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Title: FDA Releases New Food-Safety Rules

Description: The revised Model Food Code requires certified food protection managers at each location.

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WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised Model Food Code now requires foodservice institutions, retailers and restaurants to have a certified food protection manager at the unit level, Nation?s Restaurant News reports. The Model Food Code is a recommendation that states, counties or cities can adopt into law.

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The supplement to the Model Food Code clarifies food safety responsibilities of a retailer?s or restaurant?s ?person in charge,? and also how long a business has to fix Food Code violations.

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?The FDA is recommending that states and local jurisdictions incorporate into their retail food safety codes and ordinances a requirement that food establishments employ at least one certified food protection manager,? said Stephen King, a spokesman for the FDA?s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

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?Most, if not all, jurisdictions will have to take some action ? policy setting, rulemaking or legislation ? to make binding the revised provisions of the Food Code,? he said.

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?I think the points listed by the FDA?s action plan are good steps towards strengthening food safety in the U.S. foodservice industry,? said Carl Klein, executive director of food safety for Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. All of Garden Fresh?s locations have managers certified through the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ServSafe program.

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Content Subject: Foodservice

Formatted Article Date: October 5, 2011

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