National Food Safety Education Month® 2008

Letter to Public Health Professionals

July 2008

Dear Public Health Professional:

The Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) and its Federal partners—the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—are please to provide you with this compilation of consumer food safety education resources in time for National Food Safety Education Month® 2008.

The Partnership created the Fight BAC!® campaign, with the four core food safety messages of Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill that remain the solid foundation of consumer food safety education in the United States. The updated Fight BAC!® brochure is among the materials you will find. USDA worked in cooperation with FDA, the CDC and the Partnership to develop the Be Food Safe campaign providing new and exciting resources for your outreach efforts. These materials are featured in English and Spanish.

The FDA contributed resource materials in English and Spanish on some of the agency regulated products—produce, seafood, milk, and bottled water—as well as food safety for pregnant women and individuals with food allergies. We hope you enjoy these resources!

Be sure to check out these Web-based resources throughout the year!

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) at www.cfsan.fda.gov
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at www.cdc.gov/foodsafety
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) at www.fsis.usda.gov
• Be Food Safe consumer materials at befoodsafe.gov
• Be Food Safe retailer initiative materials at www.befoodsafe.org
• Fight BAC!® curriculum and other materials at www.fightbac.org