FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5, 2000

DAWN FOOD PRODUCTS FACILITIES SCORE SUPERIOR IN AIB INSPECTIONS

Dawn Food Products, Inc. announced that five of the company's facilities recently achieved Superior Ratings in their annual inspections conducted by the American Institute of Baking.

The five Dawn facilities include manufacturing plants in Louisville, Kentucky; York, Pennsylvania, and Monterey Mexico; and distribution centers in Los Angeles, California and Denver, Colorado. In addition, three Dawn distribution centers in Medley, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina and Union City, California received Excellent Ratings.

The American Institute of Baking judges manufacturing and distribution facilities based on food safety, sanitation and operational methods in a manufacturing environment.

"We are extremely proud of these AIB ratings," said Max Waagner, Director of Environmental Control with Dawn Food Products. "The credit goes to Dawn's people, who strive to be better every day, to help make our facilities the safest, cleanest and most productive, and to help make Dawn the best bakery supplier in the business."

Dawn Food Products, Inc. is one of the world's largest bakery manufacturers and distributors as well as one of the nation's oldest manufacturers of bakery mixes and bases. Since 1920, Dawn's dedicated employees, outstanding products and valued customers have made the Dawn name synonymous with excellence. American-owned and operated, Dawn currently supplies a complete line of quality, consistent mixes, bases, icings, glazes, fillings, frozen dough, par-baked and fully baked products and equipment to the food industry worldwide.

For further information, contact Dawn Food Products, Inc. at (800) 248-1144.

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