The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program...
Mar 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) recently launched two new resources to address recent issues related to preparation...
Mar 01, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Southern Specialities Inc. has issued a recall notice for some Marketside bagged fresh green beans and pre-cut butternut squash...
Feb 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Thorough analysis of foodborne outbreaks and other incidents is fundamental to identifying preventive measures that can reduce...
State and local public health departments report hundreds of foodborne illness outbreaks each year to CDC and are primarily...
Feb 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
According to CBS News, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working to build a portable device that will detect...
This ECHO series has been designed to encourage foodborne epidemiologists to take advantage of a variety of data and tools available...
Feb 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Feb 19, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) food safety website has a new tool that provides updated, at-a-glance...
Feb 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public. This post is part of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards blog series, showcasing the progress that communities across the country have made in retail […]
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) recently launched two new resources to address recent issues related to preparation and cooking of chicken liver: Chefs, Cooks, and Caterers: Cook Chicken Liver Like It’s Chicken (It Is) was developed to be distributed to foodservice personnel (e.g. chefs, cooks, and caterers). It can be shared electronically or downloaded and printed. […]
Southern Specialities Inc. has issued a recall notice for some Marketside bagged fresh green beans and pre-cut butternut squash because of possible contamination with Listeria bacteria. Marketside is one of Walmart’s brands. The produce company’s recall notice says it is unknown whether any of the implicated vegetables reached retail shelves. Southern Specialties shipped the bags of […]
Thorough analysis of foodborne outbreaks and other incidents is fundamental to identifying preventive measures that can reduce contamination risks and human illnesses. However, root cause analysis remains an underutilized tool. Individual companies and food safety agencies vary widely in when and how they conduct root cause analysis, in part because they lack shared definitions and […]
State and local public health departments report hundreds of foodborne illness outbreaks each year to CDC and are primarily responsible for investigations of these outbreaks. Typically, investigations involve epidemiology, laboratory, and environmental health components. Health departments voluntarily report epidemiologic and laboratory data from their foodborne illness outbreak investigations to...
According to CBS News, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are working to build a portable device that will detect specific contaminants in products like milk and alcohol and then transmit that information to an app. While the technology is still in early stages of development, the scientists hope it could be in consumers’ hands […]
This ECHO series has been designed to encourage foodborne epidemiologists to take advantage of a variety of data and tools available to them when generating a hypothesis for an outbreak detected through pathogen-based surveillance. In the four, 1-hour sessions, foodborne epidemiologists will engage with peers and experts as they are encouraged to utilize a variety […]
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public. This post is part of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards blog series showcasing the progress that communities across the country have made in retail […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) food safety website has a new tool that provides updated, at-a-glance information on food recalls from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Click within the widget for more information on each recall, including links to full recall notices on agency websites. […]
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