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October 2003; Updated
January 2008
State, Local, Tribal and Federal Inspection/Training Officers
Certified by the FDA Using the Standardization and Certification Procedures
Purpose of listing of state standardized officials.
Under the authority of the Public Health Service Act as amended, the FDA has a
responsibility to provide assistance to state and local retail food protection
programs [42 USC 243]. The FDA provides assistance to federal agency retail food
protection programs under authority of the Economy Act [31 USC 1535]. Assistance provided
to state, local, and federal governmental bodies is also pursuant to FDA's authorities
and responsibilities under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [1 USC 301].
Historically, FDA has met this responsibility by offering a variety of training
opportunities and technical assistance based on model codes addressing recommended
sanitation and food safety criteria for retail food establishments.
Providing model food codes and model code interpretations and opinions, is
the mechanism through which FDA, as a lead federal food control agency,
promotes uniform implementation of national food regulatory policy among
federal, state, tribal, and local agencies that have primary responsibility for
retail food safety oversight or regulation. To assure greater uniformity,
FDA recommends that regulatory jurisdictions adopt the model Food Code as law or
regulation.
The main goal of a national food safety program is the reduction and
prevention of foodborne illness. To that end, FDA provides several pathways, one
of which is the standardization and certification of retail food
inspection personnel. This process provides regulatory personnel the opportunity to
subject their knowledge and skills related to the Code's provisions to a uniform
system of measurement. The process and criteria for demonstrating proficiency in
the required performance areas are described in the FDA Procedures for standardization
and certification of Retail Food Inspection / Training Officers.
The procedures are based on the FDA Food Code and are updated to reflect current
Food Code provisions and to include a more refined focus on foodborne illness
risk factors, food code interventions, and application of the
principles of hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP).
It is critical that food safety personnel become
standardized and subsequently certified through this process to
ensure that retail foods are safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented at
retail throughout the United States. certification as an
fda-certified inspection / training officer is issued to all candidates
who successfully complete the standardization process. FDA is pleased to
recognize, by listing according to FDA Regions, those persons who are recognized as
standardized and certified via this process.
Pacific Region
NAME | EXPIRATION DATE | JURISDICTION |
Lorinda Lhotka |
12/10 |
AK Dept. of Environmental Conservation |
Jeff Warner | 12/09 | AK Dept. of Environmental Conservation |
Robert Gooch |
04/10 | AZ Dept. of Health Services |
David Morales |
07/10 |
AZ Maricopa County Environmental Services |
Veronica Oros | 02/08 | Arizona State University |
Jeff Gans | 10/07 | CA Santa Clara County |
Susan Strong | 06/09 | CA Dept. of Health Services, Food & Drug Branch |
Rita Lutrell |
06/10 |
FDA ITP SEA DO |
Katie Alford | 05/08 | FDA ITP SEA DO |
Randy Zielinski | 10/07 | FDA ITP SAN DO |
Janice Gardner |
10/10 |
FDA ITP SAN DO |
David Whitrman | 04/08 | FDA ITP LOS DO |
Margo Jones | 06/08 | FDA ITP LOS DO |
Nianna Burns | 06/09 | FDA ITP LOS DO |
Sara Dent-Acosta | 02/10 | FDA ITP LOS DO |
Patrick Gazzle | 12/07 | ID Dept. of Health and Welfare |
Rob Eachon | 02/07 | ID, Panhandle Health District |
Robert Newsad | 09/08 | Indian Health Services |
Michael Welch |
05/10 |
Indian Health Services - Phoenix |
Dale Negata | 2006 | HI Dept. of Health |
Jerry Cormier | 07/08 | MT Dept. of Health and Human Services |
Christine Cox | 06/09 | MT Dept. of Health and Human Services |
