University of Minnesota School of Public Health | March 1, 2019
Public health prevents the spread of illness by stopping it at the source, and public health research verifies whether or not the methods are working.
Xarviera Appling, PhD ’18, shows how voluntary Certified Food Manager training reduces restaurant safety violations that can lead to foodborne illness.
The Minnesota certified food protection manager (CFPM) is a leader for the food establishment’s food safety team. The CFPM is recognized by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) as meeting specific training requirements, and helps reduce the risk of foodborne illness by demonstrating safe food handling practices and sharing food safety knowledge with the food establishment’s employees. MDH administers the Minnesota CFPM program for MDH, MDA and delegated agencies.
Registered Environmental Health Specialists/Registered Sanitarians administer environmental and health programs for both public and private agencies and organizations in food protection and safety, water protection, air quality, noise, industrial and land pollution, sewage disposal, hazardous and toxic substances, solid waste management, emergency management and institutional health.
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