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of the exhibits and educational exhibits.
Exhibits
- NSF International
789 N. Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 www.nsf.org
NSF International, an independent, not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization, is dedicated to being the leading global provider of public health and safety based risk management solutions serving the interests of all stakeholders.
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- Food Safety Information Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 10301 Baltimore Ave., Room 304, Beltsville, MD 20705 www.nal.usda.gov/foodsafety
USDA's Food Safety Information Center supports the research community by organizing and disseminating food safety research information.
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- Crown Ware Manufacturing, Inc.
7331 Vantage Way, Delta, BC V4G 1C9 Canada
info@safetycanopener.com
www.safetycanopeners.com
A major contributor of foodborne illness is the can opener. Crown Ware has developed the only solution available on the market. Known in the industry as the "Sanitary Can Opener," its unique safe-edge technology cuts along the first layer of the can so that the knife never touches the inner contents of a can. This means no buildup of illness-inducing bacteria on the knife and no cross-contamination.
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- IEH-Warren Analytical Laboratories
650 "O" Street, Greeley, CO 80631 www.warrenlab.com
IEH-Warren Analytical is a full-service testing laboratory that offers all-encompassing analytical services, including microbiology, chemistry, pesticides, pathogen detection, SRM testing, nutritional labeling, vitamins, allergens, export requirements, and tannery and leather. We are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, the international standard for laboratory competence. Our staff of microbiologists, chemists,
and food technologists will provide you with the most accurate and precise analytical data necessary to stay ahead in today's business environment.
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- National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
175 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60604 www.nraef.org
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fulfilling the educational mission of the National Restaurant Association. Focusing on three key strategies of risk management, recruitment, and retention, the
NRAEF is the premier provider of educational resources, materials, and programs, including the ServSafe™ food protection manager training and certification program, which addresses attracting, developing, and retaining the industry's workforce.
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- Orkin Commercial Services
2170 Piedmont Road, Atlanta, GA 30324 www.orkincommercial.com
Introducing Gold Medal Protection - Orkin's newest pest management program, tailored for sensitive and complex food processing environments. Gold Medal Protection offers a more environmentally conscious route to real results. Call 1-800-ORKIN-NOW for a free consultation.
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- Bio-Guard Plastics
70 County Rd., Little Canada, MN 55117
Bio-Guard Plastics manufactures antimicrobial products using silver-ion technology. We carry antimicrobial cutting boards, spoons, ladles, tongs, deli bowls, etc.
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- National Food Service Management Institute
PO Box Drawer 188, University, MS 38655 www.nfsmi.org
The National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI) is a resource center for education, training, and applied research in support of USDA-funded Child Nutrition Programs.
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- International Association for Food Protection (IAFP)
6200 Aurora Ave, Suite 200W, Des Moines, IA 50322 www.foodprotection.org
The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) is a non-profit educational association of food protection professionals. The Association is dedicated to the education and service of its members as well as industry personnel. IAFP provides members with an information network and forum for professional improvement through its two scientific journals, Journal of Food
Protection and Food Protection Trends, educational annual meeting, and networking. Membership information can be obtained at our booth.
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- Utah State University Extension
151 N. Main, Tooele, UT 84074
Utah State University Extension Service has developed an innovative, highly mobile, and affordable handwashing education unit. The unit will be unveiled at the 2006 Food Safety Education Conference. In addition, USU Extension will be showcasing "Be a Soaper Hero"
hand washing curriculum and web site targeting elementary school youth.
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- Life Sciences Research Office (LSRO)
9650 Rockville, Bethesda, MD 20814
LSRO is a non-profit organization established in 1962 that provides information, analysis, and advice to policy and decision makers. As a non-profit, no-frills organization, LSRO provides exceptional service that is credible, independent, cost-effective, and responsive to client needs in biomedicine, healthcare, nutrition, food safety, and environment.
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- National Cattlemen's Beef Association
9110 E. Nichols Ave., #300, Centennial, CO 80112 www.beef.org
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association, funded by The Beef Checkoff, is committed to reducing foodborne pathogens in beef by developing science-based strategies and technologies. Beef safety is more than an expectation and more than the effort of one single entity - it is the sum of the entire beef production system, from farm to table.
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- FreshLoc Technologies
15443 Knoll Trail, Suite #100, Dallas, Texas 75248 www.freshloc.com
FreshLoc Technologies monitors critical temperature and humidity for food and patient safety. Using a network of wireless sensors, FreshLoc provides realtime information, reports, and alerts - continuously and automatically. The system eliminates error, saves manhours, and prevents loss of valuable food and drugs. Adaptable and affordable, FreshLoc is used by hospitals, schools, manufacturing, and distribution throughout the U.S.
