2of3 06/23/97 17:40:24 Intelligencer photo by Bill Hui fhousands of rice cakes are produced annually at the Trenton Quaker Oats plant. Here, Ted Phillips checks the quality of rice cakes in the flavorina room. (for Quaker Oats products)/' he Quaker Oats also "cross-trained." He points to the notes. Each year the plant ships ireceived an internacompany's Health, Safety, Envimore than 13 miltional award for ronment and Quality Committee lion cases as far quality from its which completes a monthly audi west as Alberta parent company. of the plant, as one example of and as far east as Only a "handful" how the plant keeps its standard Newfoundland, of companies so high. handling about 90 around the world "There's been a lot of great per cent of Quakreceive the leadership from them," he says. er Oats' products. award, he notes. To reduce waste the company The company "We also have recycles its corrugate, stretch has garnered the best safety wrap, metal and other materials. some significant record of any Baker notes the Peterborough kudos during the Quaker Oats plant plant, which initiated the waste last year. in Canada," he reduction program in the midsays. The American 1980s, has reduced waste to landInstitute of BakThose achieve- fill sites by 90 per cent. ing gave it a ments were due Small heater units were 'superior rating,' in large part to recently installed that allowed "which is the the company's the company to place its two highest quality skilled work main boilers on stand-by. rating given to force, which is "We think being kind to the food plants," says trained in many environment makes good busiaker. aspects of production, ness sense," says Baker. or as Baker calls it, A « _, H hn ._. £