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Mission
The Food Safety Industry Education and Training Unit
provides food safety education and training for registered wholesale
food processors and consumers, to reduce preventable foodborne
illnesses and injuries and improve the quality of life for all
California residents.
Background
The Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is one of California’s
oldest consumer protection agencies charged with preventing illness,
death, and consumer fraud. California’s founders, during the first
California legislative session in 1850, passed laws making it illegal
to sell adulterated food. FDB’s staff is responsible for the
enforcement of the state’s food, drug, medical device, and consumer
product safety laws. The overall program objective is the protection
of the public from illness, injury or death from
exposure to unsafe foods, drugs, medical devices, and other consumer
products. The objectives of the program are met through licensing,
registration, certification, inspection, surveillance, education, and
enforcement actions. FDB maintains oversight of the processed food
industry primarily through food safety inspections.
In 1997, the California League of Food Processors (CLFP)
sponsored AB 1559, which directed the Department of Health Services to develop and implement a risk-based microbial food safety education
and training program to assist in implementing effective food safety
practices in food processing facilities. This is a fee-supported
program paid for by registered food processors in California that
manufacture, package, or hold processed food. In September, 2001, the Industry
Education and Training Unit (ETU) was created within the Food and
Drug Branch, Food Safety Section.
In the past years, ETU has developed and presented
food safety and security training to owners, managers and process
control employees of high-risk food firms. Other efforts include
producing a series of commodity-specific food safety videos, commodity
specific training and education materials, training videos, GMP/Sanitation
workshops in English, Spanish and Vietnamese, and a lending library to
make training information more accessible to registrants. California’s
consumers, food processing industry, and economy, all benefit by the
production of safe processed foods.
Education and Training Resources
Food
Industry Training
Food Recall
Training Application
Videos
Safer Processing of Sprouts - Order your
video of this food safety training program developed by the
California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Branch,
and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (102K pdf order form)
Safer Processing of Fresh Cut Produce
- Order your
video of this food safety-training program developed by the
California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Branch.
(82K pdf order form)
Recalls, Are You Ready – An FDB Overview (under
construction)
Sanitation and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Training-
Vietnamese
Safer Processing of Juice - Order your video of this food
safety-training program developed by the California Department of
Health Services, Food and Drug Branch. ( 120K pdf order form)
Online Assistance
Industry
Assistance: Need to Know Information for Safer Processing of
Food
Consumer
Complaints
What’s
the Story on Food Safety
Fight
Bac
Food
Safety for Seniors
CA
Sherman Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law
Current
Good Manufacturing Practices for Foods (pdf)
Links
to Additional Food Safety Sites
Online Food Safety Information Available in Spanish
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