REPORT OF THE
FDA RETAIL FOOD PROGRAM
DATABASE OF
FOODBORNE ILLNESS RISK FACTORS
Prepared by the FDA Retail Food Program Steering Committee
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following individuals and/or entities are to be recognized for their invaluable
contributions to the development of this report and the implementation of this project:
FDA:
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
Wallace Garthright, Ph.D., Division of Mathematics
Jerome Schneidman, Division of Mathematics
Dennis B. Wilson, Division of Mathematics
Faye Feldstein, Division of HACCP
Glenda Lewis, Division of Cooperative Programs/Retail Food and Interstate
Travel Team (DCP/RFITT)
Margaret Boone, Division of Cooperative Programs
Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA)
Regional Food Specialists
Robert Brands, Division of Federal – State Relations (DFSR)
National Retail Food Steering Committee
Richard Barnes, ORA, Director of DFSR, Committee Chair
Tom Schwarz, CFSAN, Office of Field Programs, DCP (formerly Division
Director, now retired)
Betty Harden, CFSAN, OFP/DCP/RFITT, Team Leader, team representative
Jeanette Lyon, CFSAN, OFP/DCP/RFITT, team representative
John Marcello, ORA, Regional Food Specialist, Field team representative
Dennis Eastin, ORA, Regional Food Specialist, Field team representative
Carol Selman, (formerly ORA, Regional Food Specialist, Field team
representative, now with CDC/National Center for Environmental Health)
Randall Zielinski, ORA, Interstate Travel Program, Field team representative
Gary German, ORA, Director, Division of Human Resource Development
(DHRD), DHRD team representative
OTHER Regulatory:
State and local regulatory jurisdiction representatives who accompanied the FDA
Regional Food Specialists on data collection inspections.
INDUSTRY:
Industry food service managers of selected participant establishments for cooperative
assistance during the data collection.
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CONTENTS
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