Madison, WI To promote food safety certification for retail dairy, deli, and bakery department employees, the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA) offers a Food Safety Certification Reimbursement Program (FSCRP). This program reimburses IDDBA member retailers for food-safety certification test fees (up to the published cost) for dairy, deli, and bakery employees who successfully complete the certification exam.
Since its inception in 2003, the FSCRP has reimbursed retailers over $190,000 to certify nearly 5,000 department managers and associates.
Food safety certification exams from the following organizations are eligible under the IDDBA FSCRP: Prometric (Certified Professional Food Manager); National Registry of Food Safety Professionals (Food Safety Manager Certification or FMI-SuperSafeMark7); and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (ServSafe7 Food Protection Manager Certification).
For more information or an application for reimbursement, go to www.iddba.org/certification.aspx, or call Karen Peckham at IDDBA, 608-310-5000.
Source: International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association