Resources

NACCHO's Food Safety Toolkit contains food safety resources developed by state and local health agencies, laboratories, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, and governmental agencies. More »

In collaboration with CDC's National Center for Environmental Health, NACCHO has selected 12 local health departments to implement innovative programs in food safety. More »

The Foodborne Illness Systems Demonstration Sites responds to the need for standardization and coordination of foodborne illness reporting and outbreak investigation at the local level. More »

NACCHO's Model Practices honor local health departments for innovative and promising practices that demonstrate how local health departments and their community partners can effectively collaborate to address local public health concerns. Search the Model Practice Database for a collection of best practices across public health areas including food safety. More »

The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) is a multidisciplinary working group convened to increase collaboration across the country and across relevant areas of expertise in order to reduce the burden of foodborne illness in the United States. More »

The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response are meant to assist government agencies at the local, state, and federal levels tasked with preventing and managing foodborne disease within their communities.  More »

CIFOR has a toolkit with worksheets to help public health practitioners identify and implement appropriate recommendations found in the CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response. More »

Stronger Partnerships for Safer Food: An Agenda for Strengthening State and Local Roles in the Nation's Food Safety System reports on the strengths and weakness of state and local food safety programs and how they interact with the federal government. While there are many positives in the current food safety system, the report finds that agencies are hampered by chronic underfunding, wide disparities in food safety capacity and practice, and substantial legal, resource, and institutional barriers to collaboration. More »

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided information about food safety precautions during hurricanes, power outages, and floods. More »

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report, "Enhancing Food Safety: The Role of the Food and Drug Administration." The report calls for a risk-based, prevention-oriented approach to food safety and recommends supportive legislation and continued investment and data to implement these changes. More »

The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new Retail Food Safety Initiative calls for more funding and training to bolster our nation's corps of local food inspectors to ensure that the food we buy at grocery stores, restaurants, and other retail outlets is safe. Specific action steps include seeking additional funding for multi-year grants supporting local and state programs and expanding high-quality, universally accessible training opportunities for local food regulators. More »

The full 2011 burden of foodborne illness release is available on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website and includes information about incidence, mortality, and methodology.  More »

The DHS campaign "If You See Something, Say Something" provides information on how to improve the food security in food service and retail food establishments.

The Department of Health and Human Services released its Healthy People 2020 objectives for food safety. More »

CDC has a new Vital Signs specifically on food safety. This edition "Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly through Food - Food Borne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 1996 - 2010" summarizes 2010 surveillance data and describes trends in food safety since 1996. 

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NSSC has launched the website, ClickCheckandProtect.org that local health departments can use to promote awareness about recalled items, including food. More »

 The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has a report on the Environmental Health Regulatory Food Safety Program Capacity Assessment it administered in Spring of 2011. For the results, click here.