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Hudson Foods Company

Hudson Foods Company is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hudson Foods Company rather than just read about it. In short: Hudson Foods, Inc. was a meat processing company founded in Rogers, Arkansas in 1972. History Hudson Foods was founded on February 2, 1972 by James T. "Red" Hudson, who previously worked as a feed-store clerk for Ralston Purina before becoming vice president of the company's West Central division and had purchased part of the company's broiler operations.

Key takeaways

Hudson Foods Company belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Hudson Foods Company to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Hudson Foods Company from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Hudson Foods, Inc. was a meat processing company founded in Rogers, Arkansas in 1972.

History Hudson Foods was founded on February 2, 1972 by James T. "Red" Hudson, who previously worked as a feed-store clerk for Ralston Purina before becoming vice president of the company's West Central division and had purchased part of the company's broiler operations. In 1997, the company was the subject of the largest food recall in the United States at the time, with over 25 million pounds of ground beef produced at the company's plant in Columbus, Nebraska recalled due to Escherichia coli O157:H7 contamination. The affected plant was closed indefinitely following the recall and the discovery that the company would carry beef produced from one day over to the next. Following the recall, Tyson Foods acquired Hudson Foods, which then merged into the company on September 4, 1997.

See also Pilgrim's Pride Topps Meat Company, another meat processor implicated in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak

References

Further reading US Department of Justice Press Release: Hudson Foods Company US Department of Agriculture Press Release: Hudson Foods Company

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hudson Foods Company

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hudson Foods Company claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hudson Foods Company before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hudson Foods Company ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hudson Foods Company

In research: Hudson Foods Company appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hudson Foods Company in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hudson Foods Company is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1997 mergers and acquisitions, Food and drink companies based in Arkansas, Food and drink companies established in 1972, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hudson Foods Company outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Hudson Foods Company in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Hudson Foods Company means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Hudson Foods Company in simple terms?

Hudson Foods, Inc. was a meat processing company founded in Rogers, Arkansas in 1972. History Hudson Foods was founded on February 2, 1972 by James T. "Red" Hudson, who previously worked as a feed-store clerk for Ralston Purina before becoming vice president of the company's West Central division a…

Why does Hudson Foods Company matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hudson Foods Company?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Hudson Foods Company.