Q-Squared

No Salmonella detected in any sample / site. Site Y10, the barn cleaner under the drip pan met the alert level for enterobacteriacae. The site was cleaned to prevent any cross contamination. Five samples met an action level for enterobacteriaceae. (Y10, the barn cleaner under the drip pan; Y3,Drain in V-bottom mix vat room; R1, Sifter screen over air hole of tower drier; R3, Drain in tower drier bag room; and R8,Floor in to tower bag room leading to tower vestibule). Two sites met the action level for yeast and mold. (GR3, Floor in front of roll up screen door in dirty side of maintenance shop; and GR1, Floor in warehouse by door into production near the mix vats). Two sites also failed for Standard Plate Count. (R14, Metal tube leading to each arm of the V-bottom bagger; and R4, Black belt that tightens bags around diaphragm in tower drier). One site failed for E.coli (Y10, the barn cleaner under the drip pan). All action level sites were cleaned and then re-sampled the follo

Stephen Paolicelli spoke at the July 6th Luncheon and stressed that the actions taken now, during the clean up will have a big impact on the quality of the products when we start producing them again. Employees will need to pay attention to the processes to ensure that safe, quality products are being made for our customers once production resumes. We also need to be vigilant with our prerequisite programs (environmental monitoring, pest control, cleaning and sanitation, etc.)

Tasty treats were handed out to all employees at the July 6th Q2 luncheon. Special blue & white MM’s with three different quality messages were given to all in attendance. We wanted to ensure everyone is thinking about Q2 even at this challenging time. The messages printed on the MM’s were: Breathe Quality , Live Quality , and Be Quality . The messages were originally meant to be sweet reminders, but at this time Breathe Quality, Live Quality, and Be Quality seem to be more of a challenge – a challenge we are ready to face.

The 1st & 2nd shifts BBQ2 Luncheons took place on July 6, 2006. However, all DMV employees (all third shifts and employees from the North building and all management) attended. The atmosphere was casual as we had lunch under outside tents. During lunch, employees enjoyed delicious Italian food as they listened to comments made by Steve Braun, Gary Casterlin and Stephen Paolicelli. Steve Braun began by thanking everyone in attendance for working hard as we begin the process of cleaning up the plant. The recent floods caused damage to both the interior and exterior of the Delhi manufacturing facility. A lot of work has been done, however much more is still needed. Steve also spoke about what is needed before we can restart production: the clean-up needs to be completed, the facility sanitized, motors to be repaired and parts of the facility and offices need reconstruction. We need to keep Q2 in front of us as we repair the facility and get ready to restart production. Gary talked abo