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2003 Press Releases


Journal of Food Protection® Launches Online Manuscript Submission System (4/16/03)
International Food Safety Icons Now Available (4/11/03)
IAFP Food Safety Booklets Revised (4/11/03)


Journal of Food Protection® Launches Online Manuscript Submission System

Des Moines, Iowa, (April 16, 2003) The International Association for Food Protection and the Journal of Food Protection (JFP) recently launched an Online Manuscript Submission system. Electronic submission will speed the handling of manuscripts through the submission and review process. JFP encourages online submission of new manuscripts at www.foodprotection.org.

Authors can submit new manuscripts online by entering all contact and manuscript information, attach a PDF, Word or Word Perfect file, and upload the manuscript. Once submitted to IAFP, the manuscript will be processed within 72 hours and sent out for peer review. Authors who do not have Internet access may continue to submit their manuscripts via mail. The Online Manuscript Submission System can be used from any computer, any operating system, anywhere in the world with an Internet connection. There are no programs to be downloaded.

About the Journal of Food Protection
First published in 1937, the Journal of Food Protection is a refereed monthly publication. Each issue contains scientific research and authoritative review articles reporting on a variety of topics in food science pertaining to food safety and quality. The Journal is internationally recognized as the leading publication in the field of food microbiology with a readership exceeding 11,000 scientists from 69 countries. The Journal of Food Protection is indexed in Index Medicus, Current Contents, BIOSIS, PubMed, Medline and many others.


International Food Safety Icons Now Available

Des Moines, Iowa (April 11, 2003) - The International Food Safety Icons are now available from the International Association for Food Protection for use in safe food handling. The Icons are simple pictorial representations of important food safety tasks that can be recognized and understood regardless of a person’s native language.

Uses of the icons include, but are not limited to: food safety training materials, signs or reminders at food and beverage workstations, food preparation and storage equipment and on food packaging. The Icon series includes the critical concepts and contributing factors of foodborne disease: (1) refrigeration/cold holding; (2) handwashing; (3) cooking; (4) hot holding; (5) cooling; (6) wash, rinse, and sanitize; (7) cross contamination; (8) no bare hand contact; (9) temperature danger zone; (10) do not work if ill; and (11) potentially hazardous food.

Individuals from the following organizations participated in this groundbreaking project:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Cornell University
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Marriott International, Inc.
McDonald’s Corporation
The International Food Safety Council of the National Restaurant Assn. Educational Foundation
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Virginia Tech
Walt Disney World Company

Guidelines for use, descriptions of each Icon and the Icons themselves are available from the IAFP Web site at www.foodprotection.org. High quality images are available on a CD at $25.


IAFP Food Safety Booklets Revised

Des Moines, Iowa (April 11, 2003) The International Association for Food Protection has just released the revised versions of Food Safety at Temporary Events and Before Disaster Strikes…A Guide to Food Safety in the Home.

Food Safety at Temporary Events will help you keep your temporary event free of the risk of food poisoning. This booklet includes 14 steps to safe and sanitary food service events, the top six causes of foodborne illness, and Clean Hands for Clean Foods.

Before Disaster Strikes…A Guide to Food Safety in the Home provides guidelines to help plan for a disaster and determine if household food and water supplies are safe following natural disasters. This booklet provides guidelines for assembling an emergency food and water supply kit and for determining whether or not food and water are safe for consumption.

Both booklets can be ordered from the IAFP Web site at www.foodprotection.org.

 

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