Is Your Program Crumbine Material? Put it to the Test!

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (www.naccho.org), representing the nation’s nearly 3,000 local governmental health departments, is continuing to accept applications for the 2023 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food Protection at the Local Level.

All local environmental health jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada are encouraged to apply, if they meet the following basic criteria: 

• Sustained excellence over the preceding four to six years, as documented by specific outcomes and achievements, and evidenced by continual improve­ments in the basic components of a comprehensive program;

• Demonstrated improvements in planning, managing and evaluating a comprehensive program; 

• Innovative and effective use of program methods and problem solving to identify and reduce risk factors that are known to cause foodborne illness; and

• Providing targeted outreach; forming partnerships; and participating in forums that foster communication and information exchange among the regulators, industry and consumer representatives.

 

Named for one of America’s most renowned health officers and health educators, Samuel J. Crumbine, MD (1862–1954), the award encourages innovative programs and methods that reduce or eliminate the occurrence of foodborne illnesses, recognizes the importance of food protection at the local level, and stimulates public interest in foodservice sanitation.  See past winners here.

 

The award is sponsored by the Conference for Food Protection, in cooperation with the American Academy of Sanitarians, American Public Health Association, Association of Food and Drug Officials, Food Marketing Institute, Foodservice Packaging Institute, International Association for Food Protection, NACCHO, National Environmental Health Association, and NSF International.

 

For more information on the Crumbine Award program and to download the entry guidelines, please go to www.crumbineaward.com.