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Food safety must be a high priority in every community due to the potentially devastating impact of food-borne illnesses. Local board members have a significant impact on the success of food safety programs within a community. With NALBOH’s assistance, board members have the ability to strengthen food safety programs by knowing why they are important, learning what makes a comprehensive and effective program, and fulfilling the board’s obligations to the program.

 

Did You Know...

 

Conference For Food Protection Develops a Field Training Process For Regulatory Retail Food Professionals

The CFP Certification of Food Safety Regulation Professionals Work Group (CFSRP) is requesting your assistance. For the past 4 years, the Conference has invested considerable time and resources in the development of a field training process and forms for individuals newly hired or assigned to state/local/tribal/territorial retail food protection programs. The CFP Field Training Manual for Regulatory Food Safety Inspection Officers was approved by unanimous consensus of the Assembly of Voting Delegates at the 2008 Conference. It is now available as a downloadable document from the CFP website. Any assistance you may be able to provide will be greatly appreciated.

Click here (PDF) to learn more!

 

New Preliminary Guidance on Food Safety Published by WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a preliminary guide to help national authorities decide about the possible health impacts of melamine levels in food. This preliminary guide is proposed as a first pragmatic approach until more data become available that allow a more detailed assessment. Click here to view a PDF file of this document!

 

 

In the News

 

FDA Issues Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and Melamine-related Compounds in Food

 

Outbreak of Salmonella Serotype Saintpaul Infections Associated with Multiple Raw Produce Items

 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Recalls, Market Withdrawals, and Safety Alerts