{"id":1718,"date":"2023-06-09T20:37:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/?page_id=1718"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:23:11","slug":"line-worker-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/line-worker-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Line Worker Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This annual award recognizes an employee for exceptional service and commitment to food safety and sanitation within their company. The recipient of the award shows exemplary commitment to food safety and goes above and beyond the required job duties to build a food safety culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criteria for the Award Selection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Has the basic knowledge and training in food safety and sanitation, required to perform their job.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Goes above and beyond their job responsibilities in ensuring the high commitment for the food safety and sanitation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Demonstrates leadership and commitment to food safety and sanitation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Is proactive in helping the team build the culture of food safety.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Is a model employee of the company.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Has great potential to be a leader and a positive influence in their area of work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Facility is located in the USA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Deadline for submissions is September 30, 2025 by midnight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Nominees are expected to attend the workshop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Award<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • A Plaque and $500 monetary award will be presented at the Food Safety and Sanitation Workshop to award recipient.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Award recipient\u00a0is required to\u00a0attend the workshop<\/strong> to receive the award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Award winner registration fee will be waived for the Food Safety and Sanitation Workshop.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • All nominees will be acknowledged at the workshop during the general sessions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Nomination Process<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Only one line worker employee from a facility can be nominated for the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      A cover letter, completed nomination form, and one letter of reference should be included with the nomination as PDFs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The reference letter should be from somebody who has observed the employee in their role related food safety and sanitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The steering committee will review all the applications and select the awardee.<\/p>\n\n\n

      The Line Worker Award nomination has closed. Please contact Cathy Blood, blood@wsu.edu, if you have any questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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      \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2025 Line Worker Award Winner, Jose Angel Nolasco!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
      \r\n\t\t\t\tHe is from from Reser’s Fine Foods, Hillsboro, OR.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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      \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2024 Line Worker Award Winner, Ingrid Carrillo-Colomo!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
      \r\n\t\t\t\tShe is from from Pacific Seafood – Newport, OR.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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      \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2023 Line Worker Award Winner, Tarsicio Ziranhua!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
      \r\n\t\t\t\tHe is from from Mount Adams Fruit dba Underwood Fruit & Warehouse & The Dalles Fruit Company.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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      \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2022 Line Worker Award Winner, Eliecer Lecona Hernandez<\/strong>!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
      \r\n\t\t\t\tHe is from Skagit Valley Farms, Mount Vernon, WA.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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      \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2019 LWA Winner, Juan Bobadilla<\/strong>!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
      \r\n\t\t\t\tJuan is a sanitation worker at Pacific Seafood!\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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      \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2018 Line Worker Award Winner<\/strong>, Richard Lane.\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
      \r\n\t\t\t\tRichard works at the Pacific Seafood at Woodland, WA Ready-to-Eat facility.\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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      \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2017 Line Worker Award Winner, <\/strong>Rosalinda Garces!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
      \r\n\t\t\t\tRosalinda Garces from Lamb Weston \u2013 Quincy.<\/strong>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n
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      \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2016 Line Worker Award Winner,<\/strong>
      Armondo Haro \t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
      \r\n\t\t\t\tHe works at Borton Fruit located in Yakima, WA.\u00a0 He is the first recipient of the Line Worker Award\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1718"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1718\/revisions\/2209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsanitation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}