Formal presentations are also offered by ODA inspectors. As a past example, managers of a corporate retail chain have been instructed on proper temperatures for in-store delis and how to maintain them. We'd like to have a one-stop shopping center for food safety information. In the works is a section dedicated to educating the industry. Eventually, the site will link up with similar web pages offered by Oregon State University, the Oregon Health Division, county health departments in Oregon, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control.
All agencies are very much involved in food safety.
You have fruits and vegetables available year around coming from a whole host of countries. The consumer expects that food supply to be as safe as it has always been. So the challenge to food safety agencies is to deal with a global food supply, new pathogens, and novel ways of preparing and delivering food while still giving the consumer that expected level of safe food. A tall order that will always have a role for education.