CASA Membership
CASA is a regional
affiliate of the Association of Food and Drug Officials. It
provides its members a wide variety of services and benefits useful
to today’s food and drug professional.
SERVICES & BENEFITS
Annual
Educational and Training Seminar - A three day event at which exhibitors,
university, consumer, industry, and regulatory representatives
present relevant developments, materials, techniques, topics and
issues in the
food, drug, environmental health, consumer affairs
and laboratory
areas as well as hearing lectures on topics of timely
interest.
Training courses -
CASA develops and presents training courses
throughout the year; Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) are issued for many
sessions.
Local conferences -CASA
is a professional organization consisting of public health
professionals from government and private industry. CASA is
comprised of eight local conferences from Virginia to Ontario
Canada, and is the largest organization of Food and Drug Officials
in the United States. Local conference holds quarterly
training sessions at which public health topics of timely interest
are presented by experts from academia, industry and government. The meetings also encourage and promote improved
communication between colleagues by bringing these individuals into
direct contact with one another in a semi-official environment. This
contact and subsequent comradery is essential to cooperative
efforts and beneficial information exchange.
Participation and Sphere
of Influence - Active committees enable members to participate in
CASA activities and derive a sense of pride and satisfaction as they
contribute to the success of their professional association through resolutions,
members of CASA can influence national policy decisions.
MEMBERSHIP IN CASA
CASA is an
active association and is responsive to its membership.
Membership categories include:
REGULATORY MEMBERS:
Individuals engaged in
official food, drug, cosmetic device or environmental health control
work.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:
Individuals not directly
and officially engaged in government control duties, but who are.
Because of vocation or avocation, interested of affiliated with the
work of food, drug, cosmetic or other industries and their legal and
scientific associates.
ACADEMIC MEMBERS:
Professional or scientific
personnel employed by a college or university.
RETIRED MEMBERS:
Persons who during their
employment held active membership in the association.
ACTIVE COMMITTEE:
CASA accomplishes its
objectives and conducts business through committee service. A
listing of those committees are:
[ ] Advisory [ ] Membership
[ ] Associate
[ ] Nominating
[ ] Auditing
[ ] Resolutions
[ ] Communications
[ ] Scholarship
[ ] Constitution &
By-Laws [ ] Water
[ ] Drugs
[ ] Food
[ ] Laboratory
[ ] Local Arrangements
Membership Application:
Download our Membership
Application (PDF)
Pay Your Membership Online:
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