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CME & Professional Development: What you need to know about foodborne illnesses

Contaminated foods sicken an estimated 48 million Americans annually, leading to 128,000 hospitalizations and roughly 3,000 deaths....

Feb 02, 2018 | Amy Chang

  • Tools & Resources, Webinar, Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Webinar Materials

    The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has posted materials from their webinar on December 15, 2017 that focused...

    Jan 31, 2018 | Amy Chang

  • Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Newsletter: Winter Edition

    The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence have just released the winter edition of their newsletter, Centered on Food Safety....

    Jan 08, 2018 | Amy Chang

  • Environmental Assessments for Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation – A Guide to...

    Interested in newly developed foodborne outbreak investigation training, resources, and tools? The National Environmental Health...

    Jan 08, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

  • Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration Publishes Paper on New Food...

    The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has released a paper that updates the previous food categories linked to...

    Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang

  • New Credential for Foodborne Outbreak Investigators

    The National Environmental Health Association has a new Certified Foodborne Outbreak Investigator (CFOI) credential. The CFOI will...

    Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang

    • Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection, National Environmental Public Health Tracking

    The National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) and Contributing Factors to Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) NEARS program captures environmental assessment data including information on key factors that contribute to foodborne illness outbreaks. The data reporting system can benefit food safety programs within local health departments, as well as help to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks. The CDC explains the NEARS program and its...

    Mar 23, 2018 | Alex Fraser

    Emergency Response, Food Safety & Inspection, Water Quality

    National Outbreak Reporting System Dashboard

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched NORS Dashboard, an online data tool with public access to nearly 20 years of information on foodborne, waterborne, and other enteric (intestinal) disease outbreaks. Information in the NORS Dashboard comes from the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS). Users can search outbreak data, display information on interactive […]

    Mar 14, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Press Release, Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Products Reported to Contain Kratom

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local health officials, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to kratom products. Kratom is a plant that grows naturally in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It comes in a variety […]

    Feb 27, 2018 | Amy Chang

    CME & Professional Development: What you need to know about foodborne illnesses

    Contaminated foods sicken an estimated 48 million Americans annually, leading to 128,000 hospitalizations and roughly 3,000 deaths. The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have developed two web-based CME modules to help physicians identify, treat and report cases of foodborne illness and talk with patients about food safety. Primary care […]

    Feb 02, 2018 | Amy Chang

    Tools & Resources, Webinar, Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Webinar Materials

    The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has posted materials from their webinar on December 15, 2017 that focused on foodborne illness source attribution estimates from 2013. Access the materials and the webinar recording. The estimates on foodborne illness source attribution can inform efforts to prioritize food safety initiatives, interventions, and policies for reducing...

    Jan 31, 2018 | Amy Chang

    Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Newsletter: Winter Edition

    The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence have just released the winter edition of their newsletter, Centered on Food Safety. Read it at http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/centers/resources.html. This edition features articles on: Food Source Information Wiki Online Outbreak Investigation Course SEDRIC Outbreak Explorer Demo Video Foodborne Illness Complaint System User Group Spotlight on the...

    Jan 08, 2018 | Amy Chang

    Environmental Assessments for Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation – A Guide to Trainings and Resources

    Interested in newly developed foodborne outbreak investigation training, resources, and tools? The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), in collaboration with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Environmental Health Services Branch, the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), the Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence (COE), and...

    Jan 08, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration Publishes Paper on New Food Categories

    The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has released a paper that updates the previous food categories linked to food disease outbreaks used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The food categorization scheme provides more specific descriptions of the foods that cause outbreaks in the United States and may help improve source […]

    Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang

    New Credential for Foodborne Outbreak Investigators

    The National Environmental Health Association has a new Certified Foodborne Outbreak Investigator (CFOI) credential. The CFOI will prepare you to also perform environmental assessments, identify contributing factors and antecedents, and implement control measures to prevent the spread of foodborne illness and protect the public. Learn more here.

    Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang

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