CCDEH ANNOUNCEMENT

The Crumbine Award: Call for Applicants!

The Samuel J. Crumbine Award for Excellence in Food Protection has recently released the guidelines for its 2008 program and is seeking submissions. The award named for one of America's most renowned health officer and educator, has elevated the importance of food protection programs within government departments and agencies and has inspired excellence in the planning and delivery of those services.

Entries to the Crumbine Award competition are open to all local environmental health jurisdictions (county, district, city, town, or township) in the United States and Canada that provide food protection services to their communities under authority of a statute or ordinance. The U.S. military services and U.S. Indian Health Service if not monitored by a state, county or city health unit are also invited to compete. Past winners may apply five years after receiving the award.

The guidelines for applying must be adhered to in order to be considered for the award. For more information about the Crumbine Award, including the 2008 award guidelines and previous winning entries, visit the NACCHO Food Safety program website or contact Lynn Dyer - Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) at (703) 538-2800 or ldyer@fpi.org. The deadline for submitting entries is March 14, 2008.