Quick Reference to the 2001 FDA Model Food Code

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Summary: Quick Reference to the 2001 FDA Model Food Code
Review: As a food safety consultant, I offer food protection manager certification programs recognized by the Conference for Food Protection. These programs are based on the FDA Food Code and students often ask questions regarding the code. Anyone who trains knows how much material and equipment you need to lug to a class. Adding the cumbersome desktop version of the food code to my bag is too much to bear. Enter the Quick Reference. It couldn't be easier. I suggest it to anyone who travels and needs the FDA Food Code as a reference.

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Summary: Quick Reference to the 2001 FDA Model Food Code
Review: As a food safety consultant, I offer food protection manager certification programs recognized by the Conference for Food Protection. These programs are based on the FDA Food Code and students often ask questions regarding the code. Anyone who trains knows how much material and equipment you need to lug to a class. Adding the cumbersome desktop version of the food code to my bag is too much to bear. Enter the Quick Reference. It couldn't be easier. I suggest it to anyone who travels and needs the FDA Food Code as a reference.

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Summary: Regulatory Chapters in a convenient format
Review: Since 1993, the United State Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an update of the Model Food Code for use in Food Service Establishments every two years. The latest version, the 2001 FDA Model Food Code, was released for public use in December 2001. Since the Code has evolved, the 2001 edition will set the standard for several more years until new content is added or modified. Each revision reflects the input of the many professionals intimately involved in assuring Food Safety. The frequent revision process assures that Code refelects the best 'Science' in repsonse to current food safety challenges.

One of the major strengths of the Code is also one of the biggest drawbacks preventing ease of use.

The Code presented by the FDA is formatted in an outline format, large type, wide left margins (for note taking), on 8 1/2" x 11" paper. The resulting document is a hefty 'phone-book' sized text more suitable for a desk reference than for use in a working Retail Food Service operation. The published Code contains valuable 'Annex Chapters' that are also more suitable for a desk reference volume.

The 'Quick Reference to the 2001 FDA Model Food Code' addresses these concerns by presenting the Regulatory Chapters 1-8 in a streamlined text . . . one suitable for the working Food Safety professional, Dietary Manager, Regulator, Environmental Health Sanitarian, Food Safety consultant or student who needs a convenient, lightweight, and portable version of the Regulatory chapters of the 2001 FDA Model Food Code.

(A separate companion volume,"Keyword Index and Quick Reference Guide to the 2001 FDA Model Food Code," is also available. This desktop reference contains over 25,000+ keyword and keyphrases contained in the Code PLUS Regulatory Chapters 1-8.)