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John Polanski
Food
Processing Specialist
612/624-4619
e-mail
Areas of Assistance
- Food Processors
- Other Food Related Industries Including
Restaurants
Good Questions to Ask John
- Can you help us reduce our by-product
losses?
- What management options do I have for
our by-products?
- How can we reduce our water use?
- Can you help us reduce the amount
of wastewater we discharge?
Companies Assisted Include
- Huisken Meat Center, Inc.
- Land O' Lakes, Inc.
- Marigold Foods, Inc.
- Meyer Brother's Dairy
- Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative
- Sparta Foods
Related Work Experience
- MnTAP's food processing specialist since
1990
Associations
- American Association of Cereal Chemists
- Institute of Food Technologists
- Minnesota Sanitarians Association
As MnTAP's food processing waste reduction
specialist, John Polanski examines the concerns of those industries.
These concerns include limiting waster use, reducing by-product
losses and finding alternative ways to manage food processing
by-products.
In addition to his routine of making visits
to companies and answering client phone calls, John is helping
dairy processors create internal waste reduction teams. John
assists these teams with isolating problem areas and then
checks with them on a regular basis to aid their progress.
When John Polanski joined MnTAP in 1990,
he immediately began making a difference. With MnTAP's backing,
John wrote a bill that redefined state law on feeding food
by-products to livestock. Now it is easier for a food processor
generating non-meat food waste to work with a farmer who is
licensed to feed those types of by-product wastes.
John wants to show companies the financial
advantages of incorporating waste reduction into their daily
activities. John enjoys helping clients make progress on issues,
either one-on-one or as a team.
With John's help, Marigold Foods, Inc.,
creased a waste reduction team that was able to control water
use, lower utility costs and prevent some product loss.
Tom Little of Land O' Lakes, Inc., says
that with John's help, they were able to lower their water
intake by 15 percent.
John believes that understanding the food
processing industry is essential for providing credible assistance.
During his tenure at MnTAP John is doing just that.
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