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One of the primary claims anti-meat activists make against the beef industry revolves around animal handling and welfare.

A little more than a year ago, West Liberty Foods created a buzz, announcing the successful certification of its Tremonton, Utah, plant as a landfill-free facility, and the soon-to-follow certification of its Mount Pleasant and West Liberty, Iowa, locations as well.

Dodge City, Kan., beef plant gets a new automated order distribution system; Thailand poultry plant gets improvements in food-safety, processing and cold-storage systems.

Butterball installed a state-of-the-art frozen-burger production line at its Carthage, Mo., processing plant and has visions of further growth of the product line.

Cargill is investing $2.3 million to install ground beef production and packaging equipment at its Wyalusing, Pa., beef processing facility.

Tyson Foods, Inc. recently began work on a multi-million dollar improvement and expansion project at its poultry complex in Sedalia, Missouri.