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Barn features animal-welfare innovations

Morgan Henriott
Jan 20, 2022
Jan 20, 2022

Cattle in holding pens — Innovations at the newly designed Green Bay Dressed Beef cattle-receiving barn are a result of American Foods Group’s commitment to humanely treating animals processed at the facility.
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Morgan Henriott

Green Bay Dressed Beef, an American Foods Group company, opened the doors in April 2021 to a newly designed cattle-receiving barn, with animal-handling, safety and producer ease in mind.

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Morgan Henriott is director of food safety and quality assurance at American Foods Group, a corporate sponsor of PDPW. Email Jennifer Dibbern, vice-president of marketing and corporate communications at American Foods Group, at jdibbern@americanfoodsgroup.com for more information.