Strengthening Surveillance of and Response to Foodborne Diseases

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a manual on “Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne...

Feb 13, 2018 | Amy Chang

  • 2017 Edition of Food Code Released

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the 2017 edition of the Food Code. The Food Code is a model regulation that...

    Feb 12, 2018 | Amy Chang

  • How Can You Protect Your Heart from Air Pollution?

    In honor of American Heart Month in February, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is raising awareness of heart disease and its...

    Feb 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Call for Abstracts: 2018 Environmental Public Health Tracking Virtual Conference

    In preparation for The 2018 Environmental Public Health Tracking Virtual Conference, the National Association of Chronic Disease...

    Feb 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Model Aquatic Health Code Webinar Recording – Cyanuric Acid: It’s Not Just About...

    The Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network is a community for MAHC users, subject matter experts, and those hoping to learn about...

    Feb 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series

    Take CDC’s Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series (SWPI) for safer well water through stronger public health programs. SWPI...

    Feb 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Salt Lake County Requires Hepatitis A Vaccines for some Food Workers

    The Salt Lake County Board of Health has amended the  “Health Regulation #5: Food Sanitarian: to require all food workers in an...

    Feb 05, 2018 | Amy Chang

  • Strengthening Surveillance of and Response to Foodborne Diseases

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a manual on “Strengthening surveillance of and response to foodborne diseases.” The manual describes how countries can strengthen their current surveillance and response activities for foodborne diseases and integrate them in an existing national surveillance and response system. This will enable countries to: assess the stage of...

    Feb 13, 2018 | Amy Chang

    2017 Edition of Food Code Released

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the 2017 edition of the Food Code. The Food Code is a model regulation that provides all levels of government and industry with practical, science-based guidance and manageable provisions for reducing the known risks of foodborne illness. The 2017 Food Code provides uniform standards for retail food safety, […]

    Feb 12, 2018 | Amy Chang

    How Can You Protect Your Heart from Air Pollution?

    In honor of American Heart Month in February, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is raising awareness of heart disease and its link to air pollution and other environmental factors as a partner in Million Hearts, a national initiative to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Visit the EPA’s Healthy Heart Toolkit for resources, news, and events […]

    Feb 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Call for Abstracts: 2018 Environmental Public Health Tracking Virtual Conference

    In preparation for The 2018 Environmental Public Health Tracking Virtual Conference, the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) is seeking abstracts for poster presentations that demonstrate how environmental health impacts chronic disease. We also are interested in poster presentations that explore how Environmental Public Health Tracking has partnered with environmental and...

    Feb 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Model Aquatic Health Code Webinar Recording – Cyanuric Acid: It’s Not Just About Crypto

    The Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network is a community for MAHC users, subject matter experts, and those hoping to learn about the code itself. Members will receive updates on the code, have access and provide input to newly developed resources, and join bi-monthly webinars featuring the code and users. On January 30, 2018, NACCHO […]

    Feb 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series

    Take CDC’s Safe Water Program Improvement e-Learning Series (SWPI) for safer well water through stronger public health programs. SWPI helps health department programs strengthen services to people that use wells, cisterns, springs, and other private drinking water systems not covered by the Safe Drinking Water Act. Oversight for these systems vary, but core elements of […]

    Feb 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Salt Lake County Requires Hepatitis A Vaccines for some Food Workers

    The Salt Lake County Board of Health has amended the  “Health Regulation #5: Food Sanitarian: to require all food workers in an establishment to be vaccinated for hepatitis A if anyone in the establishment has been in contact with someone infected with hepatitis. The Salt Lake area has had at least 181 people sickened with […]

    Feb 05, 2018 | Amy Chang

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