Safe Foods Corp. of NLR to receive U.S. export award

WASHINGTON -- An Arkansas company will be honored Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Safe Foods Corp. of North Little Rock is one of 48 companies scheduled to receive the 2019 President's "E" Award.

The honor, which was started by President John F. Kennedy in his first year in office, recognizes entities that have made a "significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports," the department said.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will join the recipients at Thursday's award ceremony in Washington.

Safe Foods, which was founded in 1999, focuses on reducing food-borne pathogens, its website states.

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