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CDC’s National Report on Exposure to Environmental Chemicals: Updated Tables March...

CDC’s Division of Laboratory Sciences released new data to the Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, an...

Apr 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Press Release, Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Issues 2017 Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the 2017 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...

    Mar 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Press Release, Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Releases Guidance on Fiber and Several Other Key Issues

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released several guidance documents related to the Nutrition Facts label final rule,...

    Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Launches Catalog of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Cosmetic Safety Education...

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) redesigned its...

    Feb 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Hazards & Health Effects

    Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Lead Exposure and Prevention...

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is soliciting nominations for membership on the Lead Exposure and Prevention...

    Feb 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Immunization

    International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month: The Importance of Maternal...

    International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month, held in February, is a worldwide observance to promote awareness of infections...

    Feb 15, 2018 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott

  • Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Requirements

    With the first major compliance date that arrived on January 28, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided information...

    Feb 02, 2018 | Amy Chang

  • Nutrition and Menu Labeling Updates

    Last April, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the delay of an Obama administration menu labeling rule requiring...

    Jan 05, 2018 | Amy Chang

    • Tools & Resources, Physical Activity

    New CDC Physical Activity & Health Branch Community Strategies Website

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Physical Activity and Health Branch created a new Community Strategies website. The website supports the work of several rounds of new grant opportunities, including the new State Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) Program, and it further supports existing efforts such as the Surgeon General’s Call to Action […]

    Apr 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    CDC’s National Report on Exposure to Environmental Chemicals: Updated Tables March 2018

    CDC’s Division of Laboratory Sciences released new data to the Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, an ongoing biomonitoring assessment of the U.S. population’s exposure to environmental chemicals. The Updated Tables, March, 2018 provides nationally-representative biomonitoring data from CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey that has become...

    Apr 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Press Release, Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Issues 2017 Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the 2017 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 agencies. The Retail Program Standards provide recommendations for designing and managing these retail...

    Mar 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Press Release, Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Releases Guidance on Fiber and Several Other Key Issues

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released several guidance documents related to the Nutrition Facts label final rule, including a final guidance explaining how the FDA evaluates the scientific evidence supporting citizen petitions to add certain isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates to the regulatory definition of dietary fiber. This final science review guidance will...

    Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Launches Catalog of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Cosmetic Safety Education Materials

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) redesigned its Education Resource Library, which now includes nearly 300 publications and videos covering food safety, nutrition, cosmetic safety, dietary supplements, and industry information, including food defense. The Education Resource Library catalog makes CFSAN’s public health...

    Feb 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Hazards & Health Effects

    Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC)

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is soliciting nominations for membership on the Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC). The LEPAC consists of 15 Federal and non-Federal experts in fields associated with lead screening, the prevention of lead exposure, and services for individuals and communities affected by lead exposure. Nominations are being […]

    Feb 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Immunization

    International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month: The Importance of Maternal Immunization

    International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month, held in February, is a worldwide observance to promote awareness of infections transmitted from mother to baby. Prenatal infections include bacterial or viral illnesses that can be passed from a mother to her baby during pregnancy or during the delivery process. The incidence of prenatal infection depends on the causative […]

    Feb 15, 2018 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott

    Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Requirements

    With the first major compliance date that arrived on January 28, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided information on the next steps of implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rule, “Standards for Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption”. The information is framed in a conversation with Samir, […]

    Feb 02, 2018 | Amy Chang

    Nutrition and Menu Labeling Updates

    Last April, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the delay of an Obama administration menu labeling rule requiring establishments that have 20 or more locations that serve warm food to display nutrition information for consumers. The agency has since announced its intent to implement and enforce the rule beginning in May 2018. NACCHO and […]

    Jan 05, 2018 | Amy Chang

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    NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...

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