Business Brief s
»Jim Wimberly has been appointed
labor counsel to the National Chicken
Council (NCC). Wimberly’s Atlanta-based law firm, Wimberly, Lawson,
Steckel, Schneider & Stine, P.C.,
has extensive experience representing
food processing employers. The
poultry industry continues to deal
with a number of employment
issues, including wage-hour and
immigration.
»Employees at Wayne Farms LLC’s
Oakwood facility have worked more
Oakwood Group – Employees at
Wayne Farms’ Oakwood facility
received custom jackets or vests from
the company to commemorate five
years/750,000 hours without a lost-time accident.
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than 750,000 hours without a lost
time accident. The hours h ave
accumulated since June of 2003.
The Oakwood facility is a 43,000
square-foot further processing plant
and has been owned and operated by
Wayne Farms LLC since 1985.
»Charles River Laboratories,
Avian Products and Services
(SPAFAS), recently moved into
its newly-expanded laboratories in
Willimantic, Conn. Production in the
8,500 sq. ft. facility is being initiated
in three phases, with the first phase,
valued at $1.9 million, completed
mid-June.
»The Poultry Federation and
the University of Arkansas have
opened a new veterinary diagnostic
laboratory in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The laboratory will offer NPIP
mycoplasma and pullorum testing
for both chicken and turkey flocks;
along with other services.
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will make us more efficient, and ultimately
more successful,” comments Jerry Moye,
president of Cobb-Vantress.
Thijs Hendrix, president of Hendrix
Genetics, adds: “With this alliance we set
Jerry Moye, Cobb-Vantress, (left) shaking
hands with Thijs Hendrix on the agreement, Antoon van den Berg, Hendrix
Genetics, looking on.
foot on new land. Together we create a new
platform with a new horizon in animal
breeding and life sciences.”
The Hybro organization, genetic lines
and facilities became part of Cobb. While
Hybro will not operate as a stand alone
division, its products will be offered as
part of Cobb’s portfolio.
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS
CC Industries acquires
Weiler and Company,
Inc.
Participating in the signing ceremony
at OIE headquarters in Paris are, left to
right, IPC second vice chairman Christian
Lohbauer of Brazil, Dr. Barry O’Neil,
president of the OIE; Dr. Bernard Vallat,
director general of the OIE; and IPC
first vice president Tage Lysgaard of
Denmark. Lohbauer represents ABEF, the
Brazilian Poultry Producers Association,
and Lysgaard represents AVEC, the
European Union Poultry Association.