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- Guarantek Analytical Laboratories
Contact: John Murray, 5300 N. Franklin Street, Denver, CO 80216
e-mail@guaranteklabs.com
www.guaranteklabs.com
Guarantek Analytical Laboratories is a Denver-based, full-service food testing laboratory that provides fast, accurate, and competitively-priced microbial and chemical testing, including pathogen detection, shelf-life determination, nutritional analysis, residue testing, and water testing. Sample pick-up is available.
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- ORC Macro
11785 Beltsville Drive, Calverton, MD 20705
www.orcmacro.com
ORC Macro's mission is to deliver high-quality, research-based solutions to complex problems, integrating objective information with the advisory and implementation tasks needed to improve real world performance. This goal has shaped the firm's history since its founding in 1966. In its pursuit, ORC Macro has nurtured core competencies in research and evaluation, management consulting, marketing and communications, and information technology.
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- National Association of County and City Health Officials
1100 17th Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20036
www.naccho.org
NACCHO is the national organization representing local health departments. NACCHO works to support efforts to protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity, and supporting effective local public health practices.
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- Garrison Enterprises
7500 East Independence Blvd., Suite 105, Charlotte, NC 28227, www.garrisonenterprises.com
Get more done in less time with the Digital Health Department! From issuing permits
to performing inspections, productivity soars using our web-based technology, plus you have immediate
access to all data — any time, anywhere! Visit Garrison Enterprises to see why the Digital Health Department
is the choice of environmental health professionals.
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- Clean Hands Coalition
University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service, 310 Kaahumanu Ave, #214, Kula, HI 86732
www.cleanhandscoalition.org
The Clean Hands Coalition is a unified alliance of public and private partners working together to create and support coordinated and sustained initiatives to significantly improve health and save lives through clean hands. The CHC is facilitated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- Glo Germ Company
PO Box 189, Moab, UT 84532
www.glogerm.com
"Germs" you can see! Glo Germ is an educational material used as an aid in the teaching of proper handwashing and infection control practices. It is intended to simulate the spread of germs with the use of ultra violet lights.
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- International Food Information Council
1100 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 430, Washington, DC 20036
www.ific.org
The International Food Information Council, IFIC, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to communicate science-based information on food safety and nutrition to health professionals, educators, government officials, journalists, and others providing information to consumers. IFIC is supported primarily by the broadbased food, beverage, and agricultural industries. The IFIC Foundation was established as the educational arm of IFIC to further support the mission.
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- NEHA Training
720 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 1000N, Denver, CO 80246
www.nehatraining.com
NEHA Training is the Regulator's Choice (R) for food safety training. Our materials prepare food safety managers to pass any ANSI-CFP* examination. Our methods ensure managers and handlers remember principles long after training. We also register qualified food safety trainers and provide them support and resources to deliver quality, effective training.
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- The Scrub Club - NSF International
789 N. Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor, MI 49105
www.scrubclub.org
The Scrub Club is a first of its kind program: a fun, interactive Web site (www.scrubclub.org) that teaches children the proper way to wash their hands. The site consists of a Webisode, interactive games, and even an official handwashing theme song. Downloadable activity materials for kids, educational materials for teachers, and program information for parents are also available.
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- The Soap and Detergent Association
1500 K Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005 www.cleaning101.com
Since 1962, SDA has been dedicated to educating the public about good hygiene practices. Today, our programs and materials teach the public about the safe and responsible use of cleaning products to ensure cleaner and healthier environments in homes, businesses, and communities. Stop by to see our free educational materials.
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- Food and Nutrition Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 512, Alexandria, VA 22302
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) leads the federal anti-hunger effort by administering 15 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition assistance programs, including the Food Stamp, WIC, National School Lunch, and Food Distribution programs. FNS supports food safety for program operators through a variety of materials, technical assistance, and training.
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- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 800 9th Street SW, Room 3434, Waterfront Centre, Washington, DC 20024-2220
CSREES is the link between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state components of the national agricultural research, extension, and higher education system. The system includes 75 universities, 9,500 scientists, 9,600 extension educators, and nearly 3 million volunteers throughout the United States and its territories.
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- Partnership for Food Safety Education
655 15th Street, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20005 www.fightbac.org
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is a unique cooperative effort between leading federal agencies, food industry associations, consumer groups, and health non-profit organizations. When it comes to food safety education, the partnership is the only place where the expertise of leading government agencies, food community groups, retailers, and consumer groups come together with the singular focus of developing concise, clear food safety education messages that are based on science.
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- Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705
www.fsis.usda.gov
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS A49, Atlanta, GA 30333 www.cdc.gov
Healthy People in a Healthy World Through Prevention - CDC, as the sentinel for the health of people in the United States and throughout the world, strives to protect people's health and safety, provide reliable health information, and improve health through strong partnerships.
