Alaska Food Protection Task Force Meeting Minutes
Minutes
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January 17, 2023
- Roll call: Lorinda Lhotka, Kimberly Stryker, Ytamar Rodriguez, Emily Garrett, Dena Cologgi, Kathleen Easley, Ryan Wiswesser, Katey Kennedy, Lea Zeitlin, Brian Himelbloom, Brehan Corveau, Jeremy Ayers, Melissa Chlupach, Sarah Coburn, Bobbie McDonald, Joe Logan, Robbi Mixon, Katie Hubbard, Jason Wiard, Kristi Hensley, Alyssa Rodrigues
- Opening remarks and introductions
- Food Safety and Sanitation program update
- Staffing changes in FSS
- Anchorage: Nancy is the new EHO in the Anchorage office
- Current vacancies: Recruiting for Soldotna EHO
- New Model Food Code 2022, areas possible for Alaska update
- Updated responsibilities of person in charge
- Employee health
- Norovirus clean up
- Opportunities for participation
- OSU sampling workshop (March 23-24), FSS has open seats for partners
- Contact Lorinda or Emily
- lorinda.lhotka@alaska.gov or emily.garrett@alaska.gov
- Food Code workgroup
- Contact Lorinda if you'd like to participate
- OSU sampling workshop (March 23-24), FSS has open seats for partners
- Staffing changes in FSS
- Food Protection Task Force Portal rollout and configuration
- New portal in Food Shield to be used by FSS for Alaska Food Protection Task Force
- Meetings
- Workgroups
- Document sharing
- Lots of other functionality!
- All task force members will be added to the Alaska portal and an email will be sent with information about how to login
- Website: https://ak.foodprotectiontaskforce.com/my/login/
- New portal in Food Shield to be used by FSS for Alaska Food Protection Task Force
- Social Media
- FSS is developing social media posts to be shared by DEC and our partners
- Posts will be available for download on the portal to be shared as desired
- Please send us ideas, questions, etc.!
- Contact Emily: emily.garrett@alaska.gov
- Release of 2022 FDA Model Food Code - Katey Kennedy, FDA
- Summary of changes: https://www.fda.gov/food/fda-food-code/summary-changes-2022-fda-food-code
- Member updates
- Section of Epidemiology
- No major outbreaks
- Office of the State Veterinarian
- Produce Safety training this spring, registration ends February 8
- Technical assistance workshop with growers in Kodiak
- Following legislative process in case of any regulatory changes
- Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center
- Alaska Sea Grant website has trainings listed
- Sessions for seafood processing, mariculture processing, and more
- https://alaskaseagrant.org/events/
- Alaska Sea Grant website has trainings listed
- Chugach Chocolates
- Have postponed permitting and opening of a retail area
- Recruiting new staff
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
- Hired new staff
- Would welcome training opportunities in food safety for environmental health staff
- UAA Dietetics and Nutrition
- Spring classes are starting now
- Melissa is teaching Food Service Systems and Quantity Foods courses this semester
- Alaska Food Policy Council
- Alaska Farmers Market Association summit and annual meeting
- Working with other states on Farmers Market training, includes food safety
- Food Hub working group, will develop manual for food hub food safety
- MEP
- Rolling out cohorts for different programs
- Hiring for a sales manager
- Continued efforts to connect with manufacturers
- Fun project! Helping manufacturer with certification to sell at Walmart
- Municipality of Anchorage
- No updates
- Trident
- No updates
- Wendy's
- No updates
- Environmental Health Lab
- No updates
- Section of Epidemiology
- AFPTF Workshop
- Planning continues for the virtual workshop in April 3-5, 2023
- Please let Lorinda know if you'd like to participate in planning
- Action Items/To-Do List
- Next quarterly meeting will be the Educational Workshop, April 3-4
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