Updated NACCHO Policy Statements: Food System Safety and Foodborne Disease Outbreak...

NACCHO recently released two updated policy statements under its Food Safety and Defense program. The first statement is on Food...

Nov 29, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Keeping it Safe for the Holidays

    My first read of the morning is always the Food Safety News (FSN) e-newsletter. Started by Bill Marler, one of the most prominent and...

    Nov 22, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier

  • New Study on Restaurant-Associated Outbreaks

    Although contamination of food can occur at any point from farm to table, restaurant food workers are a common source of foodborne...

    Nov 17, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • Travel Funding Available: Joint Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet PulseNet Meeting

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) are pleased to offer a...

    Nov 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Infographic: Foodborne Disease Outbreaks

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared an infographic that provides a visual explanation of the three...

    Oct 25, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • Improving Hand Hygiene through Innovative Campaign Advertising and Community Outreach

    By: Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Seasonal influenza occurs annually...

    Oct 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Serve on The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response’s Development Teams

    NACCHO is seeking to nominate candidates from local health departments with experience and interest in foodborne outbreak response to...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • Seeking Environmental Assessments Resources

    NACCHO is collaborating with the Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence (CoE) to develop a just-in-time training...

    Oct 07, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • The CIFOR Toolkit: A Powerful Training Resource Advancing Foodborne Outbreak Response

    By Scott E. Holmes, REHS, MS, Environmental Public Health Manager, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department What do you get when you...

    Oct 06, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Updated NACCHO Policy Statements: Food System Safety and Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response

    NACCHO recently released two updated policy statements under its Food Safety and Defense program. The first statement is on Food System Safety, which provides guidance to ensure local health department participation in all areas of food safety as a means to reduce foodborne illness in the communities they serve. The Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response Policy […]

    Nov 29, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Keeping it Safe for the Holidays

    My first read of the morning is always the Food Safety News (FSN) e-newsletter. Started by Bill Marler, one of the most prominent and powerful food-safety attorneys in the country, FSN is a rich compendium of information warning readers about food recalls, foodborne illness outbreaks, food science, technology, food policy, and more. It provides such […]

    Nov 22, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier

    New Study on Restaurant-Associated Outbreaks

    Although contamination of food can occur at any point from farm to table, restaurant food workers are a common source of foodborne illness. A recent article published by the Cambridge University Press in their Journal on Epidemiology and Infection, titled the Epidemiology of restaurant-associated foodborne disease outbreaks, United States, 1998–2013, discusses the sources and causes of […]

    Nov 17, 2016 | Amy Chang

    Travel Funding Available: Joint Regional PulseNet & OutbreakNet PulseNet Meeting

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) are pleased to offer a limited number of travel scholarships intended to offset attendance costs for the Joint Mountain/West Regional PulseNet & Outbreak Meeting to be held in San Francisco, CA, February 8-10, 2017. Environmental health specialist focused on foodborne illness outbreak...

    Nov 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Infographic: Foodborne Disease Outbreaks

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared an infographic that provides a visual explanation of the three types of data used to link illnesses to contaminated foods and solve outbreak. The infographic describes how the three data types are used, actions to stop the outbreak, and how experts are constantly improving and developing […]

    Oct 25, 2016 | Amy Chang

    Improving Hand Hygiene through Innovative Campaign Advertising and Community Outreach

    By: Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Seasonal influenza occurs annually and can cause mild to severe illness, which can lead to hospitalizations and even death. Certain groups, such as elderly people, young children, and people with health conditions like heart disease, asthma, or weakened immune systems have a […]

    Oct 20, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Serve on The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response’s Development Teams

    NACCHO is seeking to nominate candidates from local health departments with experience and interest in foodborne outbreak response to serve on one of four Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response’s (CIFOR) development teams. CIFOR is a multidisciplinary working group convened to increase collaboration across the country and across relevant areas of expertise in order to reduce...

    Oct 19, 2016 | Amy Chang

    Seeking Environmental Assessments Resources

    NACCHO is collaborating with the Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence (CoE) to develop a just-in-time training targeted to environmental health professionals conducting environmental assessments for foodborne illness outbreaks. The resource will be a succinct, online, and “on-the-go” training for EH professionals to refresh their skills on key components and tasks for...

    Oct 07, 2016 | Amy Chang

    The CIFOR Toolkit: A Powerful Training Resource Advancing Foodborne Outbreak Response

    By Scott E. Holmes, REHS, MS, Environmental Public Health Manager, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department What do you get when you bring together over 60 public health professionals specializing in environmental health, epidemiology, and laboratory sciences, representing 15 different local and state agencies to discuss how to improve foodborne outbreak response in Nebraska? A major “reboot”...

    Oct 06, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

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