MA PHIT Food Certificate Program
Overview
MA Public Health Inspector Training Food Certificate Program (MA PHIT FCP) is designed to promote comprehensive and consistent enforcement of MA State Sanitary Code Chapter I 105 CMR 400.000: General Administrative Procedures and Chapter X 105 CMR 590.000: Minimum Sanitation Standards for Food Establishments (which incorporates portions of the 1999 Federal Food Code).
Intended participants are from municipal and state agencies charged with enforcement of these regulations. The goals of 105 CMR 590.000 are to safeguard public health and to provide consumers food that is safe, unadulterated, and honestly presented.
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The program include classroom training, joint field training inspections supervised by Qualified Field Trainers, and completion of additional online courses. As resources, allow, standardization of inspectors will follow. Standardizaiton requires a minimum number of inspections supervised by a designated MDPH or FDA Standardized Inspector and submission of various plans, documents, and flow charts.
Partners
Program partners, led by Kathleen MacVarish at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH), include FDA, Massachusetts Environmental Health Association (MEHA), Massachusetts Health Officers Association (MHOA), and MDPH Bureau of Environmental Health Food Protection Program.
The following organizations and individuals deserve special recognition for their contributions for planning the pilot and sustaining the program:
- BUSPH-led New England Alliance for Public Health Workforce Development (a HRSA-funded public health training center until 2014)
- Local Public Health Institute of Massachusetts (LPHI)
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Ruth-Ellen Sandler
- Implementation team - Diane Bernazzani, Phyllis Boucher, Mark Carleo, Ray Duffill, Seth Eckhouse, Brandi Hopkins, Pat Maloney, Kathleen MacVarish, Larry Ramdin, Ruth-Ellen Sandler, Robin Williams, and Sam Wong
- Pilot planning team - Diane Bernazzani, Phyllis Boucher, Chris Ciarcia, Holly Detroy, Ray Duffill, Frank Giacalone, Kathleen MacVarish, Mike Moore, Meredith Morgan, Priscilla Neves, Larry Ramdin, Ruth-Ellen Sandler, Robin Williams, Sam Wong, and Pat Zingariello
Schedule
MEHA will administer the program annually, in partnership with LPHI and program partners. The LPHI Training Calendar will provide course dates and registration information.
Special Note
MA PHIT was recognized in 2012 by the National Association of County and City Health Officials as a Model Practice