Ocean Nutrition Canada Limited Sustains Damages To Its Arcadia Facility.DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia Dartmouth (2001 pop.: 65,741[0]), founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, a provincially designated Metropolitan Area, and a former city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. -- Ocean Nutrition Canada Ocean Nutrition Canada, a subsidiary of Clearwater Fine Foods, is the leading global supplier of Omega-3 EPA/DHA fatty acids. These acids are typically obtained through the oils of Sardines, Anchovy, and other oily fish. Limited (ONC (Open Network Computing) A family of networking products from Sun for implementing distributed computing in a multivendor environment. Includes TCP/IP and OSI protocols, NFS distributed file system, NIS naming service and TI-RPC remote procedure call library. ) announced today that there was a fire at its production facility in Arcadia, Wisconsin early this morning. All nine employees were safely evacuated and two were treated for minor injuries at a local hospital and released. Ross McCurdy, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Ocean Nutrition Canada, said, "Of course, our first concern is for the safety of our employees and we are relieved that injuries sustained were minor. We pride ourselves on our safety training and we are very pleased with the way our employees responded to the situation." McCurdy added that Ocean Nutrition's customers would not experience any interruption in supply or service as Ocean Nutrition's Canadian production facility has adequate capacity to assume Arcadia's production requirements while repairs are being completed. Ocean Nutrition Canada is one of the world's largest producers of powdered Omega-3, a healthy food ingredient derived from fish oil. McCurdy noted that the Arcadia facility is an integral part of the company's global business plan and stated "Ocean Nutrition will conduct a thorough review of the event with a view to getting the facility fully operational as soon possible." About Ocean Nutrition Canada Limited (ONC): Ocean Nutrition Canada Limited is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , and wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Clearwater Fine Foods Inc., one of Canada's largest suppliers of quality seafood products. Ocean Nutrition Canada researches, manufactures and markets Omega-3 concentrates and other marine based natural ingredients for dietary supplements and foods. ONC exemplifies scientific rigor in discovery and research programs, along with world leading regulatory and quality compliance standards. For more information on the health benefits of MEG-3(R) ingredients please visit www.meg-3.com |
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