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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-11-17, Page 2626 Exeter 7tir,...A/Preaat. Wednesday, November 1 Y. Farm news Hayters Turkey Products achieves accreditation Hayter's Turkey Products of Dashwood achieved its HACCP accreditation Monday from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. On hand for the certificate presenta- tion are back row, from Left: Jamie Sefton, HACCP Auditor; Brenda Rader, Recall Co-ordinator; Richard Denomme, Maintenance Co-ordinator; Doug Hansen, Sanitation Co-ordinator; and Susan Lothian, Health and Hygiene. Front row from Ieft:Tom Graham, HACCP Ontario Co-ordinator; and Mat Hayter, Plant, Manager and HACCP Co-ordinator; and Joanne Maguire, HACCP Projpct Manager. By Kate Monk TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF DASHWOOD - Hayters Turkey Products of Dashwood has achieved Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points (HACCP) accreditation for food safe- Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials were at the facility Monday to officially pre- sent the certificate and stamps for the turkey pro- cessing operation. Hayters • started the approval process in 1997 and has completed the process before the Jan. 25, 2000 deadline. HACCP is mandatory for all plants that export to the U.S. Hayters supply plants that ship turkey products to the U.S. Originally developed to protect the American food supply, HACCP is an inter- nationally -recognized set of protocols for preventing food product contamina- tion by chemical, biologi- cal and physical agents at every stage of the maniU- facturing and delivery process. It emphasizes hazard analysis, critical limits, prevention/correc- tion, and exhaustive rou- tine monitoring which generates documentation inspected annually then closely audited every three years to decide re -certifi- cation. Monitoring includes checking records and interviewing employees to ensure safety prerequisites are followed. Hayters Turkey Products didn't have to make any significant changes in the way it did business because it is already feder- ally inspected. But the amount of monitoring and paperwork to document the products are handled safely is increased, espe- cially for employees, according to Joanne Maguire of Hayters. She estimates the com- pany invested $100,000 over the three years of becoming HACCP accredit- ed and estimates it will require $30,000 per year to implement the program. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency imple- ments the program for the federal government. Ontario HACCP co-ordina- tor Tom Graham said 79 Open House Sun.,, Nov 21 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. ... join us, you'll love us 183 Main St. Exeter PHONE: 235-3725 FAX: 235.3801 of Ontario's 234 meat and poultry plants have achieved accreditation. He said regulations are not more stringent than regulations now in place but puts more emphasis on the company and its employees recording their actions. Graham said consumers should benefit from HACCP because there will be fewer food product recalls. "Rather than waiting for end -product controls, (HACCP will) catch prob- lems earlier in the sys- tem," Graham explained: Producers will be able to expand markets interna- tionally if they are HACCP accredited because con- sumers are demanding companies be more food - safety conscious, he added. Tom Hayter doesn't expect HACCP will imme- diately improve his com- pany's bottom line but in the long term, exports will be affected. "In the short term, it's either do it or lose mar- kets," he said. Denfield Livestock sales The market at Denfield traded on a very strong demand at prices $3.00- $5.00 cwt higher on all classes of fed cattle, with American orders very strong. Cows traded steady,veal strong, stock- ers fully steady and pigs, sows and boars were steady. • • Legge Farms, Chesley sold 44 steers avg. wt. 1363 avg. price 101.09 with sales to 111.00 pur- chased by Casey Dendekker and 110.00 purchased by Norwich Packers. • Don Eedy and Mark Vanderploeg, Denfield sold 22 heifers avg. wt. 1191, avg. price 103.09 all pur- chased by Richard Heleniak with sales to 105.00. Mike Pickering, Dashwood sold 14 steers avg. wt. 1401 avg. price 99.69. Ed McCann, Parkhill sold 23 steers avg. wt. 1371 avg. price 97.63.. 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