Food Safety and Sanitation Team Award

Major Criteria for Evaluation:

1. The team enhances the food safety culture in the whole company.

2. Comes up with new/innovative practices that contributed to enrichment of food safety culture

3. Impacted the food safety system, for example by reducing the amount of “on hold” product year over

year, and etc.

4. Clear evidence that the effective “product or output” of the team effort exceeds the simple sum of the

parts contributed by individual members.

5. Effective integration across units and functions of the company.

6. Recognition by colleagues, professional groups, industry, public agencies, and etc.

Award Packet Guidelines

Submit one electronic PDF document that includes each of the following numbered documents and

email the PDF to Cathy Blood, blood@wsu.edu. Save and send the document with following

format: Team/company’s name-Team Award.

Award Packet Cover Form - Please see attached.

Summary

A narrative summary not exceeding three (3) single spaced pages (Times New Roman, 12 point)

detailing how the team:

Enhances the food safety culture in the whole company.

Comes up with new/innovative practices that contributed to enrichment of food safety culture.

Impacted the food safety system, for example by reducing the amount of “on hold” product year

over year, etc.

Shows clear evidence that the effective “product or output” of the team effort exceeds the simple

sum of the parts contributed by individual members.

Displays effective integration across units, departments, and functions of the company.

Has gained recognition by colleagues, professional groups, industry, public agencies, etc.

Professional Achievements

Team Award: List selected products emerging from the activities of the team, including awards or other

professional achievements. Not to exceed two (2) single-spaced pages (Times New Roman, 12 point).

1. Letters

These letters should be organized into categories — department manager/director (required), peers, current and former customers/clientele or others with no more than two (2) letters in each category. If the manager or director nominated the individual, that letter can suffice for the required letter in this section. Do not exceed seven (6) letters total. Letters of support should be included in the single PDF document.

2. 300-Word Biography for Background of Team for the FSS Website

3. A High Resolution Photo of the team.

Selection Process

Selection committee will review the award nomination packets and make their decision. The team

award finalist will be announced at the Food Safety & Sanitation Workshop in November.

Food Safety and Sanitation Team Award Winner

The team will be recognized at the workshop in November

A plaque will be presented to the team

We encourage any team members who are nominated to attend the workshop!

Food Safety & Sanitation Workshop Team Award

Team Name:_________________________________________________________________________

TEAM LEADER INFORMATON

Name:______________________________________________________________________________

Phone:______________________________ Email:________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________ Signature Date

Nominations to be submitted electronically to Cathy Blood (blood@wsu.edu).

Please also provide Team Member contact information on the form below.

Completed packets should include:

□ Award Packet Cover Form

□ Application Specifics per Award

□ Letters of Support

□ 300 word biography

□ A high resolution photo

□ Due by September 27, 2019 by 5 pm

Facility:_________________________________________________________________________

By this submission, I grant permission to Food Safety and Sanitation Workshop Committee to publish and/or picture for use in promotional, educational, display or other medial publications including newspapers, magazines, television, brochures, pamphlets, instructional materials, books, web pages and/or other materials. For team applications, this signed agreement applies to all group members.

Please include a 300 word biography and a high resolution photo of the team in your award packet.

Food Safety & Sanitation Workshop 2019 Team Award Nomination Form

Please attach this nomination form to a one-page nomination letter. The nomination letter must justify the merit

of the team and list worthy accomplishments related to the intentions of the award. Nominations are not

anonymous. Please highlight the number of years the team has been working in the food safety or food sanitation industry. Also, describe the diversity of the team. Please describe any long term impacts made by the team for the plant or company. Give examples of multi-level and/or multi-plant systematic changes. If possible, spotlight any mentoring and training of younger colleagues.

Team Name:_________________________________________________________________________

TEAM LEADER NAME & TITLE INFORMATON

_______________________________________________________________________________

Phone:______________________________ Email:________________________________________

Department:_________________________________________________________________________

TEAM MEMBER NAMES & TITLES

NOMINATOR NAME & TITLE INFORMATION

Name:_______________________________________________________________________________ Last First

Phone:_____________________________ Email:________________________________________

Department:__________________________________________________________________________

NOMINATOR SIGNATURE

___________________________________________________________________________________ Signature Date

SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE

___________________________________________________________________________________ Signature Date

Nominations to be submitted electronically to Cathy Blood (blood@wsu.edu).

TEAM MEMBER NAMES, TITLE, AND EMAIL

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