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New Food Safety Resource: Technology to Advance Supply Chain Transparency
Walmart is urging the fresh produce sector to collaborate and build transparency into the supply chain by using...
Jul 19, 2017 | Amy Chang
CDC Career Opportunity: Information Technologist (Data Management)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division...
Jan 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Innovating for Environmental Health App Challenge
The National Environmental Health Association, with the support of Esri, will be hosting their first ever app challenge, titled...
Feb 22, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
GIS and Local Health Departments: Supporting Environmental Health at the Community...
It is impossible to separate health and place. This simple truth forms the basis of all understanding in modern environmental health....
Oct 13, 2015 | Chris Mills
Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool
The Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) is a software tool that assists drinking water and wastewater utility...
Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
FDA Delays Implementation of Menu Calorie Count Rules
Implementation of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement that chain restaurants, grocery stores, and other food...
Jul 10, 2015 | Katie Regan
New Food Safety Resource: Technology to Advance Supply Chain TransparencyWalmart is urging the fresh produce sector to collaborate and build transparency into the supply chain by using ‘blockchain’ technology. The technology uses a digitized system to track food from farm to fork. Using their old system, it took Walmart six days and 18 hours to trace a package of mangoes all the way back […] Jul 19, 2017 | Amy Chang |
CDC Career Opportunity: Information Technologist (Data Management)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, recently announced an opening for an information technologist (data management) in Atlanta in the Surveillance and Data Management Branch. A brief description of the position’s duties are: Provide technical guidance in the development, […] Jan 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Innovating for Environmental Health App ChallengeThe National Environmental Health Association, with the support of Esri, will be hosting their first ever app challenge, titled “Innovating for Environmental Health.” Individuals will create apps to elevate the field of environmental health between the months of March and May 2016. The goal is to inspire EH professionals to move towards open data and technology by presenting... Feb 22, 2016 | Alyson Jordan |
GIS and Local Health Departments: Supporting Environmental Health at the Community LevelIt is impossible to separate health and place. This simple truth forms the basis of all understanding in modern environmental health. Local health departments working in the environmental health field should ensure they are well-versed in the tools that highlight the hazards, threats, and peculiarities particular to their communities; in particular, they should be familiar […] Oct 13, 2015 | Chris Mills |
Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness ToolThe Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) is a software tool that assists drinking water and wastewater utility owners and operators in understanding potential climate change threats. The tool also aids in assessing the related risks at respective utilities. The tool helps to identify threats based on regional differences in climate change projections it then assists […] Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
FDA Delays Implementation of Menu Calorie Count RulesImplementation of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement that chain restaurants, grocery stores, and other food establishments post calorie counts on menus has been delayed until Dec. 1, 2016—a year later than FDA initially intended, and two years after publication of the ruling. The change is in response to the numerous requests FDA received from the […] Jul 10, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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