IDFA recognizes dairy companies for worker safety

The International Dairy Foods Association has given 45 dairy companies IDFA Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards for their outstanding achievements in worker safety in 2019. The association announced outstanding facility safety award winners, as well as most improved facility winners. It also recognized four trucking operations for outstanding safety records and programs.

The winners include:

2019 Facility Outstanding Record in Worker’s Safety Award
Broughton Foods • Marietta, OH
Danone North America • Fort Worth, TX
Dean Foods – Land of Lakes • Sioux Falls, SD
Foremost Farms USA • Greenville, MI
Foremost Farms USA • Milan, WI
Foremost Farms USA • Reedsburg, WI
Foremost Farms USA • Richland Center, WI
Foremost Farms USA • Preston, MN
Foremost Farms USA • Sparta, WI
Gandy’s Dairies • Big Spring, TX
Gandy’s Dairies • Brady, TX
Gandy’s Dairies • Fort Stockton, TX
Gandy’s Dairies • Odessa, TX
Gandy’s Dairies • San Angelo, TX
Hiland Dairy • Little Rock, AR
Layton Dairy • Layton, UT (Fluid Milk)
Layton Dairy • Layton, UT (Ice Cream)
McArthur Dairy • Miami, FL
Meadow Gold Dairy • Boise, ID
Michigan Dairy • Livonia, MI
Midwest Ice Cream • Belvidere, IL
Oak Farms • Atoka, OK
Oak Farms • Lufkin, TX
Oak Farms • Springfield, MO
Oak Farms • Texarkana, TX
Oak Farms • Uvalde, TX
Oak Farms • Wichita Falls, TX
Oak Farms • Wichita, KS
Pace Dairy Foods Company • Rochester, MN
Prairie Farms Dairy • O’Fallon, IL
Prairie Farms Dairy • Springfield, IL
Price’s Creameries • El Paso, TX
Price’s Creameries • Roswell, NM
Publix – Deerfield Dairy Plant • Deerfield Beach, FL
Purity Dairies • Nashville, TN
Riverside Creamery • Riverside, CA
Southern Foods Group, LLC • Hammond, LA
Southwest Ice Cream • McKinney, TX
Swan Island Dairy • Portland, OR
Tolleson Dairy • Tolleson, AZ
Westover Dairy • Lynchburg, VA

2019 Most Improved Facilities
Foremost Farms USA • Milan, WI
Foremost Farms USA • Sparta, WI
Hiland Dairy • Little Rock, AR
HP Hood LLC • Concord, NH
McArthur Dairy • Miami, FL
Pace Dairy Foods Company • Rochester, MN
Publix – Deerfield Dairy Plant • Deerfield Beach, FL

2019 Transportation Outstanding Record in Worker’s Safety Award

31 Logistics • Haines City, FL
Cabot Creamery Coop, Inc. • Montpelier, VT (Less than Truckload)
Cabot Creamery Coop, Inc. • Montpelier, VT (Local Trucking)
Cabot Creamery Coop, Inc. • Montpelier, VT (Long Distance Trucking)
Darigold Fleet Operations • Portland, OR
McArthur Dairy • West Palm Beach, FL