train up to 2,000 to 3,000 food safety officials in 2011. Food Safety News recently had a chance to chat with Jerry Wojtala, executive director of IFPTI, about the history of the organization and its ...

The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) announced today that the Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations bill passed by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives provides $1 million ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. & BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) and the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training at Louisiana State ...

2 million children die from diarrhea because of microbiologically contaminated food and water. 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths annually are caused by food pathogens in ...

With FDA’s publication of the final Produce Safety Rule and the Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act, United Fresh is launching a new, multi-faceted training ...

since it launched in July was the fiscal year 2010 $1 million federal appropriation that U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, D-Battle Creek, helped secure for the institute. And earlier today, Schauer announced ...

The Food Safety and Control Laboratory (FSCL) is located at the FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories, Seibersdorf. The laboratory assists Member States to improve laboratory and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An author, speaker, and consultant, I explore the world's industries. Now that we’re in the thick of the holiday cooking season, ...

Food safety is a top concern in restaurants, but as employees get less and less training and operators begin to cut corners, food safety often becomes overlooked in the day-to-day operations of ...

Public Health Activity-Italy recently hosted a Joint Food Protection Training Summit for Army and Air Force food inspection specialist and public health inspectors in Vicenza, Italy. The training, ...