The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is partnering with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to present two...
Sep 27, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Cargill Meat Solutions recalled 66 tons of ground beef on September 20, 2018 after a deadly E. coli O26 outbreak. The U.S. Department...
By Dede Vilven, Enteric Epidemiologist, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) The Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD)...
Sep 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two video testimonials to educate retail and foodservice employees on the...
Sep 19, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) created two short videos about the council’s history and free online...
Sep 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Food Safety News published a first-person account from a woman who contracted E. coli from a spinach salad. The article explores how...
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department...
Sep 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaboratively developed the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
Aug 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Illness Complaint Systems were developed to address a gap in the Second Edition of the CIFOR...
Aug 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is partnering with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to present two National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards Self-Assessment and Verification Audit Workshops in April and July 2019. The April workshop will be held on April 23-25, 2019 in Denver, CO. Register for the Denver workshop. The July workshop […]
Cargill Meat Solutions recalled 66 tons of ground beef on September 20, 2018 after a deadly E. coli O26 outbreak. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) released a list of retailers that received the recalled product, including every Safeway, Meijer, and Sam’s Club store in the United States. This is the […]
By Dede Vilven, Enteric Epidemiologist, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) The Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) serves approximately 1.1 million people in the greater Salt Lake City area. To keep the population safe and healthy, SLCoHD epidemiology staff review and analyze several data streams to identify the cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, as seen […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two video testimonials to educate retail and foodservice employees on the potentially life-threatening consequences of poor food safety practices. Both videos are under 10 minutes long and feature the stories of people severely affected by preventable foodborne illness. In one of the videos, a woman ate food contaminated […]
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) created two short videos about the council’s history and free online resources. Please view and share these videos with your partners and colleagues: Overview of the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) CIFOR Products and Resources for Foodborne Outbreak Response
Food Safety News published a first-person account from a woman who contracted E. coli from a spinach salad. The article explores how family, community, doctors, local health departments, and others could be more effective at communicating about food safety. Here is an except about the author’s initial interaction with the local health departments: Almost two […]
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department Editor’s Note: September is National Food Safety Month. Throughout the month, NACCHO is featuring local health departments’ food safety efforts, starting with Maricopa County. The Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (MCESD) is the proud recipient...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaboratively developed the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) 20 years ago. The Retail Program Standards are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public. When applied in the intended manner, the Retail Program Standards should identify program […]
The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Illness Complaint Systems were developed to address a gap in the Second Edition of the CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response regarding the use of foodborne illness complaint systems to detect foodborne disease outbreaks, and are intended to be included for review and incorporation in the Third Edition of the CIFOR Guidelines for […]
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