Association of Food and Drug Officials

Association of Food and Drug Officials

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Leading a Risk-Based Inspection Program

In-Person

About

Are you a regulatory food safety leader who wants to improve the effectiveness of your retail food inspections to focus on risk factor reduction and promote compliance? Do you want to learn how to maximize the impact of your retail food inspection program? Is your program on the journey to be a Risk-Based Inspection program and you want to know what’s next? If so, this workshop is for you!

In this interactive workshop, you will gain perspective on creating a risk-based food inspection program that is efficient, effective, and aligned with best practices. You will also develop skills to strengthen your retail food inspection program’s focus on foodborne illness risk factors.

Find the course agenda here.

Objectives

  • Learn the value and key features of Risk-Based Inspection programs for retail food safety programs.
  • Evaluate your program’s progress to Risk-Based Inspections.
  • Identify improvements to improve your Risk-Based Inspection program.

Who Should Attend

Retail regulatory food safety leaders who want to improve their retail food inspection program by exploring the elements of an effective risk-based inspection program.

Location

Travel

Course Length

4-hour course

Seat Limit

30

Who You Will Learn From

Deanna copeland
Deanna Copeland
AFDO
Deanna Copeland joined the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) in early 2023, to lead projects for the Retail Food Safety Regulatory Association Collaborative and deliver training to strengthen retail food safety nationwide. With more than 24 years of experience in local regulatory, Copeland has had many roles from retail food safety inspector, plan review specialist, trainer, field supervisor, to program manager — bringing a wealth of experience and hands-on expertise to her role at AFDO.

Got membership questions? Learn more at afdo.org/join!

Got questions? Contact Deanna Copeland at afdo@afdo.org

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The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) is a regulatory organization that connects food and medical-products safety stakeholders and impacts the regulatory environment by shaping sound, science-based rules, law, regulations, and sharing best practices that protect public health.