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SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                  Telephone (803) 734-2210

D. LESLIE TINDAL, COMMISSIONER                                        Becky Walton, Director of Public Information

P.O. Box 11280, Columbia, South Carolina 29211                                  bwalton@scda.state.sc.us

www.scda.state.sc.us

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 21, 2002

SERVSAFE FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER CERTIFICATION COURSE

COLUMBIA---ServSafe Manager Certification Training, a course designed to teach managers of food service operations the best methods and practices to protect food, will be held in Columbia from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on April 9 and 10^th, and from 8:30 a.m. to 12 Noon on April 11, 2002.

Topics include Challenges to Food Safety; Developing a HACCP Food Safety System; The Flow of Food; and Maintaining Sanitary Facilities and Equipment. The course also includes the National Certification Exam and Train-the-Trainer Workshop and training materials. Materials used are provided by the Educational Foundation of National Restaurant Association (NRA). Clemson University faculty certified as instructor trainers by the NRA will teach the course.

The cost is $150. Class size is limited to 35 participants. For more information, call Libby Hoyle at 864-656-5713 or email lhoyle@clemson.edu.

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