Western UP Health Department

Leading The Community Toward Better Health

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April 13, 2023 – Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties, MI – The Western U P Health Department (WUPHD) encourages all district residents to avoid contact with any floodwaters. Floodwaters may contain sewage or other contaminants that may be harmful to public health. “Warm weather and fast snow melt have resulted in municipal combined…

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Emergency Action Plans for Retail Food Establishments

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Love your community and share your thoughts. We hope that the information we gather in this survey will allow us to make the changes needed for our community to live their best lives. We want to turn hope into resiliency. Hope fuels change. Below you will find a flyer that has a QR code reader…

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Michigan food establishments must employ at least one full-time certified food manager who actively manages the food service operations at least 30 hours per week. In order to become a certified food safety manager, a person must attend an accredited program through the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) and successfully pass a proctored exam. A…

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Proposed U.P. Environmental Health Code

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In March, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program is joining with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to encourage Michiganders to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits during National Nutrition Month.  The 2023 theme, Fuel…

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