temperature controls in place in our warehouses and delivery vehicles. We have also been instrumental in assisting our customers in applying safety techniques in their own operations. One of those endeavors is our sponsorship, along with other major food-related corporations and organizations, to endorse the ServSafe® food safety training program developed by the National Restaurant Association's Educational Foundation.

The ServSafe organization promotes food safety training through a coalition of foodservice operators, suppliers and associations and has produced guidelines and training materials that involve all aspects of safe food handling techniques in the foodservice operation environment. The training addresses instruction in such areas as proper food storage temperatures, hygiene for food preparers, and avoiding cross-contamination of foods by using color-coded cutting boards and equipment. SYSCO, with its widespread market coverage, is in a unique position to make available this training and certification to its broad base of customers throughout North America. Since 1994, SYSCO has sponsored more than 5,000 ServSafe classes and trained nearly 99,000 foodservice managers, who are then qualified to train their own staff.