Case Study on Environmental Health Food Safety Division Program

Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION FOOD SAFETY PROGRAM Environmental Management Department of Sacramento County: Environmental Health Division Food Safety and Protection Program Table of Contents Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 History and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Goals and Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Description of Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Levels of Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Goal and Objective Relevance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Target Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Program Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Program Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Personnel Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Current Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Future Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Changes to the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Appendix B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Appendix C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Appendix D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Abstract Food is an essential fixing to the endurance of life on earth. Food gives individuals the vitality to do regular undertakings. With food being so essential to life, would it be a good idea for it to not be of highest caliber? Food is arranged, cooked and expended each moment of consistently. How do purchasers realize that the food is protected? The gathering individuals from We 8 A Lot went set for discover precisely how food shoppers are secured and by whom. Through research and meetings with the Environmental Management Department of Sacramento County, it was discovered that there are a gathering of people who work tenaciously to secure food purchasers by assessing the 6,000 food offices in Sacramento County. Natural MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY: Natural HEALTH DIVISION FOOD SAFETY AND PROTECTION PROGRAM Introduction For the contextual investigation, our gathering decided to explore the Food Protection Program that dwells inside the Environmental Health Division which works under the umbrella of the Environmental Management Department (EMD) of Sacramento County. The elements of this office not just ensure occupants and buyers of this area in the matter of retail sanitation at the same time, likewise by the guideline and requirement of water insurance and unsafe materials. On October 1, 2004, a meeting was led at the Environmental Health Division office situated at 8475 Jackson Road, in Sacramento, with June Livingston, Communications and Media Officer and Richard Sanchez, Environmental Program Manager. In the meeting, Mr. Sanchez uncovered that there are â€Å"close to 6000, food offices in this [Sacramento] county† (individual correspondence, October 1, 2004) With this numerous retail food offices in Sacramento County and the shopper culture of Americans, the potential for food-borne disease is faltering. Only one example of inappropriate taking care of, capacity, or cooking of nourishments in retail food offices can cause genuine episodes of contaminations or in extreme cases, demise. All things considered, every day in the United States alone, â€Å"over 200,000 individuals become sick with a food-borne disease and of those, fourteen will die† (Sizer and Whitney, 2003, p. 511) Keeping this as a top priority and the way that food is one humankind's most fundamental requirements for endurance, this office without a doubt warrants study. Since our group was very enormous, 8 individuals, and comparative with food, we chose to name it, â€Å"We 8 a lot†. Thus, because of our group size we chose to part it into equal parts. One-portion of the group gave their endeavors to on the web and print inquire about while the other half centered around meeting and individual correspondence examine. Venture errands were isolated between the colleagues and every part was considered liable for their substance zone. In addition, initiative places of paper editorial manager, Power Point chief, and group recorder were set up on a volunteer premise to evade any disarray during the undertaking. The individuals from this group, recorded one after another in order are: Simranjot Bains, David Chan, Lynn Gervacio, Safiya Nuur, Joy Pastones, Shantell Payne, Valerie Quitoriano, and Yvonne Rains. History and Development Prior to turning into an office, EMD program components were housed in the County Health Department. Yet, in 1988, the Sacramento County Environmental Management Department (EMD) turned into a combined, unattached division steady with independent City and County warning body proposals to union and enlarge ecological administrative exercises. Beginning system components included Air Quality, Environmental Health (incorporates Food Protection Program), and Hazardous Materials Divisions. The Sacramento Air Quality Management District isolated from EMD and County Government in 1995. The Environmental Management Department as of now has three working divisions, with Water Protection which was included 2003. The authoritative diagram in Appendix A shows the different divisions of the Sacramento County. The Environmental Management Department is one of ten district administration offices. The authoritative diagram in Appendix B shows how the EMD is additionally partitioned. Inside the Sacramento EMD, there are three developments that have been recorded previously. Under the Water Protection, Environmental Health and Hazardous Materials Divisions, there are likewise various developments. Objectives and Objectives The Food Protection Program, which is a piece of the Environmental Health Division (EHD), is answerable for guideline and requirement of state and neighborhood wellbeing codes at all retail food offices in Sacramento County and every single fused city. The strategic the organization is to shield the soundness of the general population from dangerous food, water and unsafe materials. The Food Protection's Program will probably guarantee sanitation rehearses at all retail food offices in Sacramento County and to turn into a world head regarding perfect and uncontaminated food (http://www. hs. ca. gov/ps/fdb/HTML/Food/indexfoo. htm). Accomplished Goals The Food Protection Program of Sacramento County has accomplished numerous objectives. In the first place, the organization has expanded the quantity of assessments from once per year to two times every year for offices that get ready food. Second, it has built up an upgraded â€Å"Prioritized Inspection Frequen cy Compliance† on their site to help organizations in the area (http://www. emd. saccounty. net/Documents/Info/Bulletin0503-prioritized_inspection_frequency. pdf. ). This site addresses numerous inquiries and has data about the laws and prerequisites. Third, starting at July, 1 2003, the Food Protection Program has commanded all organizations to post their latest investigation report in an obvious spot for clients to peruse. Fourth, the organization has â€Å"initiated a ‘Award of Excellence' in Food Safety to perceive administrators of food offices in Sacramento County and every joined city who show incredible food handling and sanitation standards† (http://www. emd. saccounty. net/EH/EMDFoodSafetyAwards. htm. ). Long haul Goals The Food Protection Program additionally has some drawn out objectives. In the first place, the program tries to expand the reconnaissance on food markets, for example, Raley’s, Bel-Air, Albertsons, Safeway, and littler, family possessed markets. The program needs to assess these organizations two times per year rather than the present one-year investigation. The second long haul objective of the program is to change from written by hand review reports to PC based examinations. So as to do this, the program needs to buy extra hardware, for example, workstations or some other PC gadgets that would permit representatives to type their examination. So as to accomplish these objectives, the program needs to set aside cash and execute extra preparing for their representatives. (individual correspondence, September 18, 2004). The third, long haul objective of the Food Protection Program is to produce more enthusiasm for this field. Ms. Livingston, who is the Communications and Media Officer of the Environmental Management Department, remarked that â€Å"the individuals [public] are not exactly sure who does th[is] work†, alluding to the elements of EMD. Ms. Livingston likewise remarked that they will accomplish more â€Å"outreach and mindfulness projects to tell individuals that food assurance is calling (individual correspondence, September 18, 2004). Depiction of Services Some of the administrations the Food Protection Program gives are allowing, examining and re-investigating of retail food offices. The organization additionally gives sanitation instruction to prepare representatives of food offices to improve consiste nce as far as sanitation guidelines and decrease of the rate of food borne-ailment. It additionally gives licenses for new organizations and gives outreach projects to the general population. The Food Protection Program explores protests and associated cases with food borne-diseases when they do happen. At long last, if all else fails, the office can uphold conclusion of food offices with steady resistance (http://www. emd. saccounty. net/pdf/CURFFL. pdf. ). Levels of Intervention The degrees of mediation of the Food Protection Program work on essential, optional, and tertiary levels. Essential avoidance of the organization is authorized through training, effort, guideline, and examination. The organization investigates food offices to forestall tainting of food and food borne-sicknesses from general society. Auxiliary anticipation of the Food Protection Program is cultivated through the re-review process. At the point when organizations have significant infringement, they are allowed a fourteen day time span to address the probl