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FDA Publishes Final Rule Extending Compliance Dates for Agricultural Water Provisions

On March 15, 2019,  U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a rule to finalize the new compliance dates for the agricultural water...

Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Extreme Weather, Food Safety & Inspection

    Resources for Food Producers in Flooded Areas in the Central and Southern Plains

    The following guidance is from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Among those affected by flooding in the Central and...

    Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Water Quality

    2019 Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant

    The Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant is a $5,000 grant that honors a public health official or department who has made outstanding...

    Mar 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Emergency Response, Healthy Living & Prevention, Water Quality

    World Water Day: How to Prepare for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Emergencies

    The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the...

    Mar 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Extreme Weather, Food Safety & Inspection

    USDA Food Safety Tips for Areas Affected by “Bomb Cyclone”

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those...

    Mar 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Water Quality

    PFAS Exposure Assessments in Communities near Current and Former Military...

    CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced the communities identified for the upcoming exposure...

    Feb 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Webinar, Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Hypothesis Generation During a Foodborne Illness Outbreak Webinar Series

    This ECHO series has been designed to encourage foodborne epidemiologists to take advantage of a variety of data and tools available...

    Feb 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Air Quality, Food Safety & Inspection, Water Quality

    EPA’s PFAS Action Plan

    In May 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a two-day National Leadership Summit on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl...

    Feb 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    • Food Safety & Inspection, Health Ethics & Law, Water Quality

    2018 Introduced and Enacted Environmental Health Legislation

    The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has released its review of state environmental health legislation for 2018. In 2018, state legislatures introduced 3,486 bills relating to environmental health, enacting 686 of them. This is the most bills on environmental health NCSL has seen since it began tracking the issue in 2012. Bills on environmental […]

    Apr 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    FDA Publishes Final Rule Extending Compliance Dates for Agricultural Water Provisions

    On March 15, 2019,  U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a rule to finalize the new compliance dates for the agricultural water requirements in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Larger farms are now required to comply with the agricultural water requirements by January 26, 2022, while small farms have until […]

    Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Extreme Weather, Food Safety & Inspection

    Resources for Food Producers in Flooded Areas in the Central and Southern Plains

    The following guidance is from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Among those affected by flooding in the Central and Southern Plains of the U.S. are farmers and their fields of crops grown or stored for human consumption. Although the FDA recognizes that there are few, if any crops growing right now, crops that […]

    Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Water Quality

    2019 Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant

    The Dr. R. Neil Lowry Grant is a $5,000 grant that honors a public health official or department who has made outstanding contributions to advance the public’s health and safe use of recreational water in pools, spas and waterparks through educational, safety, operational, and technical programs. The grant is given in the memory of Dr. Robert […]

    Mar 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Emergency Response, Healthy Living & Prevention, Water Quality

    World Water Day: How to Prepare for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Emergencies

    The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the world already live without access to safe water, and in emergencies, those numbers increase exponentially. Across the United States, aging water infrastructure, severe weather, and accidents cause an estimated 240,000 water main […]

    Mar 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Extreme Weather, Food Safety & Inspection

    USDA Food Safety Tips for Areas Affected by “Bomb Cyclone”

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those who may be impacted by winter storms in the Central to Northern Plains regions of the U.S. The National Weather Service reports an intense storm across the Central Plains that will continue to bring blizzard conditions […]

    Mar 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Water Quality

    PFAS Exposure Assessments in Communities near Current and Former Military Installations

    CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced the communities identified for the upcoming exposure assessments that will examine human exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). As part of the National Defense Authorization Act, CDC/ATSDR was asked to conduct exposure assessments in communities near current or former military installations. These...

    Feb 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Webinar, Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Hypothesis Generation During a Foodborne Illness Outbreak Webinar Series

    This ECHO series has been designed to encourage foodborne epidemiologists to take advantage of a variety of data and tools available to them when generating a hypothesis for an outbreak detected through pathogen-based surveillance. In the four, 1-hour sessions, foodborne epidemiologists will engage with peers and experts as they are encouraged to utilize a variety […]

    Feb 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Air Quality, Food Safety & Inspection, Water Quality

    EPA’s PFAS Action Plan

    In May 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a two-day National Leadership Summit on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Washington, D.C. that brought together more than 200 federal, state, and local leaders from across the country to discuss steps to address PFAS. Following the Summit, the agency hosted a series of visits […]

    Feb 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

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