Patents Assigned to West Liberty Foods
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Patent number: 11597572Abstract: Food products can be stored and sold in packaging. For example, a perishable food product can be stored in a first compartment of a packaging, and a second food product can be stored in a second compartment. The first compartment can include a modified atmosphere to increase the shelf life of the food product in the first compartment. The second compartment can be under normal atmosphere. This allows a more perishable food product to be stored in the first compartment, and a prepackaged, or otherwise less perishable food product to be separately stored in the second compartment, while extending the shelf life of the food products. The first product could be a sandwich, and the second product be one or more condiments for the sandwich.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: West Liberty Foods, LLCInventors: Brian White, Jeff Farver, Gerald Lessard
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Patent number: 10570635Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford
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Patent number: 10472837Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
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Patent number: 9815219Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus, systems and methods for manufacturing food, more specifically strip products out of meats such as chicken, of variable thickness and texture, in various shapes and sizes.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: West Liberty Foods, LLCInventors: Edward Claussen, Gerald Lessard, Todd Bailey
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Publication number: 20140260857Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus, systems and methods for manufacturing food, more specifically strip products out of meats such as chicken, of variable thickness and texture, in various shapes and sizes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: West Liberty Foods LLCInventors: Edward Claussen, Gerald Lessard, Todd Bailey
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Patent number: 8216510Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of areas, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms individually, atmospherically and structurally isolated from each other for processing the food product, each including separate single food processing machines lines of series connected food processing, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford
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Publication number: 20120073243Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
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Publication number: 20100206181Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The hod processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
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Publication number: 20100209567Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of areas, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms individually, atmospherically and structurally isolated from each other for processing the food product, each including separate single food processing machines lines of series connected food processing, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
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Patent number: 7707931Abstract: Some food pathogens are not well controlled by lethality treatments followed by refrigeration. A food processing facility according to this invention reduces the likelihood that food pathogens will be able to enter the food processing facility, or spread should they be able to enter. The food processing facility is divided into a plurality of area, with different areas having different allowed actions that can be taken on the food product, different rules and/or procedures for persons who are allowed entry, and/or different levels of cleanliness. The food processing facility includes a plurality of separate rooms for processing the food product, each including separate food processing machines, air handling systems, drain systems and/or often-used supplies and tools. Different air pressures within different areas limit the possible movement of airborne food pathogens. Sanitizing stations are placed between various ones of the different areas.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2004Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: West Liberty Foods, L.L.C.Inventors: Edward S. Garrett, Richard D. Woodford, Charles F. Cook
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Patent number: D587106Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: West Liberty FoodsInventor: Edward Garrett
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Patent number: D610449Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: West Liberty FoodsInventor: Gerald J Lessard
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Patent number: D610450Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: West Liberty FoodsInventor: Gerald J Lessard
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Patent number: D997713Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: West Liberty Foods, LLCInventors: Brian White, Jeff Farver, Gerald Lessard