[PARTXXXII.]  FOOD SAFETY CONSULTATIVE AND EDUCATION

PROGRAM

 

[§321-401]  Findings and purpose.  Thepurpose of this part is to establish a non-enforcement program within thedepartment of health to provide voluntary food safety surveillance and control,and educational activities to assist the food service industry andfoodhandlers.  The legislature finds that education is necessary for attainingvoluntary compliance in food safety.  Informed food managers and foodhandlersare essential for the control of foodborne pathogens in foods served to thepublic.

Restaurants, catering services, delicatessens,markets, and other food purveyors employ foodhandlers who need continuingeducation and training in food safety.  Foodhandlers work with fresh, uncooked,or prepared foods which may contain foodborne disease microorganisms that cancause severe sickness to large numbers of people at the same time.  It is theintent of the legislature to take preventive measures through educationalprograms and analytical studies of contamination outbreaks. [L 1992, c 219, ptof §1]

 

Cross References

 

  Other food safety issues, see §§321-4.5, 4.6, 11.51, and27.5.