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Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Fall Newsletter
The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence have just released the fall edition of their newsletter, Centered on Food Safety. The...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
Major Brands Implicated in Recall of Freshcut Veggies for Listeria
The Mann Packing Co. Inc. have recalled almost 150 freshcut vegetable products across the United States and Canada because for...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
New Webpage for Key Food Safety Modernization Act Dates
The US Food and Drug Administration has created a new webpage that lists compliance dates for rules that form the Food Safety...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
CIFOR Launches Redesigned Website
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR), which NACCHO is a member of, has revamped and relaunched its website to...
Nov 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Fact Sheet: 2017 Innovations to Stop Infections
CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) released the 2017 edition of Innovations to Stop...
Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
FSMA Update: “Co-Manufacturers” Allowed Additional Time to Implement Certain...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a guidance, “Supply-Chain Program Requirements and Co-Manufacturer...
Nov 06, 2017 | Amy Chang
NACCHO Report: Local Health Departments Prepare for the Health Impacts of Climate...
By: Anita Desikan, Former NACCHO Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, PhD, Senior Program Analyst at NACCHO The National Association of...
Oct 30, 2017 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith
Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response: Assessing the Legal and Institutional Framework...
The 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) aims to create an integrated food safety system. The free flow of information is vital...
Oct 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?
The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity,...
Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain
Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Fall NewsletterThe Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence have just released the fall edition of their newsletter, Centered on Food Safety. The newsletter includes: Whole Genome Sequencing Training for Epidemiologists Live Learning Communities Offer Tailored WGS Training Partner Spotlight: NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup Applied WGS Highlighted at CSTE Read the newsletter. Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Major Brands Implicated in Recall of Freshcut Veggies for ListeriaThe Mann Packing Co. Inc. have recalled almost 150 freshcut vegetable products across the United States and Canada because for Listeria. The recalled products includes a variety of “minimally processed vegetable products” and are packaged under several major brands, including Mann’s, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and others. Local health officials can notify their community about... Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
New Webpage for Key Food Safety Modernization Act DatesThe US Food and Drug Administration has created a new webpage that lists compliance dates for rules that form the Food Safety Modernization Act. The rules include the following: Preventive Controls for Human Food Preventive Controls for Animal Food Produce Safety Foreign Supplier Verification Sanitary Transportation Intentional Adulteration A graphic timeline that lists the key […] Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
CIFOR Launches Redesigned WebsiteThe Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR), which NACCHO is a member of, has revamped and relaunched its website to feature updated information for local, state and federal health departments, scientists, and industry who collaborate to improve the detection, investigation, control and prevention of foodborne disease in the United States. Check out the redesigned […] Nov 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Fact Sheet: 2017 Innovations to Stop InfectionsCDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) released the 2017 edition of Innovations to Stop Infections, a brochure that highlights the innovative work within NCEZID and serves as an update to the 2015 edition. From new technology that combats antibiotic resistance and ensures food safety to newly developed tests for dangerous diseases such as rabies,... Nov 06, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
FSMA Update: “Co-Manufacturers” Allowed Additional Time to Implement Certain Supply-Chain Program RequirementsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a guidance, “Supply-Chain Program Requirements and Co-Manufacturer Supplier Approval and Verification for Human Food and Animal Food: Guidance for Industry,” designed to give certain co-manufacturers more time to meet supplier approval and verification requirements under three FDA food safety regulations. These regulations were... Nov 06, 2017 | Amy Chang |
NACCHO Report: Local Health Departments Prepare for the Health Impacts of Climate ChangeBy: Anita Desikan, Former NACCHO Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, PhD, Senior Program Analyst at NACCHO The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) develops and manages projects related to climate change through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The goal of these projects is to increase the knowledge of local […] Oct 30, 2017 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith |
Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response: Assessing the Legal and Institutional Framework for Interagency Information SharingThe 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) aims to create an integrated food safety system. The free flow of information is vital to reaching the goal of such a system, but, unfortunately, information sharing among federal, state, and local agencies faces policy and legal obstacles. Federal and state privacy laws and enforcement laws sometimes prevent the […] Oct 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity, environmental and occupational health, and more. Regardless of how well-established agriculture is within the United States, climate change poses a serious threat to food systems and the people who rely on them. Unusual rain […] Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain |
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