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Clayton C. Pape, MS, Public Health, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 525 W. Van Buren, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60607, 312.880.5595, papec@amtrak.com
Amtrak the national railroad passenger carrier provides a range of food service from café cars with a selection of beverages, sandwiches and snacks to full service diners. Food service on passenger trains has many similarities to fixed location establishments but the storage, preparation, holding and serving of meals on a railroad car traveling at 80 miles per hour presents some unique challenges. This presentation will briefly describe the various types of food service equipment the railroad operates, Amtrak food service sanitation standards for maintaining FDA compliance (Amtrak is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, Interstate Travel Division), some of the unique characteristics of railroad passenger food service, implementation of HACCP principles, inventory tracking methods, commissary standards and quality control mechanisms, equipment maintenance cycles, the food service sanitation inspection process, identification of violations, documentation and communication through wireless e-mail transmissions of inspection reports from onboard trains in transit. Tracking and the documentation of repairs and corrective actions of violations identified during inspections will be further discussed.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Food Safety, Environmental Health
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: : I am employed by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). The proposed abstract discusses a product to the extent that Amtrak offers food for sale to its passengers.