October 11, 2007

 

Tasker gains fifth poultry processor customer

 

 

Danbury, Connecticut-based Tasker Products Corp, a poultry processing equipment distributor announced it will begin shipping its Scalder section, Tasker Blue, to a plant in Georgia, its fifth poultry processing customer.

 

The technology would ensure that the customer, who was not identified, could ship product within hours of processing to ensure freshness.

 

The company processes approximately 300 million pounds of chicken per year and offers over 200 products to retail grocers and restaurants throughout the Southeastern part of the US, the company said.

 

Lanny Dacus, Tasker's president and CEO, said the company's heightened marketing effort continues to deliver results.

 

Opportunities to exhibit the product's effectiveness in inhibiting bacteria, especially Salmonella in the Scalder, Picker, Post Picker and New York Dress Cabinet intervention points have produced persuasive results, he added.

 

The company is awaiting notification from the USDA on its application for its Chiller section, which will position the company's technology in the front and back sections of poultry processing.

 

Greg Osborn, Tasker's chairman, added that the company's product is effective at significantly reducing or eliminating harmful bacteria.

 

With regulators enforcing more stringent requirements on poultry processors, the interest in Tasker Blue is mounting, he added.

 

Tasker is a manufacturer, distributor and marketer of eco-chemistry products with various applications that use the pHarlo technology. The pHarlo technology utilizes a highly charged and acidified, yet stable and safe, solution that enables copper sulfate, a compound with bacteriostatic properties, to remain active throughout a wide range of pH values.

 

The Company currently markets a grooming aid product for dairy cows, an antibacterial solution for use in processing poultry and an antibacterial spray for retail seafood counters.