Additional resources
UL staff members actively participate and hold memberships in professional associations. Some of our organizational involvement is listed here for reference.
Food safety additional resources
- FDA Food Code
- FDA list of indirect food additives (find 21CFR citations)
- Conference for Food Protection -- Gold Sponsor
- FoodSafety.gov
- ANSI Standards Action (keep up-to-date on Standards development)
- USDA
- USDA-FSIS
International, national and regional
- American Association of Sanitarians (AAS)
- American Industrial Hygienists Association (AIHA)
- American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
- Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI)
- Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
- International Association of Food Protection (IAFP)
- International HACCP Alliance
- Interstate Environmental Health Seminar
- National Association of County, City, Health Officials (NACCHO)
- National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
- National Environmental Health & Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC)
State and local (recent)
- Carolinas Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians (CAMFES)
- California Environmental Health Association (CEHA)
- Illinois Environmental Health Association (IEHA)
- Kentucky Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians (KAMFES)
- Kentucky Public Health Association (KPHA)
- Michigan Environmental Health Association (MEHA)
- Nevada Environmental Health Association (NvEHA)
- South Carolina Environmental Health Assoc. (SCEHA)
- Tennessee Environmental Health Association (TnEHA)
- Texas Environmental Health Association (TEHA)
Presentations and media
Each year, UL staff members deliver numerous presentations on standards development, conformity assessment and technical subjects at educational conferences and other venues. Scientific papers, technical articles and editorial columns are routinely developed by UL staff members and appear in many familiar food safety and related publications.
Codes and Standards development
In addition to publishing its own food safety standards (e.g., UL 2128, the Standard for Safety of Meat and Poultry Plant Equipment; ANSI/UL 2333, American Nations Standard for Infrared Thermometers), UL staff member participate on numerous code and standards development and advisory bodies. These include Councils I of the Conference for Food Protection, the Conference's Committees on Facility Plan Review and Accreditation of Certification Organizations, NSF International Joint Committees for Food Equipment and Residential Equipment, AFDO's Meat & Poultry Committee and IAFP's Meat & Poultry Committee.
Council
UL has a distinguished council of outside environmental and public health professionals who advise UL on matters of conformity assessment and standards development.
Industry
UL hosts or participates in industry trade shows, conferences, meetings and other forums -- such as the Food Safety Summit, the NRA Show, the National Association of Convenience Stores and others -- to exchange information on food safety matters.
