On Friday October 10, 2025 beginning at 10am, John Adams, ASP, Complex Safety Manager, will provide the McKinley ASSP Chapter with a technical tour of Case Farms, Inc. Canton Facility.

Case Farms was founded by Thomas R. Shelton in December 1986. After gaining over 23 years of management experience in the poultry industry, Mr. Shelton realized his goal of owning his own company and purchased a small family-owned poultry operation in Ohio.  The Company was called Case Egg & Poultry and included a processing plant in Winesburg, Ohio, a hatchery in Strasburg, Ohio, and a food distribution facility in Akron, Ohio. In its first year of operation, Case Farms processed 135,000 chickens per week, had 140 team members, and produced 22 million pounds of poultry products.  The Canton complex comprises a processing plant, a truck garage, and a hatchery a mile down the road from the plant.  Today, we process about 176,000 per day totaling about 2 million a week.

A core component to Case Farms’ quality commitment is to ensure the welfare and health of our chickens. All chickens are farm-raised cage-free and fed a diet that is predominantly corn and soy-based with no added hormones. We follow the National Chicken Councils’ poultry welfare guidelines and all our locations are routinely audited to ensure compliance. Specially designed environmental management and disease prevention programs help ensure the health and well- being of the birds in our care.

Case Farms is committed to the highest quality product making every effort to surpass our customers’ expectations. Quality starts with our grower’s desire to produce a superior bird and continues as the driving force in our processing facilities. Working in conjunction with USDA Food Safety Inspection Services, our Quality Assurance Departments follow internal HACCP and Food Defense programs to ensure a safe and high-quality food product for the consumer.

Employees are our most important asset, and their safety is of paramount importance. Providing a work environment, and culture, that ensures our employee’s safety and health is a top priority at Case Farms. This commitment to safety is shared by all employees and is rooted in the belief that safety can be managed, and incidents can be eliminated.

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