Resources Index

Below are resources to help get you started. If you cannot find the information you need, please contact an Environmental Health Officer in your area.

Alaska Links

• Division of Agriculture
• Alcohol & Marijuana Control Office (AMCO)
• Board of Barbers/Hairdressers
• Bottled Water Guidance & Fact Sheets
• Business Licensing
• Certified Labs
• Cooperative Extension Service
• Cottage Food Guidance & Fact Sheets
• Dairy
• Drinking Water
• Environmental Health Laboratory
• Fire Marshal
• Fish and Game
• Fish Taxes
• Municipality of Anchorage Food Safety
• Residential Pool & Hot Tubs (CDC)
• Section of Epidemiology
• Small Business Assistance
• Wastewater

Food

• Acidified and Low Acid Canned Food
• ADA and Employee Health Requirements
• ADA and Service Animals
• Alaska Food Code (PDF)
• Alaska Food Safety Advisory Committee
• Alcohol Labeling
• Approximate pH of Foods
• Bad Bug Book (PDF)
• Certified Food Protection Manager
• Chicken Liver Infographic
• Chicken Liver Safety
• Commercial Deli Slicer Sanitation
• Complaints
• Crisis Management
• Developing Recall Plans (PDF)
• Educational Videos for Retail Food Employees
• Employees FIRST (FDA)
• Establishing a Business in Alaska (PDF)
• Farm to Restaurant Fact Sheet (PDF)
• FDA Employee Health and Personal Hygiene Handbook
• FDA Oral Culture (Visual Stories) Learner
• FDA Reportable Food Registry
• Food Allergen Poster (PDF)
• Foodborne Illness Response Guidelines
• Food Defense and Emergency Response
• Food Defense Plan Builder
• DEC Food Home Page
• Food Safety Crisis Management
• Food Safety in Emergencies
• Food Safety Management System (AMC)
• Food Truck Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Food Truck Guidelines for Water Testing (PDF)
• Food Truck Operator Awareness (PDF)
• Gluten-Free Labeling - FDA
• Meat Market Grinding Guidance (PDF)
• NEHA Foodborne Illness InvestigationTraining and Recall Response Webinar
• Norovirus Prevention
• NSF White Book Listing
• Portable Restroom Planning Tool
• Recall Plan Manual (PDF)
• Recall Plan Templates
• Risk Factor Resources
• Safe Egg Handling for Small Operations (PDF)
• School Food Service
• Stickers
• Training and Testing
• View Food Establishment Inspections

Public Facilities

• ADA and Public Accommodations in AK
• ADA and Service Animals
• Alaska Fire and Life Safety
• Alaska Plumbing Code (PDF)
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Bedbug Information
• Body Art Workplace Safety (CDC)
• Business Licensing
• Chemical Safety (CDC)
• Cosmetics - Prohibited Ingredients and Related Safety Issues (FDA)
• Cosmetics Safety (FDA)
• Establishing a Business in Alaska (PDF)
• Fire Marshal
• Material Safety Data Sheets
• National Recreation and Park Association
• Pool Resources
  • 12 Steps to Prevent Recreational Water Illness
  • American Swimming Pool and Spa Association
  • Association of Pool & Spa Professionals
  • Design and Operation (CDC)
  • Disinfection & Pool/Spa Incidents
  • Healthy Pools and Spas
  • National Swimming Pool Foundation
  • Pool and Hot Tub Design and Operation (CDC)
  • Pool Chemical Safety Poster (PDF)
  • Pool Safely
  • Posters, Publications, Fact Sheets
• Public Facilities
• Sanitizers Registered in Alaska

Seafood

• Alaska Seafood Processing Regulations (PDF)
• Alaska Seafood Processors Advisory Council
• Applications
• Business Licensing
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Department of Fish and Game
• Department of Revenue/Fish Tax
• FDA Export Certificates
• FDA Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance 4th Edition
• FDA Imports and Exports
• FDA Inspection and Compliance
• FDA Seafood HACCP Video Series
• FDA's Guide to Seafood Market Names
• Fish Biz (Map)
• Fish Monitoring
• Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List
• Labeling Requirements for Alaska Seafood Processors (PDF)
• Listeria Control Guidance
• Marine Advisory Program
• NSF White Book
• NSSP Control of Molluscan Shellfish
• Office of Fisheries Development (DCED)
• Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Fact Sheet
• Sanitary Design and Construction of Food Processing Facilities (PDF)
• DEC Seafood Home Page
• Ready-To-Eat Seafood Pathogen Control Manual (PDF)
• Seafood Marketing Institute
• UAF Technical Assistance
• UC Davis HACCP Resources
• HACCP Plan Development
• HACCP Q & A
• HACCP Training

Shellfish

• ADF&G - Aquatic Farming Permits
• ADF&G - Commercial Dive Fisheries
• ADF&G - Shellfish Commercial Fisheries
• Alaska Shellfish ID Chart
• Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association PSP
• Aquaculture in Alaska (MAP)
• Aquatic Farming Program (DNR)
• Fishbiz (MAP)
• FDA Export Certificates
• FDA Seafood HACCP Video Series
• Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List
• Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference
• Norovirus Prevention Packet
• NSF White Book
• NSSP Control of Molluscan Shellfish
• Office of Fisheries Development (DCCED)
• Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Fact Sheet
• Partial Key for Alaska Bivalves
• SE AK Regional Dive Fishery Association (SARDFA)
• Section of Epidemiology (DHSS)
• UAA Business and Marketing
• US Coast Guard Requirements for Recreational Boats & Safety (PDF)