JOURNAL OF Environmental Health Dedicated to the advancement of the environmental health professional Volume 86 No 2 e15ember 22
ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE Special Report: Federal Meat and Poultry Inspection Duties and Requirements—Part 4: Food Defense, Product Sampling, Rules of Practice, and Summary ................................................. 8
ABOUT THE COVER
The Food Code from the Food and Drug Administra- tion (FDA) is a set of science-based food safety guide-
ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRACTICE Needs Assessment of Environmental Health Professionals in Montana:
A Post-COVID-19 Perspective ................................................................................................... 12 Special Report: A Collaborative Approach to National Food Code Adoption .............................. 22 Building Capacity: Build Capacity With Generative Artificial Intelligence .................................. 26 Direct From AEHAP: Expanding Horizons: Online, In-Person, and Hybrid Internship Opportunities to Meet the Needs of Environmental Health Students and Potential Employers ....... 30 Programs Accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council....................................................................................... 33 Direct From ATSDR: The Environmental Justice Index: Measuring Cumulative Impacts of Environmental Burdens on Health ........................................................................................... 34 Direct From CDC/Environmental Health Services: Retail Collaborative Provides Tools and Resources to Drive Food Safety .................................................................................... 38 Direct From the NEHA Preparedness Program Committee: Coordinating Environmental Health Preparedness Across Sectors ............................................................................................. 42 The Practitioner’s Tool Kit: Eective Cleaning: Our Influence on Good Sanitation Practices ....... 46 ADVANCEMENT OF THE PRACTITIONER Environmental Health Calendar ...............................................................................................48 Resource Corner........................................................................................................................ 49 YOUR ASSOCIATION President’s Message: Environmental Health—Everywhere and Nowhere ................................................ 6 NEHA Annual Financial Statement........................................................................................... 29 Special Listing ........................................................................................................................... 50 In Memoriam............................................................................................................................. 52 NEHA News .............................................................................................................................. 54 NEHA 2024 AEC....................................................................................................................... 57
lines that serve as the basis for
jurisdictional food codes that regulate
retail food service in the U.S. This month’s cover article, “A Collaborative Approach to National Food Code Adoption,” highlights the multipronged approach undertaken by the Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Col- laborative to support adoption of the FDA Food Code . Furthermore, the Direct From CDC/ Environmental Health Services column in this issue spotlights other tools and resources pro- vided by the Collaborative to drive food safety. See pages 22 and 38. Cover image © iStockphoto: Irfan Khan Alvi
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