The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and...
Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the 2019 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
NACCHO recognized Monterey County's Food Safety Conference as a 2019 Model Practice. Applications for 2020 Model Practices are open...
Nov 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response (CIFOR Guidelines) are a comprehensive source of information on foodborne...
Nov 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a scientifically validated method for testing for 16 types of per- and...
Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to establish a program for the testing of food by accredited laboratories as...
The Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch (ORPB) and the InFORM Epidemiology Planning Committee are soliciting nominations for the...
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) released a Food Safety Programs Reference Guide. This guide provides a...
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 infections. The source of the outbreak has not been determined. A total of 17 ill people have been reported from eight states. Seven […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the 2019 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards), which define the key elements of an effective retail food regulatory program for state, local, tribal, and territorial food regulatory jurisdictions. The Retail Program Standards provide recommendations for designing and managing retail...
NACCHO recognized Monterey County's Food Safety Conference as a 2019 Model Practice. Applications for 2020 Model Practices are open until Dec. 30, 2019. Learn more.
The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response (CIFOR Guidelines) are a comprehensive source of information on foodborne disease investigation and control for local, state and federal health agencies. The Guidelines describe the overall approach to addressing foodborne disease outbreaks, including preparation, detection, investigation, control and follow-up.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a scientifically validated method for testing for 16 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a variety of food groups.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to establish a program for the testing of food by accredited laboratories as required by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) as part of a proposed rule published today. The laboratory accreditation program, once established, will require testing of human and animal food in certain […]
The Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch (ORPB) and the InFORM Epidemiology Planning Committee are soliciting nominations for the Bill Keene Award for Excellence in Epidemiology. This award recognizes local, state, tribal or territorial public health epidemiologists who investigate outbreaks of foodborne, waterborne, zoonotic, and other enteric disease in the United States.
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) released a Food Safety Programs Reference Guide. This guide provides a snapshot of current governmental food safety efforts aimed at detecting, investigating, controlling, or preventing foodborne illness in the United States. It is not intended to be an exhaustive, all-encompassing list of food safety activities across all […]
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Dublin infections linked to ground beef. A single, common supplier of ground beef has not been identified. This investigation is ongoing and CDC will update the public as more […]
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