Land O'Frost's Food Safety Culture Becomes NAMI-Certified Procedure

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MEAT, POULTRY & SEAFOOD

Antoon Van Eekeren, an immigrant from Holland, traveled to the United States in 1941 with dreams to be successful. After learning about the growing demand for freezer storage, he purchased a building on Chicago's south side to house frozen meats. In 1952, he expanded by producing frozen meat pies, TV dinners and wafer-sliced beef sold under the Land O'Frost name. In 2013, Land O'Frost moved into its new $6.4 million corporate headquarters in Munster, Ind., which features a pilot plant, a high-tech test kitchen and goals to become LEED certified.

Today, Land O'Frost is a third-generation family owned company driven by entrepreneurial spirit and a food safety culture.

That's why Dr. John Butts, vice president of research, helped develop the "seek and destroy" (S&D) process, which identifies and destroys Listeria monocytogenes growth niches.

"S&D requires meat processors to regularly disassemble machinery for...