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- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, HFS-32, College Park, MD
www.fda.gov
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition promotes and protects the public health and economic interest by ensuring that food is safe, nutritious, wholesome, and honestly, accurately, and informatively labeled.
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Educational Exhibits
- A Food Safety Education Program for Farm Workers and Their Families
Elizabeth A. Bihn and Robert B. Gravani, Cornell University
The National Good Agricultural Practices Program at Cornell University is focused on reducing microbial
risks in fresh fruits and vegetables through an education program developed primarily for growers,
packers, and farm workers. Using innovative approaches in material design and distribution, the program
has created over ten different materials utilizing various formats and mediums to reach diverse audiences
involved in the production, harvest, packing, and distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables. Many program
constituents are at risk and hard to reach due to physical location, literacy level, and access to
educational materials.
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- Online Food Handlers Course
Cheryl C. Cothran, Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University and the Coconino County Health Department teamed up to make getting a Food
Handler's Certificate a more convenient process for foodservice workers in the nation's second largest county.
The new online program presents the county's training content in an innovative, easy-to-use certification
software — in both English and Spanish! Goals are convenient and accessible to ensure that more food
handlers get the training they need to ensure food safety.
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- Germ City: Clean Hands, Healthy People
B. Susie Craig, Washington State University Extension; Guendoline
Brown, West Virginia University Extension Service; Sandra M. McCurdy,
University of Idaho; Lynn C. Nakamura-Tengan, University of Hawaii
The Germ City: Clean Hands, Healthy People Program is a USDA-funded extension, education, and research
project that has reached 400,000 children and adults in Washington, Idaho, West Virginia, Hawaii, and
Alabama facilitating changes in handwashing at fairs, community events, and schools. Observational studies
and intent-to-change research conducted with elementary and middle-school students and during fairs will be
highlighted. Conference participants will have the opportunity for a "hands on" demonstration of Germ City
in the Exhibit Hall.
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- Foodservice Food Defense Training Video
Gary "Lee" Frantz, South Dakota State University
This exhibit is a pre-distribution screening of a short Bioterrorism Food Defense Training Video developed for restaurant owners, foodservice operators, and hospitality educators. The video producers will be on hand to answer questions about the subject matter and project development.
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- Multilingual Multimedia Tools to Reach At-Risk Audiences
Jeanne Gleason and Amy Trujillo, New Mexico
State University
The educational display "Multilingual Multimedia Tools to Reach Risk Audiences" will give you the opportunity
to explore, first hand, a large collection of English/Spanish/Navajo food safety multimedia training tools.
If you've always wanted to be a part of a team to develop interactive media but don't have the technical
skills yourself, this could be a perfect opportunity to start discussions on potential future collaborates.
All visitors to the educational display will receive one or more free copies of multilingual food safety
media tools.
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- The "Magic" of Food Safety for Children
Pattie A. McNiel, Michigan State University
The Magic of Food Safety for Children will help children understand the top ten food safety tips in a fun,
entertaining, educational, and magical presentation.
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- Food Safety Works: A Safe Food Handler Program
Edie M. McSherry and Jane K. Frobose, Colorado State University
Cooperative Extension
Food Safety Works, a Safe Food Handler Program, is a model of collaboration and valuable partnerships established
among Cooperative Extension agents, Health Department personnel, food service managers, and food bank agencies
and distribution sites in two major Colorado counties — Larimer and Denver. As a result of the training,
food handlers showed improvements in confidence levels and knowledge of food safety topics. The curriculum is
available in English and Spanish.
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- WHO's Five Keys to Food Safety
Jorgen Schlundt, Françoise Fontannaz,
and Margaret Miller, World Health Organization
WHO has long been aware of the need to educate all food handlers, including professionals and consumers, about their responsibility for food safety. After nearly a year of consultations with food safety experts and risk communicators, WHO introduced the Five Keys, simple rules elaborated to promote safer food handling and preparation practices.
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- Vibrio vulnificus Infection: A Deadly Illness in At-Risk Audiences
Tori L. Stivers, University of Georgia;
Pamela D. Tom, University
of California-Davis
Vibrio vulnificus infection, which can occur from eating
raw or undercooked oysters, clams, or mussels or exposing wounds
to seawater, has a 50% or higher fatality rate in high-risk populations.
Educating at-risk consumers/patients about the risk of infection
is vital in preventing serious infection, and food and health
care professionals can play a crucial interventional role.
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- Food Safety Educational Materials for Foodservice Staff and Residents in Schools and Assisted
Living Facilities for the Elderly
Catherine H. Strohbehn and Jeannie Sneed, Iowa
State University; Daniel H. Henroid, Jr., University of Houston
Food safety educational materials targeted to foodservice staff in schools and assisted-living as well as to residents in elderly-care facilities will be displayed.
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