The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) recently launched two new resources to address recent issues related to preparation...
Mar 01, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is soliciting applications that...
Feb 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Calling all health communicators! Looking to improve your engagement with journalists in print, television, radio & digital media?...
Jan 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence released the latest edition of their quarterly newsletter, Centered on Food Safety....
Jan 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is collecting information from stakeholders from industry, state and public health...
Nov 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), i.e., Mad Cow Disease, in a...
Sep 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers...
Aug 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
On March 21, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released guidance on the Foreign Supplier Verification (FSVP) rule regarding...
Mar 23, 2018 | Alex Fraser
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) recently launched two new resources to address recent issues related to preparation and cooking of chicken liver: Chefs, Cooks, and Caterers: Cook Chicken Liver Like It’s Chicken (It Is) was developed to be distributed to foodservice personnel (e.g. chefs, cooks, and caterers). It can be shared electronically or downloaded and printed. […]
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is soliciting applications that support treatment for, and prevention of, opioid use disorder in rural areas. USDA may award up to 30 special consideration points for Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) program applications for projects that provide opioid treatment services in 220 […]
Calling all health communicators! Looking to improve your engagement with journalists in print, television, radio & digital media? USDA/FSIS and the non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education are partnering to offer an intensive small group media training for health and food safety communicators to help them more effectively engage with the media. BAC Fighter Media […]
The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence released the latest edition of their quarterly newsletter, Centered on Food Safety. This edition features articles on the following topics: REDCap Training New York’s Food Safety Symposium The International Outbreak Museum Online Epidemiologic Investigation Course Spotlight on USDA’s Ask Karen Ways to Connect with the Centers Read the […]
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is collecting information from stakeholders from industry, state and public health and agriculture departments with responsibilities for retail food safety, local health departments, and grocers to gather information on FSIS outreach efforts related to retail best practices to control Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in retail delicatessens. The...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), i.e., Mad Cow Disease, in a six-year-old beef cow in Florida. This was the sixth case of BSE confirmed in the United States in the past 15 years. According to the USDA, the cow did not endanger human health and never entered […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to kosher chicken. As of August 27, 2018, 17 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- have been reported from four...
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in planning a series of PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings...
On March 21, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released guidance on the Foreign Supplier Verification (FSVP) rule regarding the importation of live animals. Under this guidance, the FDA states that is does not intend to enforce the FSVP requirements in attempts to make the importation of some of these animals less taxing. Instead, […]
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