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| Name |
Joseph Russell Smith |
| Birth |
12 Aug 1944 |
Hartford City, Blackford Co., IN  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Hartford City, Indiana |
| Burial |
Ioof Cemetary, Hartford City, Indiana |
| Person ID |
I52015 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2009 |
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| Notes |
Did farming in Blackford County, Indiana and founded Smith & Assoicates a consulting firm for working with meat and food processing facilities. Later expanded the business to include his brother Jim who worked in Michigan.
| Smith & Associates |
Smith & Associates is a consulting company founded in 1976 by Joseph R. "Joe" Smith in Hartford City, Indiana. Mr. Smith was a registered professional sanitarian and former facilities coordinator between the United States Dept. of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) and the Indiana State Board of Health. With this background he was able to bring a level of practicality in the interpretation of the USDA/FSIS Regulations for Meat and Poultry Inspection and work with our various clients to "smooth over the rough spots of dealing and negotiating with various local inspectors at the federal as well as state and local level.
In 1990 James M. "Jim" Smith, Joe's brother, came on board with Smith & Associates. Having worked within the meat industry as an industrial engineer and subsequently as a sales engineer with the equipment industry for the design and implementation of slaughtering, cutting, and further processing systems this brought to Smith & Associates the added expertise of familiarity with actual in-plant production operations for the red meat, poultry, fish, and food industry. Smith & Associates combines professional individuals with expertise in a variety of food, processing disciplines including:
Slaughtering - Red Meat and Poultry
Processing - Raw and Heat Processed Products
Allied Areas - Docks, Storage, Employee & USDA Areas
Regulatory Interpretations
Smith & Associates reservoir of associates consists of industry specialists with degrees from well established universities including Purdue, Michigan State, Indiana State, Indiana and Ball State. This strong educational background provides our clients with a variety of industry experience and knowledge in a multitude of areas. |
Died of colon cancer.
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