Food Protection Program |
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Follow us on Social Networking Sites! The Environmental Health staff is responsible for monitoring compliance in food establishments, taverns, and school cafeterias. Also, food warehouses and food processors are monitored. The staff conducts inspections of these facilities as often as three times per year. To view inspection reports for each food establishment in our jurisdiction, click on the hamburger on the left side of this page. In addition to conducting routine surveillance, the staff responds to consumer complaints and emergencies where the food supply is compromised, such as fires, truck accidents, and floods. Damaged food not fit for human consumption is destroyed. Also, the Environmental Health staff teams with the Nursing staff to conduct investigations when a foodborne illness is suspected. When the source of the outbreak is determined, preventive measures are implemented to stop future outbreaks from occurring. Food Handlers' classes are offered on a routine basis to interested parties. Food establishments are required to have one Certified Food Handler for every five persons on duty at all times that potentially hazardous food is being prepared or served. Online food safety classes are available through this website. The Environmental Health staff publishes a newsletter twice annually. The newsletter is distributed to all food establishments in the jurisdiction. To view some of the information on this website, you must have ADOBE® READER®.
For more information regarding food safety, click on the following links: Platte County Food Protection Ordinance
Do you plan to sell food at a fair, festival, or other event? Check out the information below: Guidelines for Farmer's Markets
Click below for information about foodborne diseases and allergies: Foodborne Diseases (CDC website)
Check out the information below about safety alerts and recalls: Safety Alerts, Recalls, and Market Withdrawals (FDA website) Recalls of Meat, Poultry, and Eggs (USDA website) Information About Bisphenol A, a Chemical Used in Certain Food Contact Materials
Click on the links below for more information: Boil Water Orders – Food Establishments Food Safety Signs in Various Languages Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency (USDA website) Guidelines for Retail and Food Service Operations in the Event of a Pandemic Flu Outbreak |
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