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FDA: The Produce Safety Network: Supporting Regulators and Growers Across the Country

The Produce Safety Network (PSN) supports the efforts of farmers, state regulators, and other key stakeholders to implement the...

Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang

Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

Retail Program Standards Blog Series: Standard 7

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 […]

Apr 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

Extreme Weather, Food Safety & Inspection

Resources for Food Producers in Flooded Areas in the Central and Southern Plains

The following guidance is from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Among those affected by flooding in the Central and Southern Plains of the U.S. are farmers and their fields of crops grown or stored for human consumption. Although the FDA recognizes that there are few, if any crops growing right now, crops that […]

Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

Water Quality

National Groundwater Awareness Week 2019

Established in 1999, National Groundwater Awareness Week (GWAW) provides an opportunity for people to learn about the importance of groundwater and how the resource impacts lives. GWAW 2019 takes place on March 10-16. This year’s theme, Think, was designed to urge each of us to consider various ways we can protect our most valuable natural […]

Feb 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

Antibiotic Resistance, Epidemiology, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Infectious Disease

Against Antimicrobial Resistance: A Local Commitment to Fighting a Global Threat

Antimicrobial drugs like antibiotics transformed medical care, rendering once life-threatening infections easily treatable and reducing the risk of infection associated with surgery and chemotherapy. Advances in agriculture soon followed as farmers began using antimicrobial drugs to treat and prevent infections in their flocks and herds. However, overuse of these important drugs in both human and...

Dec 05, 2018 | Erin Laird

Press Release, Climate Change

Fourth National Climate Assessment

On November 23, 2018, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the Fourth National Climate Assessment. The National Climate Assessment is a congressionally-mandated report released at least every four years on what the past, present, and future of climate change means for the United States. The report is produced by 13 federal agencies comprising the U.S. […]

Nov 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Food Safety & Inspection

FDA to Hold Four Public Meetings to Discuss Draft Produce Safety Rule Guidance

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will hold four one-day public meetings to discuss the recently published draft guidance created to help farmers meet the requirements of the Produce Safety Rule. The draft guidance, entitled “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption: Draft Guidance for […]

Nov 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Community Health, Food Safety & Inspection, Healthy Living & Prevention, Policy

Local Government as Health Champions: The Wake County Healthy Community Initiative

Note: This was originally posted on the Healthy Places by Design blog. By Tim Schwantes, Project Officer, Healthy Places by Design During a time when public confidence in government is low, six municipalities in Wake County, NC, have demonstrated that local governments can still have a profound effect on their communities’ health. In fact, healthy […]

Oct 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

Emergency Response, Extreme Weather, Food Safety & Inspection

Resources for Food Producers in Flooded Areas Due To Hurricane Michael

Please see the statement below from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Among those in Hurricane Michael’s path in the Southeast U.S. are farmers and their fields of crops grown for human consumption. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has several resources to help growers who may be […]

Oct 11, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

FDA: The Produce Safety Network: Supporting Regulators and Growers Across the Country

The Produce Safety Network (PSN) supports the efforts of farmers, state regulators, and other key stakeholders to implement the Produce Safety Rule. The rule is aimed at preventing foodborne illnesses associated with produce. Read here about how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to improve coordination within the FDA as its experts work […]

Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang

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