The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local...
Feb 27, 2018 | Amy Chang
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is now recommending that anyone over the age of 12 months should be vaccinated for...
ASTM is taking the lead to develop standards related to cannabis and cannabis-infused products. Hear from ASTM Committee D37 on...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) redesigned its...
Feb 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing an opportunity for public comment on the “Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne...
Feb 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created a new webpage on how public health and regulatory officials can...
Jan 31, 2018 | Amy Chang
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued five guidance documents to help importers and food producers understand and meet new Food...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a webpage to provide stakeholders with easy access to information and resources...
The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has posted materials from their webinar on December 15, 2017 that focused...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local health officials, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to kratom products. Kratom is a plant that grows naturally in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It comes in a variety […]
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is now recommending that anyone over the age of 12 months should be vaccinated for hepatitis A after the fact if they have been exposed to the virus. The new recommendations are not considered final until they are published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and […]
ASTM is taking the lead to develop standards related to cannabis and cannabis-infused products. Hear from ASTM Committee D37 on Cannabis on what ASTM is doing to develop cannabis standards, what areas they are developing cannabis standards in, timeline expected, and how you can get involved. You will also hear from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) redesigned its Education Resource Library, which now includes nearly 300 publications and videos covering food safety, nutrition, cosmetic safety, dietary supplements, and industry information, including food defense. The Education Resource Library catalog makes CFSAN’s public health...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing an opportunity for public comment on the “Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected Institutional Foodservice and Retail Food Stores Facility Types.” The survey will: Assist FDA with developing retail food safety initiatives and policies focused on the control of foodborne illness risk […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created a new webpage on how public health and regulatory officials can communicate to consumers during foodborne outbreaks. The webpage discusses how warning consumers quickly about contaminated food can save lives. It includes information on deciding to communicate and informing the public, and it also provides outbreak […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued five guidance documents to help importers and food producers understand and meet new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Standards. The guidance documents include the following: A draft guidance on Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) rule A Small Entity Compliance Guide on the FSVP rule A draft guidance on […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a webpage to provide stakeholders with easy access to information and resources about the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to help them comply with the rules. Additionally, the FDA updated the Produce Safety Rule webpage with current information on the rule’s requirements, compliance dates, training, technical […]
The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has posted materials from their webinar on December 15, 2017 that focused on foodborne illness source attribution estimates from 2013. Access the materials and the webinar recording. The estimates on foodborne illness source attribution can inform efforts to prioritize food safety initiatives, interventions, and policies for reducing...
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