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Innovative Food Safety Grants: Education and Health Information Dissemination |
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FY 1999"Hands on HACCP Packaged for the Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Food Industry Project" -- creates a training package in English and Spanish for regulators and industry on the safe production and processing practices that should be used for ready-to-eat foods. Georgia Department of Agriculture, Consumer Protection Division. Contact person: Cameron Smoak at (404) 656-3627, csmoak@agr.state.ga.us "Food Worker Certification Pilot Project for High School Students" -- develops a training video and other materials for students to improve their entry skills into the fields of public health and food safety. Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services, Department of Public Health. Contact person: Anita Travis at (502) 564-7181, Anita.Travis@mail.state.ky.us "Integrated Food Safety Information Delivery System" -- creates a food safety website making available, in English and thirteen foreign languages, information on safe food handling and preparation techniques. See www.profoodsafety.org/. Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. Contact person: Judy Harrison at (515) 281-8587 judy.harrison@dia.state.ia.us McDonough County, Illinois Health Department "Food Safety for Festivals and Fundraisers "An Instructional Web Site and Videotape" -- develops an inexpensive, professionally produced video which addresses food safety at farmers markets, festivals, fairs, and fundraising events and a complimenting web site suitable for the "occasional cook." See http://www.safefairfood.com. Contact person: Mary Margaret Harris at (301) 837-9951, mchd@macomb.com "Training Program for Professional Sanitarians" -- produces a training resource manual that could serve as the basis for a Model Food Inspection Training Curriculum. State of Michigan Department of Agriculture. See http://michigan.gov/mda/1,1607,7-125-1568_2391_2451---,00.html. Contact person: Suzanne Kidder at (517) 373-9724, kidders@state.mi.us "Multi-language Audio Food Safety Education and Testing Program" -- develops an audio based food handler testing process that has the capability to wed the video education section and the food safety test. Southwest Washington County, Washington Health District. Contact person: Lou Dooley at (360) 397-8122, Ldooley@SWWHD.WA.Gov "Web Based Training for Inspection of Apple Cider Processing Plants" -- develops and tests a web-based training program for inspectors of apple cider processing plants with the objective to enhance the knowledge of regulatory personnel. Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Division of Food Safety. See www.wisc.edu/foodsci/cider/. Contact person: Michael Barnett at (608) 224-4716, mike.barnett@datcp.state.wi.us
FY 2000“Science-Based Educational Program on the Causes and Prevention of Foodborne Illnesses” - develops baseline food safety educational materials and methods to concentrate on foodborne illness risk factors that are targeted to the average food service employee. Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. Contact person: Diann Worzalla at (850) 922-8850, diann.worzalla@dbpr.state.fl.us “Reducing Risk Factors for Foodborne Disease: A Local Level Food Safety Education Intervention” - designed to instill a more universal comprehension of critical food sanitation practices in all licensed food retail venues by reaching deeper into the ranks of food service personnel with educational interventions. Town of Stratford Health Department, Connecticut. Contact person: Elaine O’Keefe at (203) 385-4090, eokeefe@townofstratford.com “Supplemental HACCP Exercises” - creates a partnership between the Edgar County Health Department and Class I eating establishments to provide food safety demonstrations to the community. Edgar County Health Department, Illinois. Contact person: Amanda Step Minor at (217) 465-2212, daminor@tigerpaw.com “Food Safety Education in Asian Food Establishments” - addresses the problem of improving food safety handling practices in approximately 180 Asian food establishments. Tri-County Health Department, Colorado. Contact person: George Vargulich at (720) 322-1507, gvargulich@tchd.org “Food Handler’s Card” - offers an educational program for teenagers, between the ages of 15 and 18, who may enter the work force by way of food establishments. Effingham County Health Department, Illinois. Contact person: Kim Patterson at (217) 342-9237, kpatterson@co.effingham.il.us “Bilingual Educational Materials to Protect Public Health in a Changing Kansas Dairy Industry” - translates into Spanish the existing state written and videotaped educational materials for milk haulers. Kansas Department of Agriculture. Contact person: Carole Jordan at (785) 296-4172, cjordan@kda.state.ks.us “Food Safety Education for English as Secondary Language Food Service Workers” - develops a food safety education program for food service workers for whom English is a second language. Village of Oak Park, Illinois. Contact person: Bryan R. Smith at (708) 358-5487, smith@vil.oak-park.il.us
FY 2001"Risk Focused Inspection Training and Evaluation" -- expands a risk focused inspection protocol implemented for medium and high-risk food service establishments. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. Contact person: Nancy Napolilli at (907) 269-7583, nnapolil@envircon.state.ak.us "Develop a HACCP Training Manual for Food Service Establishments" -- creates a food service training manual to increase the knowledge and use of HACCP management systems in food service establishments. Bond County Health Department, Illinois. Contact person: Crystal Lingley at (618) 664-1442 ext.149, bchd30@gvc.net "The Food Handler's Card Project" -- designs and implements a pilot certification program for all workers in food service establishments in four Minnesota counties. Brown Nicollet Environmental Health, Minnesota. Contact person: Bonnie Holz at (507) 934-4140, bnccwp@mnic.net "Food Safety Training Program for Backcountry Operators" -- creates a home study course based on the current FDA Food Code for river guides and other backcountry outfitters nationwide. Coconino County Department of Health Services, Arizona. Contact person: Marlene Gaither at (928) 226-2769, mgaither@co.coconino.az.us "Food Handler Training and Testing for Non-Native English Speakers" -- addresses shortcomings in current training resources by using a web-based, interactive multimedia approach that incorporates adult learning theory and technique. Multnomah County Health Department, Oregon. Contact person: Lila A. Wickham at (503) 988-3400 ext.22404, lila.a.wickham@co.multnomah.or.us "Standard HACCP & Risk Control Instruction for Retail Food Regulators" -- designed to standardize instruction for local and state retail food regulators in the initiation, evaluation and verification of HACCP and risk control plans in retail food establishments. Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Contact person: Priscilla Neves at (617) 983-6773, priscilla.neves@state.ma.us "Focus on Food Safety: Tomorrow's Training Today" -- develops a multi-task project utilizing a new food safety interactive website/CD-ROM, and an electronic presentation for food service workers, students, and consumers. Kansas Department of Health & Environment. Contact person: Mary Glassburner at (785) 296-1705, MGlassbu@kdhe.state.ks.us "Education and Health Information Dissemination" -- creates a unique educational program of providing food safety training to teenagers and to elementary school students, through the public school system. Kern County Environmental Health Services Department, California. Contact person: Cheryl Ripley at (661) 862-8714, ripleych@co.kern.ca.us |
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