Your Guide to Launching a Retail Food Network
The Conference for Food Protection, as part of their work with the National
Allergen Inspector Checklist and Retail Food Facilities Poster
This inspector checklist and allergen poster for retail food facilities were developed for inspectors to use and to provide to food establishments for any compliance violation of allergen-specific risk factors.
Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards Brief
This two-page document from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials provides a brief introduction to the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) and highlights how enrollment benefits regulatory retail food programs.
Virtual Food Safety Inspection Guide
This infographic demonstrates how virtual food safety inspections can be a powerful tool for health departments. Learn when virtual retail food safety inspections can be used in place of in-person, the elements needed for a successful virtual inspection, and discover the tools some states have created for retail food establishments to utilize during virtual inspections.
Creating a Retail Food Safety Culture Through the use of Active Managerial Control Infographic
This document has been designed to depict the interrelationship between organizational food safety culture, food safety management systems (FSMS), and active managerial control (AMC).
Analysis of Factors Influencing the Implementation of Risk-Based Inspections
This study helps to identify, better understand, and assess the application of RBI methods currently employed by local retail food regulatory programs as well as the overarching barriers preventing the application of RBI methods.
Active Managerial Control Incentive Programs Assessment Report
This report outlines the results of the nationwide Active Managerial Control Incentive Programs to Improve Food Safety survey, provides insight into key materials and resources used for AMC, and features details of several successful AMC Incentive Programs offered to retail food establishments by environmental health agencies.
Retail Food Risk Factor Study
The 2015-2016 Occurrence Report includes findings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 10-year study data gathering as well as additional resources such as a factsheet and calls to action for regulators and industry.
Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence
The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellent act as peer resource centers, assisting state and local health departments one-on-one basis, by providing training that supports state and local health departments’ capacity to track and investigate enteric diseases.