NC State partners with the FDA to launch new public health inspection course

ABOUT THE STUDY WILL BE HELD

IN OCRACOKE IN 2 WEEKS. THERE

ARE LOTS OF RESTAURANTS AND

ONLY SO MANY INSPECTORS.

THAT'S WHY SOME PLACES ONLY

GET INSPECTED ONCE A YEAR.

INSTEAD OF EVERY FEW MONTHS.

AND SHE STATE IS TRYING TO GET

MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN

BECOMING HEALTH INSPECTORS.

>> THE PEOPLE WHO PROTECT YOUR

FOOD, THE WINE, THE FOOD THAT

YOU EAT. KEELY ARTHUR EXPLAINS

WHY A NEW COURSE. THE

UNIVERSITY IS LAUNCHING.

>> IT'S SO UNIQUE.

>> ALL OF THE HEALTH INSPECTOR

HAS CHANGED OVER TIME. YOU SEE

THE INSPECTORS WOULD LOOK, YOU

KNOW, LOOK AT WALLS, FLOORS

AND DRAINS AND, YOU KNOW, IS

EVERYTHING CLEAN AND NOT.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL.

TODAY. DOCTOR BEN CHAPMAN WITH

NC STATE SAYS TODAY'S

INSPECTIONS GO WAY MORE IN

DEPTH AND IT CAN BE HARD TO

FIND INSPECTORS TO FILL VACANT

POSITIONS. THIS IS A WAY TO

REALLY DEVELOP THAT NEXT

GENERATION OF INSPECTORS

INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH

FOOD INSPECTIONS IS BEING

OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS

FALL AT NC STATE CHAPMAN SAYS

STUDENTS WILL TRAVEL TO FOOD

FACILITIES PROCESSING PLANTS

AND RESTAURANTS PARTICIPATING

IN MOCK INSPECTIONS ARE

STUDENTS WILL GET OUT THERE

DIRECTLY IN THE FIELD AND GET

THAT HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE TO

LEARNING, WHICH IS REALLY

EXCITING, ESPECIALLY ELEMENT OF

THIS COURSE IS THAT IT WAS

DESIGNED WITH THE FDA AND

FOCUSES AND WHAT THEY'RE

LOOKING FOR IN AN INSPECTOR IS

UNIQUE IN A SENSE THAT WE'RE

PARTNERING DIRECTLY WITH A

FEDERAL AGENCY.

>> ON IT. AND THEY'VE BEEN

REALLY KEY AND GOING BACK AND

FORTH AND CURRICULA

DEVELOPMENT.

>> KEELY ARTHUR, 5 ON YOUR

SIDE.

>> NOW YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO

BE AN NC STATE STUDENT TO SIGN

UP FOR THIS COURSE IN CHAPMAN.

EXPECT SOME RESTAURANTS MAY

BE INTERESTED TO BETTER

UNDERSTAND WHAT AN INSPECTOR

IS. ALSO LOOKING FOR. AND THAT

MEANS, OF FOR FOOD FOR ALL OF

US. WE NEED TO ACT EARLY AND 5

ON YOUR SIDE.

>> HUGHES AND DOING A LOT MORE

THAN LOOKING OUT FOR YOU.

THE WARNING YOU ABOUT

RESTAURANTS, THEY GET LOW

HEALTH INSPECTION SCORES.

YOU CAN SEE 5 ON YOUR SIDE'S