Sun Valley Foods celebrates a safety milestone

August 26, 2003

Jarvis, ON – Today, Sun Valley Foods celebrated “4 Years with No Lost Time Accidents.” The hatchery officially reached the four-year milestone on Aug. 15, 2003.

The term “lost time” refers to any workplace injury or illness that results in a person missing time from work beyond the day of the accident. The most recent Workplace Safety & Insurance Board of Ontario stats show that in 2001 alone, Ontario experienced 98,359 lost time accidents in the workplace.

Sun Valley Foods employees work by this statement: No job is so important and no service is so urgent that we cannot perform our work safely.

“Safety is a way of life for our stakeholders and their families. This is not looked at as simply a business achievement. There is a real sense of ownership and pride because it is something that each employee has had a part in,” said Annette Ball, hatchery manager for Sun Valley Foods.

Employees from the hatchery are celebrating with a barbecue, cooked up by the Jarvis Fire Department. To mark the business’s safety achievement, Sun Valley Foods will be presenting the fire department with a donation to go towards the purchase of a Jaws of Life.

Last month, Sun Valley Foods announced the expansion of its hatchery, which will significantly increase hatcher and setter space, as well as provide additional egg storage capacity.

Sun Valley Foods, a division of Cargill Limited, is a major supplier of processed chicken to the Canadian food service industry. The business consists of a hatchery in Jarvis, Ontario, and a chicken processing facility in London, Ontario. Sun Valley Foods was established in January 2002, when the chicken processing business was acquired by Cargill Limited from Cuddy International Corporation.

Annette Ball
Hatchery Manager,
Sun Valley Foods
Telephone: (519) 521-1595 or 1-800-265-2822