The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
truth® is a national tobacco prevention counter-marketing campaign that speaks to youth and young adults on their terms, through the...
Jul 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The FDA is alerting consumers to a hepatitis A virus (HAV) contamination of frozen blackberries under the Kroger grocery store...
Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its “Strategy for the Safety of Imported Food” which outlines the agency’s...
Mar 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those...
The Oregon Health Authority created a parody “Salmonella” Twitter account to raise awareness of foodborne illness and...
Dec 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will hold four one-day public meetings to discuss the recently published...
Nov 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the following statement on September 6, 2018 from DA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb,...
Sep 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new cooperative agreements with Hawaii, Kentucky and Mississippi, as well as...
Aug 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
truth® is a national tobacco prevention counter-marketing campaign that speaks to youth and young adults on their terms, through the channels they understand and trust. truth delivers the facts about the health effects and social consequences of tobacco and the marketing tactics of the tobacco industry so that youth and young adults can make informed […]
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 […]
On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed industry to help reduce food safety hazards in the production of seed used for sprouting. Between January 1996 and August 2018, contaminated sprouts were associated with 50 outbreaks, which together resulted in more […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its “Strategy for the Safety of Imported Food” which outlines the agency’s comprehensive approach to helping ensure the safety of food imported into the United States. The U.S. imports about 15 percent of its overall food supply from more than 200 countries or territories, with 13.8 million food […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those who may be impacted by winter storms in the Central to Northern Plains regions of the U.S. The National Weather Service reports an intense storm across the Central Plains that will continue to bring blizzard conditions […]
The Oregon Health Authority created a parody “Salmonella” Twitter account to raise awareness of foodborne illness and share food poisoning prevention messages with households across the state. The account posts tongue-in-cheek tweets from the point of view of Salmonella. Here are some examples: “People often associate me with meat and eggs, but I’m an equal […]
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 […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the following statement on September 6, 2018 from DA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D.: Advancing better nutrition is one of my top priorities and implementing the update to the iconic Nutrition Facts label—the first overhaul in 20 years–is a key part of that commitment. We’re already seeing the […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new cooperative agreements with Hawaii, Kentucky and Mississippi, as well as renewed agreements with 43 other states, in support of efforts to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, which establishes science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing and holding of […]
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