Clean Plate Awards to be presented to restaurants

The Wood County Health District will present this year’s Clean Plate Awards on Thursday, May 11, at 5:30 p.m. The presentation will take place at the Wood County Health District located at 1840 E. Gypsy Lane Road, Bowling Green.

The 2017 Clean Plate Awards will be presented to 34 licensed food service operations out of more than 800 food service operations in Wood County.  These restaurants and other food service operations have been dedicated to upholding excellent sanitation and food safety knowledge within their facility. The recipients will receive a certificate of excellence and recognition of excellent performance in food safety from the Wood County Health District.  The winners of the Clean Plate Award will also receive a Clean Plate Award decal to display at their facility.

This is the seventh year that the Wood County Board of Health will hand out the awards.

“The Food Service Operations in Wood County that are presented with the Clean Plate Award have gone above and beyond in the practice of safe food handling,” said Lana Glore, Director of Environmental Services at the Wood County Health District.

This year’s recipients include: Arby’s #7372, Bass Pro Shop, BG’s Frosty Fare, Bowling Green Middle School, Carolyn’s Personalized Catering, Conneaut Elementary School, Crim Elementary School, Eagle Point Elementary School, Eastwood Middle School, Eastwood High School, Frobose Meat Locker, Kenwood Elementary School, Kingston Care Center of Perrysburg, Luckey Elementary School, Marco’s Pizza #8, McDonald’s, Meijer Gas Station #116, Northwest Community Corrections Center, Pagliai’s Pizza, Pemberville Elementary School, Pisanello’s Pizza, Poppin George’s Kettle Corn, Rita’s Dairy Bar and Deli, Rite Aid #7728, Rossford High School, Super Suppers Perrysburg-Maumee, WCCOA-Bowling Green, WCCOA-Northeast Center, WCCOA-North Baltimore, WCCOA-Pemberville, WCCOA-Perrysburg, WCCOA-Wayne, Wood County Justice Center and WSOS Perrysburg-Rossford Early Childhood Center.

Questions regarding the Clean Plate Awards may be directed to Lana Glore, Director of Environmental Health at 419-354-2702, ext. 3244 or lglore@co.wood.oh.us.