Idph Seeks Support to Conform With The Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards Through New Food Code Training For Local Health Departments.

Project Summary/AbstractRe: RFA-FD-17-007, Advancing Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food RegulatoryProgram Standards (U18)The mission of the Illinois Department of Public Health is to promote the health of the people of Illinoisthrough the prevention and control of disease and injury. We, as a diverse public health workforce,care about the well-being of people and are guided by the following principles: ? Prevention of disease and injury ? Protection of food, water, air and environment ? Promotion of safe and healthy communities ? Scientific approaches to analyzing and solving problems ? Partnership and collaboration to achieve coordinated response to community health issues ? Population-based strategies to address public health issues ? Individual responsibility as important to achieving healthy lifestyles ? Advocacy for public health policies to improve the health of populations ? Recognition of the unique value and needs of diverse populations ? Innovation as essential to the practice of public healthThe long term goal of obtaining the Advancing Conformance with the VNRFRPS grant is for IDPH toprogress efforts for a nationally integrated food safety system. Illinois adopted the majority of the2013 FDA Food Code in June of 2016. The transition for all Illinois local health departments to fullyimplement and enforce the new code must be completed by July 1, 2018. In order to help the localhealth departments to succeed in this transition, IDPH plans to continue to train through increasedaccess to FDA courses.IDPH will review our comprehensive self-assessment to identify program needs and prioritize theseneeds to maximize resources. We will assist local health departments in the promotion of effectiverisk-factor interventions and help them establish active managerial control within food serviceestablishments through comprehensive training. This will increase uniformity among our localregulators.