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Edited by: Mary Schroeder, M.S., R.D. & Pat Kendall, Ph.D., R.D., Colorado State - Spring 2004
Colorado Food Safety Seal of Commitment Program
If you are dining out in Summit County or Breckenridge anytime soon, be sure and look for restaurants displaying the new food safety seal of commitment. In an effort to recognize restaurants that are make serving safe food a priority, the Colorado Food Safety Seal of Commitment program is being sponsored by the Colorado Restaurant Association Education Fund in partnership initially with Summit County and Breckenridge Colorado Restaurant Association Chapters and Summit County Environmental Health. The safety seal will be awarded to any food service operation that meets the following program requirements, which must be met annually:
- At least one manager must be trained and pass a Conference of Food Protection approved food safety manager certification exam.
- For both food preparers and food servers, at least 70% of full-time employees and 50% of part-time employees must be trained in an approved employee level food safety program and pass an employee food safety exam.
During the pilot phase, ServSafe® manager and employee level trainings are being offered at discounted costs to participating restaurants this spring. It is hoped that displaying the safety seal will be an effective way to communicate an establishment's investment in food safety to its customers, the media and sanitarians. Stay tuned for more details as the program expands to other areas in Colorado. For more information, contact the Colorado Restaurant Association at (303) 830-2972.
