Erie County's 3 Year Plan For Conformance With The Voluntary National Retail Program Standards

Project Summary/AbstractParticipating in this three year grant will be allow the Erie County Health Department food inspectionstaff to achieve conformance with several of the Voluntary National Retail Program Standards,specifically standards 2,,4, 7, 8 and 9. Funds provided by the grant will be used to obtain inspectionequipment and computers which will allow our staff to trend violations from standard inspection viacomputer software.Utilizing the trended data, our agency will partner with participating food operations in a newly createdActive Managerial Control Program. Operators that join the program will be given tools which will aidthem in conducting active managerial control actions within their facilities. After completion of theprogram the Erie County Health Department will trend violations to see if there is a reduction in criticalviolations as well as non-critical violations.A second component of the Active Managerial Control Program will include participants attending twoLevel 2/ServeSafe trainings free of charge. During this training, Active Managerial Control ideas and thebenefits of Active Managerial Control will be discussed.Funds will also be used to create and distribute educational food safety materials to food operationswithin our jurisdiction. Finally, our agency will purchase and distribute food safety promotional items tothe general public in various different events at high profile locations within the county in the final 2years of the grant.The Erie County Health Department believes that participating in this 3 year grant will greatly reduce thenumber of violations that are most commonly associated with foodborne illness at our licensed foodoperations. The educational opportunities that the grant will afford this agency will also have a largeimpact on the general public, community stakeholders, and licensed facilities within our jurisdiction.