North Little Rock, Ark.-based Safe Foods Corporation, a division of PSSI, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony last month for its latest expansion project in North Little Rock.
The ceremony celebrated the start of a $14 million project designed to increase the range of products Safe Foods can produce at its Arkansas headquarters, according to a news release.
The construction of a new blending plant will double the production capacity for Safe Foods’ organic food wash, with the addition of a new reactor and two bulk storage tanks, according to the release.
“Safe Foods is committed to ensuring a safer food supply and helping our clients achieve their goals,” Chris Coleman, president of Safe Foods Corp., said in the release. “With this project, Safe Foods and PSSI will have expanded capacity to manufacture the intervention and sanitation products trusted by meat, poultry and produce processors around the world. Our solutions are already used to protect over 350 million servings of food per day, and this initiative will provide new opportunities to promote food safety.”
The project also includes a new, 55,000-square-foot packaging facility and warehouse that will allow Safe Foods to manufacture 19 additional product lines for PSSI that will be used to protect consumers from foodborne illness, the release said.
Plans also include the renovation of a rail spur and new unloading stations. The expansion is expected to be completed in early 2023, creating at least 20 new jobs, according to the company.
PSSI acquired Safe Foods Corporation in August 2021 as part of PSSI’s strategic growth plan, the release said.