Linda Newton | 06/08 | NV Clark County Health District, Las Vegas |
Cindy Ulch | 03/08 |
NV Bureau of Health Protection Services |
Terry Hill |
07/10 | OR Dept. of Ag |
Maryam Shadbeh Evans | 02/09 | OR Dept. of Ag |
Valerie Aliski | 01/09 | OR Health Division |
Erica Van Ess Buckner | 05/08 | OR Health Division |
Cynthia Robinson | 09/09 | OR Dept. of Human Services, FBI Prev. Prog. |
Mary Ferluga | 06/08 | WA State Dept. of Health |
Joseph Graham | 09/08 | WA State Dept. of Health |
Jill Trohimovich | 12/09 | WA, Seattle/King County |
Scott Pierce | 02/08 | WA, Tacoma-Pierce HD |
Katie Kerns | 01/11 | WA, Tacoma-Pierce HD |
Tom Kunesh | 01/11 | WA, Whatcom County |
Northeast Region
NAME | EXPIRATION DATE | JURISDICTION |
Fred Journalist | 08/08 | CT Dept. of Consumer Protection |
Roger Mshar | 07/08 | CT Dept. of Public Health |
Sonia Ortiz-Latinsky | 09/03 | FDA ITP NYK DO |
Dan Aisen | 05/08 | FDA ITP NYK DO |
Richard Hapke |
06/10 |
FDA ITP NWE DO |
Richard L. Licari |
08/10 |
FDA ITP NWE DO |
Christine Majewski | 10/10 | MA Food Protection Program |
Diane Bernazzani | 03/08 | MA Food Protection Program |
Diane Chalifoux-Judge | 09/09 | MA City of Boston |
Scott L. Davis |
08/10 |
ME Dept. of Human Services |
Maurice Anderson | 05/09 | ME Dept. of Human Services |
Marvin Garrick | 08/09 | ME DHHS, Div. of Licensing and Certification |
Jessica Fletcher | 01/09 | Mohegan Tribal Nation, Uncasville, CT |
Maryam Hosseini | 03/09 | Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, Mashantucket, CT |
John Seiferth | 09/08 | NH Dept. of Health |
Judy Jervis | 09/08 | NH Town of Exeter Health Dept. |
Richard Olson | 04/08 | NYS Agriculture and Markets |
Milford Lewis | 04/08 | NYS Agriculture and Markets |
William Kalabanka | 02/08 | NYS Agriculture and Markets |
Brian Lockard | 11/08 | NH Town of Salem Health Dept. |
Thomas Nerney |
07/10 |
RI DOH |
Al Burns | 06/08 | VT Dept. of Health |
Sherry Sawyer | 06/08 | VT Dept. of Health |
Central Region
NAME | EXPIRATION DATE | JURISDICTION |
Lisa Massay-Melton | 11/07 | DC Health |
Robert Sudler | 02/08 | DC Health |
Dawn McFadden | 12/07 | DC Health |
Donna Trader | 07/08 | DE Div. of Public Health |
Robert Hoffner | 07/08 | DE Div. of Public Health |
Joseph Dougherty | 10/07 | FDA ITP PHI DO |
Robert Rodriguez | 04/08 | FDA ITP CIN DO |
John Jaworski | 04/08 | FDA ITP CIN DO |
Tammy Phillips | 01/10 | FDA ITP PHI DO |
Ed Norris | 12/07 | IN State Dept. of Health |
Dan Miller | 12/08 | IN State Dept. of Health |
Michelle Glunt | 03/08 | IN State Dept. of Health |
Kris Thomas | 02/09 | IN State Dept. of Health |
Lisa Harrison | 04/08 | IN State Dept. of Health |
Paula Proctor | 01/09 | IN State Dept. of Health |
Suann Jewell | 05/07 | KY Cabinet for Health |
Annhall Norris | 05/08 | KY Cabinet for Health |
Carolyn Boaz | 02/10 | KY Cabinet for Health |
Kathy Fowler | 05/08 | KY Cabinet for Health |
Veronica Moore | 12/07 | MD Dept. of Health |
Barbara Coy | 09/09 | MI Dept. of Agriculture |
Rebecca Peterson | 09/09 | MI Dept. of Agriculture |
Sandra Walker | 11/09 | MI Dept. of Agriculture |
Kevin Halfmann | 09/10 | MI Dept. of Agriculture |
Michelle Messer |
07/10 | MN Dept. of Health |
Blake Nordin | 02/08 | MN Dept. of Health |
Larry G. Kruger | 02/08 | MN Dept. of Agriculture |
Lorna K. Girard |
07/10 | MN Dept. of Agriculture |
Frank D. Baumgartner | 11/09 | ND Dept. of Health |
Michael R. Walton | 06/06 | ND Dept. of Health |
Kerry Donovan | 10/09 | FDA ITP NJ DO |
Dhaval Patel |
06/09 |
NJ Health and Senior Services |
Mary Lou Falco |
07/10 |
NJ Health and Senior Services |
Jeanne Garbarino | 08/09 | NJ Vineland City Health Dept. |
Paulette J. Simonetti | 03/09 | NJ Atlantic City Health Dept. |
Crystal Penn | 08/07 | OH Dept. of Agriculture |
Doug Pollitt | 08/07 | OH Dept. of Health |
Larry Holbert | 08/07 | OH Dept. of Health |
Melissa Vaccaro | 10/07 | PA Dept. of Agriculture |
Garry Orner | 11/07 | PA Dept. of Agriculture |
Michael Treppel | 02/08 | US Congress - Office of the Attending Physician |
Christopher Gordon | 12/08 | VA Dept. of Health |
