New twist on environmental compliance for snack maker; outsourced compliance and employee training service lighten the load for plant engineering at Snyder's of Hanover. (Field Reports).(food industry )

Food Engineering, December, 2002

MANY FOOD MANUFACTURES FACE tough choices when deciding which company unit should take responsibility for environmental compliance. Snyder's of Hanover, a privately held, family-owned maker of chips and pretzels based in Penna., found itself in this situation after the rapid growth it experienced over the last 25 years.

Early oil, environmental management fell in the lap of the company's project manager. Then it was handed off to another manager, then to the corporate attorney, and then brought back internally to yet another department. Ultimately, environmental management and compliance found its way back to the initial project manager, Dennis Tavares, who by this time had become the plant engineer.

When the responsibility landed back in Tavares lap,...

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