WFC Annual Conference 2024 WY Food Safety

Justin Latham- is the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Consumer Health Services Division Manager, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and a member of the Wyoming Food Safety Coalition. He inspects Temporary Facilities, Mobile Food Facilities, Restaurants, Food Service Operations, Grocery Stores, and Convenience Stores. The Consumer Health Services Section of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture is charged with overseeing the safety of Wyoming’s food supply. CHS conducts food safety education and inspectional activities in all areas of the state not covered by local departments of health. There are six local health departments in Wyoming (the counties of Laramie, Natrona, Teton, Sweetwater, and Sublette, and the city of Laramie). CHS maintains an "equal to" USDA meats safety program and conducts all meat slaughter and processing inspection, even where local departments exist. CHS also maintains a state-wide dairy program and participates in enforcing the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance as a signatory to the Interstate Milk Shippers Conference.
Jon Shumway- of Shumway Farms runs a recently Certified/Inspected Dairy and creamery on his family’s multi-species, regenerative meat and dairy operation in Afton, Wyoming. Jon will talk about the process of becoming inspected, what it means for his operation and his clientele, and the major challenges of the process and how his family navigated them to expand their business and ensure food safety on their operation.