Catherine Cummins | 07/08 | VA Dept. of Health |
Richard Michelback | 02/08 | VA - Alexandria Health Department |
Margaret Waters | 03/10 | VA - Arlington Health Department |
Pamela Miles | 03/08 | VA Dept. of Agriculture |
Linda Whaley | 05/07 | WV Dept. of Health |
David St. Jules | 04/11 | Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture TCP |
Wayne Kopp | 09/08 | Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture TCP |
Arthur Ness | 01/09 | Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture TCP |
Southwest Region
NAME | EXPIRATION DATE | JURISDICTION |
Raymond Heaggans |
05/10 |
AR DHHS |
B.A. DeWoody | 02/07 | AR DHHS |
Lee Presley | 08/08 | AR DHHS |
Ashley Hale | 02/10 | AR DHHS |
Laura VanWagenen | 03/09 | CO DPHE |
Victoria Smith |
08/10 |
CO DPHE |
Michelle Motsinger |
09/10 |
CO DPHE |
Nicole Grisham | 10/10 | CO DPHE |
Martha Baldwin |
08/10 |
FDA ITP Dallas |
Dan Hutchison | 10/07 | FDA ITP Kansas City |
Judy Harrison | 08/08 | IA DIA |
Bob Haxton | 08/08 | IA DIA |
Dean Siem | 02/08 | IA DIA |
Debra Grabowski | 09/08 | IHS Albuquerque Area |
Charity Nelson |
06/10 |
IHS Oklahoma City Area Office |
Autumn Schuck |
08/09 |
KDHE |
Jeff Walker | 07/08 | KS DHE |
Jessica Wrosch | 06/08 | KS DHE |
Autumn Shuck | 09/09 | KS DHE |
Mary Fandrey | 11/07 | MO DOH |
Bryan Haugen | 04/08 | MO DOH |
Dan Kahler | 09/09 | NE Dept. of AG |
Marlon Buzek | 03/08 | NE Dept. of AG |
Troy Huffman | 08/10 | NE HHS |
Olivia Sanchez | 08/09 | NM Albuquerque HD |
Johnathan Gerhardt | 07/09 | NM ED |
Ron Taylor |
05/10 | NM ED |
Anita Roy |
05/10 | NM ED |
Mary Lou LaCasse |
05/10 | NM ED |
Barbar Kitay | 05/09 | NM EH |
Dennis Donwerth |
04/10 | OK SDH |
Charles Lackey | 09/07 | TX DSHS |
Ruth Hendy | 05/09 | TX DSHS |
Zack Holbrooks | 07/08 | TX DSHS |
Juan Munguia | 08/10 | TX DSHS |
Ron Marsden | 09/07 | UT Dept. of Health |
Ron Lund |
08/10 | UT Salt Lake Valley HD |
Tom Trevino | 07/09 | UT Salt Lake Valley HD |
Neal Bloomenrader |
08/07 |
WY Dept. of AG |
Dawn Helms |
06/10 |
WY Dept. of Agriculture |
Neal Bloomenrader |
08/10 |
WY Dept. of Agriculture |
Southeast Region
NAME | EXPIRATION DATE | JURISDICTION |
Billy Wayne Johnson | 02/08 |
AL Dept. of Public Health |
Mark Sestak | 02/09 |
AL Dept. of Public Health |
Tim Hatch | 02/10 | AL Dept of Public Health |
Jane Snow | 09/10 | AL Jefferson County HD |
Bill Oetting | 10/07 | FDA ITP FLA DO |
Diane Kelsch | 07/07 | FDA ITP FLA DO |
David Heiar | 04/08 | FDA ITP NOL DO |
Aggie Hale | 03/08 | FL DACS |
Mark Cohen | 10/09 | FL DACS |
Sandi Schultz | 07/08 | FL DACS |
Robert King | 11/07 | FL DACS |
Vivian Knippen | 03/08 | FL DACS |
Mark Lamb | 08/08 | FL DACS |
Michael Takosh | 04/09 | FL DACS |
Miguel Fernandez | 05/09 | FL DACS |
Stephen Hoffman | 10/07 | FL DBPR |
Anna Johnson |
08/10 | FL DBPR |
Xenia Bailey | 03/08 | FL DBPR |
Cynthia Waker | 08/08 | FL DBPR |
Ric Mathis | 01/11 | FL Dept. of Health |
Robin Eychaner | 08/10 | FL Dept. of Health |
VaKesha Brown |
10/10 |
FL Dept. of Health |
Oscar Garrison | 05/08 | GA AG |
Tonya Gray | 05/08 | GA DHR |
Jennifer Kirby | 05/08 | GA Dekalb Co. Board of Health |
Helena Barton | 04/10 | GA Chatham Co. Health Dept. |
Bert Tilton | 02/10 | GA Houston Co. Health Dept. |
Corey Millwood | 01/11 | GA East Metro Health District |
Jessica Schwarz | 01/11 | Indian Health Service |
Carolyn Bombet | 03/08 | LA Dept. of Health & Hospitals |
Amy Nichols | 08/10 | LA Dept. of Health & Hospitals |
Brenda Clark | 03/09 | MSDH |
Charlie Busler | 03/09 | MSDH |
John Luke | 12/08 | MSDH |
Judy Daye | 11/07 | NC DENR |
Alice Isley | 07/09 | NC DENR |
Kristi Nixon | 05/08 | NC DENR |
Melissa Renfrow | 10/09 | NC DENR |
Cindy Penland | 06/08 | NC DENR |
Christopher Smith | 09/08 | NC DENR |
Denise Shinn | 01/08 | NC DENR |
Cris Harrelson | 03/09 | NC DENR |
Pedro Torres | 02/10 | PR Health Department |
Todd Stephens | 04/09 | SC DHEC |
Tammy Gordon | 09/09 | SC DHEC |
Ron Murphy | 07/08 | TN AG |
Pamela Wilson | 10/10 | TN Dept. of Health |
Steve Crosier | 05/08 | TN - Nashville / Davidson Co. Metro HD |