In case you missed it, September was a busy one for PSSI. Our sanitation and compliance measures were featured prominently in Meatingplace’s magazine article “Coming Clean” (page 83). As part of a larger spread on sanitation, PSSI’s industry-leading policies and procedures are helping ensure safety and compliance – especially when it comes to combatting identity theft. 

“The company goes beyond relying on government-issued best practices in hiring. They look for signs of potential identity theft, once new hires have gone through a review process by human resources at both the plant and corporate levels.

“We do this by ‘connecting the dots,’” the spokesperson says. “We ask new hires to provide answers about information we learned during the hiring process, to prove their own identity that’s in question.” For example, “What’s your high school mascot? Why do you have identification from Minnesota when you’re in Texas? Tell me about your favorite restaurants in Minnesota?”

But PSSI cannot go it alone. We’re constantly talking to customers, community leaders and partners to get it right. 

“In addition, the company uses biometric facial recognition technology to spot workers who are posing as someone else. They also have employees at a number of locations who are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). PSSI has partnered with UFCW to educate workers on how to identify and report child labor and human trafficking/ worker exploitation. The union itself has about 4,000 members who work in sanitation, says Mark Lauritsen, international vice president and director of the food processing, packaging and manufacturing division of UFCW in Washington, D.C. “We have eyes and ears to report it right away, so it doesn’t fester and become a big issue.”

To see the full article and learn the latest on industry news, check out the magazine dedicated to the supply chain and safety here.