achieved this goal while providing care of 65,000 animals and manufacturing over 900 tons of feed each day.

Hats off to XIT!

--John Rakestraw

Laurel Reaches Two Million Safe Hours

The Wayne Farms Laurel Complex has reached another milestone, completing 2 million safe hours in November 2002. This is the result of increased awareness of hazards and safety consciousness by all employees. To celebrate this achievement, employees received hooded sweatshirt jackets and enjoyed a "grilled" lunch, cooked and served by managers and supervisors. At present, the Laurel Complex is more than half way to its next goal of 3 million safe hours.

--Margaret Morgan
 

Wayne Farms Welcomes David Malfitano

David Malfitano

David Malfitano has joined Wayne Farms as Vice President of Human Resources. He began with the company in January and reports to Elton Maddox, President and Chief Executive Officer. David brings to the Company more than eighteen years of experience in such areas as leadership development, organizational change and learning, compensation systems, training programs and union-management relations.

He has held senior positions at such major companies as Frito-Lay, Monsanto, Kelly Services, and Vickers (now part of Eaton Corporation). Most recently, he was Director of Global Human Resources at Electronic Data Systems, where he directed Human Resources services for EDS's multi-billion dollar General Motors unit.

The New York Corner . . .

As it has done annually for a number of years, the New York office again participated in the American Cancer Society's Daffodil Sale to fight cancer. A check for $1,874 was sent to the American Cancer Society, which included the matching contribution from the ContiGroup Companies Foundation. Funds raised help increase vital cancer research, expand early detection education programs, and provide services in the New York community for patients and their families.

--Robin Derin

PSF Achieves Safety Milestone

Premium Standard Farms' Milan Processing Facility recently achieved a significant safety milestone--surpassing one million hours worked without a lost-time accident.

"Very few slaughter plants can achieve one million combined hours without an injury resulting in time missed from work," says Bob Gass, Corporate Director of Safety and Risk Management at Premium Standard Farms. "This is the third time our associates have achieved this."

Employees at the processing facility have worked over six months without a lost-time accident, surpassing a previous best of 188 days. This translates to over 1.1 million hours of combined work time.

"We benchmark ourselves to general industry standards rather than just to those of our industry," says Bob. Based on information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the processing facility is consistently among the safest, not only in the slaughter industry, but among general industry as well. "Our philosophy is to make safety part of our everyday business operations, and we're proud to offer a first-class working environment for our associates."

GMA Marks 30th Anniversary

Grands Moulins des Antilles (GMA), Guadeloupe, celebrated its 30th anniversary with a reception and open house in December. From right, Brian Anderson, Vice President and General Manager, ContiLatin; Lysa Palma, GMA Commercial Department; Conti COO Vart Adjemian; Jean-Pierre Gorgue, Vice President, Finance and Administration. GMA has continuously developed its feed and flour operations over last decade. The only flour mill in Guadeloupe, GMA today has 80 salaried employees and produces approximately 2,000 tons of flour and 3,000 tons of feed per month.