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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued revised food safety standards for state regulatory programs that oversee food...
Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Through its industry outreach efforts, the FDA’s National Retail Food Team is releasing two new foodborne illness testimonial videos...
The EHTER Ops training is a four-day course that provides participants with the operations-level knowledge and skills needed to...
Oct 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In response to three significant foodborne illness outbreaks that affected the City’s Latino and Somali communities in 2013, MEH...
Sep 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A funding opportunity is available for State, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in need of funding for six recently...
Aug 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) released the Food Safety Instructor Directory—an interactive map that allows...
Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Over the past few years the FDA’s National Retail Food Team’s (NRFT) Industry Outreach Work group created materials and story board...
Jul 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s National Retail Food Team has released new posters that focus on proper holding practices for...
Jul 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 4–6, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Retail Program Team management and retail association...
Jul 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued revised food safety standards for state regulatory programs that oversee food facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods. These regulatory program standards, known as the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS), were first issued by the agency in May 2007 and are updated every three years. […]
Through its industry outreach efforts, the FDA’s National Retail Food Team is releasing two new foodborne illness testimonial videos showing the devastating effects of foodborne illness. One video highlights Sarah, a young woman whose life was changed forever six years ago after lunch at a Seattle restaurant left her stricken with an E. coli infection, […]
The EHTER Ops training is a four-day course that provides participants with the operations-level knowledge and skills needed to respond to incidents of natural- or human-caused disaster and to use appropriate protocols and equipment to achieve mission objectives.
In response to three significant foodborne illness outbreaks that affected the City’s Latino and Somali communities in 2013, MEH developed Somali language Certified Food Protection Manager Training (CFPM) and a Latino Food Service Worker training.
A funding opportunity is available for State, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in need of funding for six recently scheduled 2019 FDA Retail courses. Interested applicants should download and complete a single registration form for requests to attend these courses (https://orautest.fda.gov/stc/ORA/OTEDRetailFoodRegistrationForm.xlsx) and email it to FDA ([email protected])...
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) released the Food Safety Instructor Directory—an interactive map that allows users to find certified food safety instructors in their geographic areas. NEHA’s Food Safety Training program maintains a network of hundreds of registered food safety instructors from across the globe who provide valuable training for the food service industry....
Over the past few years the FDA’s National Retail Food Team’s (NRFT) Industry Outreach Work group created materials and story board posters (formerly known as Oral Culture) to be used for food safety training or for posting in employee work areas. These 8.5 x 11 story boards present visual depictions of scenarios that focus on […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s National Retail Food Team has released new posters that focus on proper holding practices for cold prepared food and adequate cooking temperatures for turkey and ground beef. These posters were created as part of the FDA’s efforts to enhance food safety training at the retail level by helping employees […]
On June 4–6, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Retail Program Team management and retail association representatives held a meeting. Notes and outcomes from the meeting are outlined below: Meeting Purpose The purpose of the meeting and conference calls leading up to the meeting was to: Obtain a better understanding of FDA/association roles as they […]
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