ISE America is a privately owned company that is the 17th largest producer of

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in the United States and is wholly owned by the

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ese food conglomerate ISE Foods Co., Ltd., which is that nation's largest egg producer, and the 6th largest egg producer in the world.

History

Founded in 1980, ISE America is based in Galena, Maryland and produces eggs for retail, food service, and further processor markets, whose products include shell, hard cooked, liquid/frozen, and farms eggs, as well as

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. It is, also, entirely integrated, operating its own breeder, hatchery, feed mills, and pullet farms and has other offices in

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and

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. In 2001,

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reported that ISE America had been accused by animal rights activists of cruelty regarding their treatment of chickens.

Corporate affairs

* Doug Wicker: Vice President * Gregg Clanton: Vice President * Larry Beck: Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Sales Officer * Denise Ford: Controller

Cultural initiatives

In 1983, ISE America founded the

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ISE Cultural Foundation in

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to promote cross-cultural exchanges (United States–Japan) in the arts, mainly in visual arts, and whom, in 2015, received a Consul General's Commendation from the Consulate General of Japan in New York.

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* * (イセ食品株式会社) – Japanese {{authority control Manufacturing companies based in Maryland American subsidiaries of foreign companies Food and drink companies established in 1980 Eggs (food)