An Illinois Department of Agriculture egg inspector has been awarded the agency’s top individual honor.  Dennis Koelling was presented the Director’s Achievement Award at the department’s 35^th annual Employee Luncheon and Awards Ceremony. Koelling has been instrumental in Illinois’ implementation of the Country of Origin Labeling Program, a federal initiative that requires retailers to provide customers information regarding the source of certain foods.  “Dennis has taken on extra duties these past few years to assist with the implementation of this program,” Agriculture Director Bob Flider said.  “He volunteered to learn the program, prepare training materials and train other department employees to perform COOL inspections, spending some of his own, personal time to complete these tasks.” The USDA recognizes Koelling’s outstanding work as well.  When recently performing upgrades to the program, it asked him to serve as a consultant.  Koelling, a Bartelso resident, has worked for the state 23 years.  He was selected from among 10 Employee of the Month award winners.