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’s (FDA’s) National Retail Food Team is informing stakeholders that its warehouse that ships...
Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for membership to the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV,...
Aug 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Over the past few years the FDA’s National Retail Food Team’s (NRFT) Industry Outreach Work group created materials and story board...
Jul 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association’s (NEHA’s) board of directors approved a new policy statement on the...
Jul 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s National Retail Food Team has released new posters that focus on proper holding practices for...
Jul 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 13, 2019, a joint HHS/CDC/NIH/FDA webinar was held, focused on emerging issues in tickborne diseases. Agenda: Dr. Paul Mead,...
Jul 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 4–6, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Retail Program Team management and retail association...
Jul 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Food and Drug Administration’s Nutrition Innovation Strategy aims to encourage the food industry to continue to innovate to...
Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The FDA is alerting consumers to a hepatitis A virus (HAV) contamination of frozen blackberries under the Kroger grocery store...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) National Retail Food Team is informing stakeholders that its warehouse that ships printed hard copy versions of Educational Posters/Storyboards for Retail Food Employees is closing. There are 10 different versions of the posters/storyboards, each in one of seven foreign languages on one side and English on the other […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for membership to the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and STD Prevention and Treatment (CHACHSPT). The CHACHSPT consists of 18 experts in fields associated with public health and similar disciplines, and will advise the CDC Director and HRSA’s Administrator and Associate Administrator […]
Over the past few years the FDA’s National Retail Food Team’s (NRFT) Industry Outreach Work group created materials and story board posters (formerly known as Oral Culture) to be used for food safety training or for posting in employee work areas. These 8.5 x 11 story boards present visual depictions of scenarios that focus on […]
The National Environmental Health Association’s (NEHA’s) board of directors approved a new policy statement on the adoption of the current Food and Drug Administration Food Code by all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governmental agencies to promote the most current knowledge on food safety. Read more.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s National Retail Food Team has released new posters that focus on proper holding practices for cold prepared food and adequate cooking temperatures for turkey and ground beef. These posters were created as part of the FDA’s efforts to enhance food safety training at the retail level by helping employees […]
On June 13, 2019, a joint HHS/CDC/NIH/FDA webinar was held, focused on emerging issues in tickborne diseases. Agenda: Dr. Paul Mead, CDC—Welcome and introduction Denise Bonilla, USDA/APHIS—Update on the Asian longhorned tick (H. longicornis) Dr. William Nicholson, CDC—Alpha-gal allergy following tick bite: What do we really know? Dr. Kevin Esvelt, MIT—Mice against ticks: A community-guided...
On June 4–6, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Retail Program Team management and retail association representatives held a meeting. Notes and outcomes from the meeting are outlined below: Meeting Purpose The purpose of the meeting and conference calls leading up to the meeting was to: Obtain a better understanding of FDA/association roles as they […]
The Food and Drug Administration’s Nutrition Innovation Strategy aims to encourage the food industry to continue to innovate to provide the nutritious, healthful food choices that consumers are demanding. As part of the strategy, the FDA is also taking steps to provide informative food labeling to help consumers make healthy food choices. Get details on […]
The FDA is alerting consumers to a hepatitis A virus (HAV) contamination of frozen blackberries under the Kroger grocery store “Private Selection” brand. This contamination was discovered by the FDA as a part of an ongoing frozen berry sampling assignment. The FDA is advising consumers not to eat and to throw away frozen fruit purchased […]
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