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New NACCHO Food Safety and Defense Webinar Recordings
NACCHO recently released several new food safety and defense e-learning resources for local retail regulatory food programs. These...
Jun 30, 2017 | Amy Chang
USDA: Using Thermometers to Increase Summer Food Safety
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently released a statement emphasizing the use...
May 30, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Food Safety Resource: 2015 NEARS Summary Report
The National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system to capture environmental assessment data from...
May 17, 2017 | Amy Chang
New MMWR: Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) highlighting data...
Apr 20, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Using NEARS To Enhance Foodborne Illness Outbreak Response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance...
Apr 19, 2017 | Amy Chang
Research Article: Whole Genome Sequencing and Salmonella Outbreaks
Investigating multistate foodborne outbreaks of Salmonella infections associated with chicken is especially challenging due to the...
Apr 03, 2017 | Amy Chang
Federal Agencies Issue New Food Safety Strategic Plan
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Department of...
Mar 31, 2017 | Amy Chang
This Holiday Season, Put Food Safety on the Table
By Julie Schwartz, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Millions of Americans...
Dec 22, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Travel Funding Available: Central/Midwest Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet Meeting
With support from the CDC and FDA, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health...
Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New NACCHO Food Safety and Defense Webinar RecordingsNACCHO recently released several new food safety and defense e-learning resources for local retail regulatory food programs. These resources include the following: NACCHO Risk Factor Studies Sharing Session Part I: Considerations for Conducting Retail Food Risk Factor Studies Upon completion of this webinar session participants will be able to: Explain the purpose and objectives for conducting... Jun 30, 2017 | Amy Chang |
USDA: Using Thermometers to Increase Summer Food SafetyThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently released a statement emphasizing the use thermometers to ensure meat and poultry are cooked to a safe temperature. The statement is especially timely as activities involving grilling (e.g. barbecues) increase over the summer months and includes four FSIS recommendations on how to avoid […] May 30, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Food Safety Resource: 2015 NEARS Summary ReportThe National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system to capture environmental assessment data from foodborne illness outbreak investigations. The 2015 NEARS Summary Report is now available. In 2015, a total of 114 outbreaks were reported to NEARS. This summary provides information on characteristics of those outbreaks and the establishments where the outbreaks... May 17, 2017 | Amy Chang |
New MMWR: Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) highlighting data from the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which accounts for 15% of the U.S. population. The report includes information surveillance data on the nine most common pathogens transmitted through food diagnosed by laboratory tests, specifically... Apr 20, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Using NEARS To Enhance Foodborne Illness Outbreak ResponseThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system used to capture environmental assessment data from foodborne illness outbreak investigations. Local retail food regulatory programs that participate in NEARS can help prevent foodborne illness outbreaks associated with retail food facilities in their... Apr 19, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Research Article: Whole Genome Sequencing and Salmonella OutbreaksInvestigating multistate foodborne outbreaks of Salmonella infections associated with chicken is especially challenging due to the numerous available brands of poultry meat and high consumption rates among U.S. populations. PubMed recently published a research article titled, “Utility of Combining Whole Genome Sequencing with Traditional Investigational Methods To Solve Foodborne Outbreaks... Apr 03, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Federal Agencies Issue New Food Safety Strategic PlanThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) have issued a new Strategic Plan for 2017-2021 as part of the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC). IFSAC was created in 2011 to improve coordination of […] Mar 31, 2017 | Amy Chang |
This Holiday Season, Put Food Safety on the TableBy Julie Schwartz, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Millions of Americans will feast with family and friends in the next few weeks to celebrate winter holidays and the start of a new year. Those cooking for this year’s family gathering should be aware that foodborne illness is a […] Dec 22, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Travel Funding Available: Central/Midwest Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet MeetingWith support from the CDC and FDA, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) are offering travel funds for environmental health specialists interested in attending the joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet regional meeting for the Central/Midwest region. This in-person event is scheduled to take place on March 7-9, 2017 in Chicago, IL.... Dec 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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