Product Announcement from Cablevey Conveyors  Almond Processing
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Ranch Inc., Ballico, Calif., is a family-owned almond processing
corporation that processes 50 million pounds of almonds each
year. Recently, industry changes made it necessary for owners
David and Christine Long to modify their processing operation.
While planning plant modifications, they decided to replace open
belt conveyors with dust-free equipment.  California, the only
US state with a commercial almond industry, produces 1.33
billion pounds of almonds annually. In 2001 and again in 2004,
the almond industry was stunned when isolated incidents of
salmonella poisoning were traced back to a California almond
ranch. Although the incidents were extremely limited, the Almond
Board of California, representing almond growers and processors,
took proactive action to ensure that this wouldn’t happen again.
The Board drafted a voluntary food safety plan that in Fall 2007
became a federal mar