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Iowa Ham Canning
812 3rd Street NW
Independence IA  50644
Phone: 319  334-7134
Sales Contact:
Louie Gueltzow
Email: louie.gueltzow@tyson.com

VISITOR INFORMATION/PLANT TOURS
On behalf of Iowa Ham, it is our pleasure to welcome you to our Iowa facility.  Your visit to our plant, as with you, is very important to us.  Iowa Ham is a meat processing plant, and we must maintain the highest standards of compliance to protect your personal safety, the safety of our employees, and the safety of the company’s products during your visit.  Please take a moment to review the information below which summarizes our expectations while you are here. We hope that your visit to Iowa Ham will be enjoyable, productive and mutually beneficial.

PERSONAL SAFETY COMPLIANCE EXPECTATIONS
You will be expected to sign in upon your arrival to the plant.  You will be issued a "stick-on" name identification tag which should be visibly placed on your jacket, shirt or blouse.  You will be escorted by a representative of Iowa Ham at all times during your visit.  In case of an emergency evacuation of the plant, you will remain with an Iowa Ham’s  representative who is familiar with our evacuation procedure.  If you are visiting the production areas of our plant, you will be issued disposable hearing protection for your safety.  Also, you should wear comfortable and flat-soled footwear in the plant.

FOOD SAFETY COMPLIANCE EXPECTATIONS
Prior to entering the production areas of the plant, you will be issued and MUST WEAR the following apparel:

  1. A white-colored frock for all cooked product areas.
  2. A disposable hair net to enclose all scalp hair.
  3. A beard net to cover all facial hair (i.e. beards, mustaches)
  4. Disposable outer footwear which are put on over regular shoes.  All jewelry must be removed prior to entering the plant.  Be aware that you may be required to walk through foot baths and asked to wash your hands at several locations in the plant.

DIRECTIONS
Independence facility
Directions to Iowa Ham, from Waterloo
Follow Highway 20/380 East, continuing on Highway 20 to Independence first exit.  Then go north on Iowa Avenue to First Street NW in Independence.  Right on First Street to 9th Avenue NW.  Left onto 3rd Street NW.

Directions to Iowa Ham, from the Cedar Rapids Airport
North on I-380 to Independence exit; then north on Highway 150 to Independence. Left on 1st Street (where 150N turns right) to 9th Avenue NW.  Right to 3rd Street NW.

Oelwein facility
North on I-380 to Independence exit; then north on Highway 150 to Oelwein.  Turn left on Junction 281, just outside city limits.  Travel approximately ¾ miles to Q Avenue.  Turn right (north).  Follow through Oelwein residential area and out north end of town.  Follow curve to plant, which is on the right-hand side of the road.


WORLD Wide Web SITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
Proprietary Rights

The materials located on Iowa Ham’s World Wide Web are protected by copyright, trademark and other forms of proprietary rights.  Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right to use or practice any copyright, trademark, patent or other forms of proprietary rights, except that Iowa Ham hereby authorizes you to copy materials published by Iowa Ham on its World Wide Web site for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained on such materials.  You must obtain prior permission to use the materials in any other manner.  Please send your written requests for such permission to:

Mr. Scott Chase
Iowa Ham Canning
812 3rd Street NW
Independence IA  50644
Phone: 319 334-7134
email: schase@ihcusa.com

Iowa Ham makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of the materials located on its World Wide Web.  All materials are provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.  IOWA HAM expressly disclaims all responsibility for the consequences, direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise, of any errors or omissions in such materials.  Iowa Ham may make changes to the materials from time to time to correct inaccuracies or to make improvements or additions, and IOWA HAM shall have no obligation to give notice of any such changes.

Third Party Information

To the extent any user of Iowa Ham’s materials sends information to Iowa Ham, such as data, questions, comments or suggestions, regarding such
materials, such third party information shall be deemed to have been forwarded to Iowa Ham on a non-confidential basis and Iowa Ham shall have no obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, disclose use and distribute such information to others without limitation

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