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The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's International Food Safety Council is an awareness program that was formed in 1993. The Council promotes industry-wide food safety education at all levels as our industry's most effective way to prevent foodborne illness.
Certified professionals representing all segments of the restaurant and foodservice industry support the awareness program—from students and instructors to restaurant owners and managers. The Council is also privileged to have the voices of foodservice suppliers, equipment manufacturers, distributors, and associations offering food safety solutions to our industry professionals.
For more information on the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's International Food Safety Council, visit the web site or call 800-456-0111.
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Our Mission
The mission of the Foundation's International Food Safety Council is to heighten awareness of the importance of food safety education by:
Advocating and facilitating food safety improvement
Encouraging industry-wide food safety education
Facilitating dialogue between all segments of the restaurant and foodservice industry
Researching ways to provide the industry with cutting-edge food safety solutions
Educating our industry professionals to handle and prepare food safely is a top priority. Through the Foundation's ServSafe® training and certification program, we have certified more than one million managers and trained millions of employees. Our industry serves more than 50 billion meals each year—it's a large responsibility and we take it seriously.
Our Initiatives
Building Awareness
The Foundation's International Food Safety Council strives to build the public's understanding of the industry's high training standards and our commitment to serving safe food. The annual culmination of these efforts is National Food Safety Education Month, held each September. Working with restaurants and foodservice operations, hospitality associations, colleges, universities, state and local health departments and USDA extension agents across the country, millions of people participate in National Food Safety Education month annually.
Best Practices
As of February 1, 2001, Best Practices will become Food Safety Report. Each quarterly issue will continue to focus on how to enhance food safety in a variety of situations through case studies, food safety tips and updates from the industry's top food safety experts.
Our Sponsors
Founding Sponsors
American Egg Board
Campbell Soup Company
ECOLAB, Inc.
FoodHandler
Heinz U.S.A.
KatchAll Industries International, Inc.
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
SYSCO Corporation
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Campaign Sponsors
Activ USA
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Atkins Technical Inc.
Cargill Foods
Colgate-Palmolive Company, Institutional Products Division
Cooper Instrument Corporation
DAYDOTS International
Farquharson Enterprises, Ltd.
GOJO Industries, Inc.
Handgards Inc.
International Dairy Deli Bakery Association
International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA)
Johnson Wax Professional
Jones Dairy Farm
Lipton Foodservice
North American Association of Foodservice Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM)
Procter & Gamble, Commercial Products Group
Produce Marketing Association
Reckitt Benckiser Professional
SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals
U.S. FOODSERVICE
Our President
John Farquharson, FMP
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