Inspector Tools

Resources

Webinar - Oregon Dept of Ag and Farm Direct Foods - 1/18/24

Webinar - Mobile Units and the new Oregon Fire Code - 1/18/24

Note:  Educational information only -- Environmental Health will not be looking for any of these items during routine food safety inspections

Plan Review Tools from FDA Plan Review Course 2018

Remember that these tools are to support you during the plan review process. In general we can't require operators to meet the capacities determined by these tools. These are guidelines and are NOT required in the Food Sanitation Rules.

• Tool to calculate refrigerator storage
• Tool to calculate hot water capacity
• Tool to calculate dry storage capacity

Misc

• List of pH of Common Foods
• CDC Workforce Development for EHS' 
• Missouri Dept of Health Disaster Preparedness Toolkit 
• CDC EHS-Net Program and Studies

Inspectional Guides

• Food Violation Reference by Rule Number
• Pool Violation Reference Guide
• Spa Violation Guide
• Traveler's Accommodation Violation Reference Guide
• Organizational Camp Violation Reference Guide - Updated version coming soon!
• Recreational Park Violation Reference Guide

Multilingual Information

• Common phrases translated for inspectors

Studies

• Emplyee Health and Hand Hygiene resources - FDA

CDC FBI Database

• A new tool is available for searching CDC's foodborne disease outbreak surveillance database. It is called the Foodborne Outbreak Database Search Tool (FODST)

CDC Media Tools

• Online Newsroom

For New Inspectors

• FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs online training
• South Central Public Health Partnership Online Training and Resources
• Foodborne Outbreak Investigation and Reporting Guidelines--OHA Acute and Communicable Disease Section