Message from the Commissioner to
Food Service Professionals

Dear Culinary Professional,

Thank you for your interest in our campaign to reduce the use of artificial trans fat in foods served in Putnam County eateries.  This voluntary project, to be launched in 2008, will be presented to the public as part of the “Live Healthy Putnam” campaign.

Your participation in the campaign will be brought to the attention of members of the health conscious public who want to reduce their intake of trans fats.  Our plans are to provide the public with an easy way to find eateries which will support their health goals by:

• Launching the artificial trans fat free program in a media blitz campaign.

• Identifying your location through the Putnam County internet website.  In addition, we plan to provide a link from the Putnam County website to your website.

• Familiarizing the health conscious about the “We Checked for You” window sticker.  The bright red check mark will easily identify your eatery as a participant.

To qualify you will need to do the following:

• Eliminate the use of artificial trans fat containing oils, margarines and butter substitutes in the foods you prepare.  You can use monounsaturated or polyunsaturated (e.g., olive, sunflower, soy bean or cottonseed) oils and “zero artificial trans fat” labeled margarines or butter substitutes.

• Obtain verification of compliance at the time of your routine inspections, and in ongoing regular inspection.

Our staff has begun the qualification process in 2008.  Those eateries which qualify and continue to meet the campaign’s intent will be promoted for free.  Again, thank you for working to improve the health status of the public and voluntarily participating in the “Live Healthy Putnam” campaign.

Sincerely,

Sherlita Amler, M.D., FAAP
Commissioner of Health
Putnam County Department of Health

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