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45 Smithfield Foods Facilities Receive AMI, GEEA Awards for Their Environmental Stewardship Achievements.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 12-OCT-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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SMITHFIELD, Va., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty-five Smithfield Foods, Inc., facilities in 19 states have earned honors from the American Meat Institute (AMI) and the Virginia Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards (GEEA) for their environmental stewardship efforts during the past year.

AMI honors food industry participants with two separate awards. The Environmental Achievement Award, introduced this year, recognizes continued achievement in environmental stewardship by facilities that go beyond AMI's environmental compliance requirements in five categories.

Eight Smithfield Foods facilities in six states received this award for exceeding AMI's compliance standards for environmental outreach to the public; pollution prevention; resource conservation; sustainability; and training programs.

AMI's two-year-old Environmental Recognition Award celebrates companies that assess their own environmental challenges and develop unique solutions that encourage continuous...

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