Food Safety for Businesses

Information regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act- Don't Fall for Scams!

Newsletters- "Food for Thought: An Update for Food Operators":

 July 2010   |   July 2008   |   June 2007 

Food Manager Certification / Recertification

State Codes and Local Ordinances

• State of Wisconsin Food Code (June 2006) 
• State of Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter DHS 196 (Restaurants) 
• State of Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter ATCP 75 (Retail Food Establishments)
• City of Milwaukee Code of Ordinances Chapter 68 (Food License Regulations)   

FDA Federal Food Code

The Wisconsin Food Code is based on the FDA Model Food Code, the current Wisconsin Code is based on the 2005 FDA Model Food Code. The most recent version of the FDA Code is the 2009 FDA Model Food Code. The FDA Model Food Code contains helpful Annexes that are not in the Wisconsin Food Code such as "Public Health Reasons". The FDA also has the 2009 Model Food Code in Spanish.

Food Safety Signs (In English and Spanish):

• Wash Your Hands 
• Dish Washing Procedures 
• Safe Food Temperatures 
• Safe Holding Temperatures  
• Separate - Don't Cross-Contaminate 

Fact Sheets:

• Food Safety Guidelines (English and Spanish) 
• Consumer Advisories
• Food Establishment Self-Inspection
• The Basics of Tavern Sanitation
• Norovirus
• Insect and Rodent Control
• Suspicious Activity Awareness  

Food Code Fact Sheets Created by the Wisconsin divisions of Public Health and Food Safety to help with training about principles of the food code. Many of these fact sheets are available in other languages: Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Lao, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

NEW FDA Oral Culture Learner Project - Educational Materials for Food Employees

The goal of this project is to provide materials and methods that are effective in helping food employees understand the reasons why following proper food safety practices is important to prevent illnesses, deaths, and loss of income and reputation resulting from food-related outbreaks. The materials have been designed for oral culture learners, which research has shown most food employees to be.

The materials (posters and storyboards) dealing with employee health, no bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food, and hand-washing will soon be available in seven different languages, including Hindi, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Spanish. These materials are not copyrighted; therefore, you may post these materials on your website and distribute them freely. We kindly ask, however, that you credit FDA when using or posting the materials. 

Links: 

• U.S. FDA- "Employees FIRST" food defense training program
• Free Food Safety Training Program from The City of Madison and Dane County