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Adopt a resolution recognizing September 2025 as Food Safety Education Month
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution recognizing September 2025 as Food Safety Education Month.
SUMMARY:
September 2025 is designated as National Food Safety Education Month by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's International Food Safety Council. This campaign has been sponsored since 1994 to emphasize the importance of food safety education within the foodservice industry to prevent foodborne illness. During the month of September, this event is used by many private and public organizations, including the National Restaurant Association and federal, State and local regulatory agencies to promote public health protection through safe food handling practices. This collaborative effort includes the restaurant industry and the Department of Resource Management's Environmental Health Specialists with a focus on the culture of food safety at the operational level by observation and training of local restaurant kitchen operators.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approximately $500 is allocated to print handouts and posters and the Department recovers the cost for managing the retail food protection program through fees for permits and plan review. Cost associated with activities in support of National Food Education Month (inspections, educational outreach, and printing/distribution of flyers) are included in the Department's FY2025/26 Working Budget. The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the Department's FY2025/26 Working Budget. There is no general fund impact.
DISCUSSION:
Since 2004 the County has been a member of a regional partnership program with other local environmental health agencies, including those from Alameda...
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