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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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