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A new report is available from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) for enteric bacteria. The 2016-2017...
Jan 02, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made available the Supplement to the 2017 Food Code. The update addresses...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final guidance to help manufacturers of packaged foods comply with the FDA’s updated...
NACCHO’s environmental health team hosted nearly 20 webinars throughout 2019 to share the latest resources and best practices...
Dec 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period by 15 days to allow stakeholders more time to provide input on...
Nov 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in three states, and the U.S. Food and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and...
Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the 2019 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a scientifically validated method for testing for 16 types of per- and...
Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A new report is available from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) for enteric bacteria. The 2016-2017 NARMS Integrated Summary was released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with its NARMS partners, CDC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The report’s new streamlined format will enable NARMS partners […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made available the Supplement to the 2017 Food Code. The update addresses recommendations made by regulatory officials, industry, academia, and consumers at the 2018 Biennial Meeting of the Conference for Food Protection. The Food Code and its Supplement provide government and industry with practical, science-based controls for […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final guidance to help manufacturers of packaged foods comply with the FDA’s updated Nutrition Facts labeling regulations. The final guidance addresses serving sizes of foods, including single-serving foods and other foods that can reasonably be consumed at one eating occasion and require dual-column labeling. It finalizes a draft guidance […]
NACCHO’s environmental health team hosted nearly 20 webinars throughout 2019 to share the latest resources and best practices with local health departments across the country. Explore all of the webinar recordings below, and please share them with colleagues who may be interested. Adapting to Climate Change in Local Health Departments In January 2019, NACCHO awarded […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period by 15 days to allow stakeholders more time to provide input on the New Era of Smarter Food Safety. The comment period was set to close on November 20, 2019, 30 days after the October 21 public meeting on this new approach that FDA […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in three states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A that may be linked to fresh conventional (non-organic) blackberries purchased during September 9-30, 2019 from Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a Midwest grocery chain. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 infections. The source of the outbreak has not been determined. A total of 17 ill people have been reported from eight states. Seven […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the 2019 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards), which define the key elements of an effective retail food regulatory program for state, local, tribal, and territorial food regulatory jurisdictions. The Retail Program Standards provide recommendations for designing and managing retail...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a scientifically validated method for testing for 16 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a variety of food groups.
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