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Food Safety Programs

NEHA’s Food Safety Programs are dedicated to educating food safety and environmental health professionals.  These programs include:

Epi-Ready Team Training – NEHA, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), offers a holistic face-to-face training opportunity to provide up-to-date foodborne disease outbreak investigation and surveillance training to public and private sector environmental health professionals as well as other professionals that have collaborated in conducting foodborne disease outbreak investigations.

Food-Safe Schools – NEHA, in cooperation with CDC, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other partner organizations, helps build the capacity of health and education departments to work within coordinated school health programs to prevent foodborne illnesses. The goals of this program are to build a framework of national partnerships, make organizations aware of the numerous resources that exist nationwide, and promote and distribute the Food-Safe Schools Action Guide toolkit.

NEHA Food Safety Training – One objective of NEHA is to improve the quality of food safety training in the U.S. by establishing a nationwide network of certified food safety trainers and by providing accurate and effective learning materials to trainers, managers, and employees in the food service industry. In supporting our mission, “to advance the environmental health and protection professional for the purpose of providing a healthful environment for all,” NEHA continually reviews existing educational resources and explores new training opportunities for all environmental health professionals.

In addition to the above programs, NEHA continually seeks potential funding sources and collaborations for food safety education, outreach, and research—for example, NEHA is currently researching funding opportunities on ethnic food safety. NEHA also receives regular funding for food safety education through CDC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s conference support grant programs.

Handwashing on Trial: Avoiding a Guilty Verdict
This video of a mock trial based on a fictitious outbreak is from NEHA's 2007 Annual Education Conference & Exhibition in Atlantic City, NJ.  See an educational video and an example of the great opportunities available at our conferences!

Food Safety Information Web Sites

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food Safety Office
• Conference for Food Protection
• Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
• NEHA’s Food Safety Resources Reviews
• NEHA’s Food Safety Publications and Products
• NEHA Training
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Library
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs' On-line University