Samuel J. Crumbine Award

Named for one of America's most renowned health officers, Samuel J. Crumbine, MD (1862-1954), the Crumbine Award is given annually to local environmental health jurisdictions that demonstrate unsurpassed achievement in providing outstanding food protection services to their communities. All local health jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada are encouraged to apply. Furthermore, the U.S. Uniformed Services and U.S. Indian Health Service area programs may also apply if they conduct a local food program.

The deadline for entries for the 2025 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food Protection is March 15, 2025. To apply, visit www.crumbineaward.com.

Sponsored by: The award is sponsored by the Conference for Food Protection (CFP), in cooperation with the American Academy of Sanitarians, American Public Health Association, Association of Food and Drug Officials, Food Marketing Institute, Foodservice Packaging Institute, International Association for Food Protection, National Association of County & City Health Officials, National Environmental Health Association, and NSF International.
2024 Recipient(s): Richmond County Environmental Health Department, North Carolina

Past Awardees

2023 None Awarded
2022 None Awarded
2021 Washoe County Health Department
2020 Southern Nevada Health District
2019 Minneapolis Environmental Health
2018 Maricopa County Environmental Services Department - Arizona
2017 Kansas City Health Department, Kansas City, Missouri
2017 Boulder County Public Health, Boulder, Colorado
2017 Boulder County Public Health and Kansas City Health Department
2016 Wake County Department of Environmental Services, Raleigh, North Carolina
2015 Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department - Lincoln, Nebraska
2014 None given
2013 Hamilton County Public Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
2012 Salt Lake Valley Health Department
2011 Toronto Public Health
2010 None given
2009 Columbus Public Health Department
2008 County of Sacramento Environmental Management Department, Sacramento, California
2007 None Given
2006 Mulnomah County Environmental Health, Portland, Oregon
2005 San Diego Department of Environmental Health, San Diego, California
2004 Fort Worth, Texas, Public Health Department
2003 County of Santa Clara Department of Environmental Health
2001 Maricopa County Environmental Health 2002- Not presented
2000 Olmsted County Public Health Services, Rochester, Minnesota
1999 Lake County Health Department, Waukegan, Illinois
1998 Clark County Health District, Las Vegas, Nevada
1997 Madison Department of Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
1996 Snohomish Health District, Everett, Washington
1995 None given
1994 Du Page County Health Department, Wheaton, Illinois
1993 Allegheny County Pennsylvania Health Department, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1992 Boulder County Health Department, Boulder, Colorado
1991 Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Tacoma, Washington
1990 San Joaquin County Environmental Health Division, Stockton, California
1989 Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1988 San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, San Bernardino, California
1987 Snohomish Health District, Everett, Washington
1986 Tri-County Department of Public Health, Colorado
1985 Montgomery County Department of Public Health, Dayton, Ohio
1984 Southeastern District Department of Public Health, Idaho
1983 Pima County Department of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona
1982 Winnebago County Department of Public Health, Rockford, Illinois
1981 Nassau County Department of Public Health, Mineola, New York
1980 Allegheny County Department of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1979 Suffolk County Department of Public Health, Riverhead, Virginia
1978 Arlington County Department of Public Health, Arlington, Virginia
1977 Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
1976 Region VI Department of Public Health, Roswell, New Mexico
1975 None given
1974 Lexington-Fayette County Department of Public Health, Lexington, Kentucky
1967 Salt Lake City Department of Public Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
1966 Imperial County Department of Public Health, El Centro, California Jefferson County Department of Public Health, Birmington, Alabama
1965 Spokane County Department of Public Health, Spokane, Washington Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1964 Orange County Department of Public Health, Santa Ana, California
1963 Hamilton County Department of Public Health, Cincinnati, Ohio Lake County County Department of Public Health, Waukegon, Illinois
1962 Rocky Mount Department of Public Health, Rocky Mount, North Carolina Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, Seattle, Washington
1961 Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico Philadelphia County Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1960 Marion County Department of Public Health, Salem, Illinois San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, San Bernardino, California
1959 San Diego County Department of Public Health, San Diego, California Salt Lake City Department of Public Health, Salt Lake City, Utah
1958 Spokane County Department of Public Health, Spokane, Washington Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California
1957 San Jose Department of Public Health, San Jose, California San Diego County Department of Public Health, San Diego, California
1956 Tulsa City-County Department of Public Health, Tulsa, Oklahoma Macon-Bibb-Jones County Department of Public Health, Georgia
1955 Cowlitz-Wahkiakum County Department of Public Health, Washington New York City Department of Public Health, New York City, New York