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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
Enforcement Discretion Policy for Certain Food Safety Modernization Act Regulations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that they will exercise enforcement discretion for certain provisions in four of...
Jan 05, 2018 | Amy Chang
HIV Criminalization Resources for People Living with HIV
Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) is excited to announce the launch of two new resources for 2018 as part of their...
Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Vision Zero: A Prescription for our Nation’s Preventable Epidemic of Traffic Deaths
By: Kathleen Ferrier, Policy & Communications Director, Vision Zero Network Have you ever known someone who was involved in a...
Nov 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
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
Call for Applications: National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health
What is the National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health? Today’s context for public health leadership is complex, rapidly...
Oct 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Local Rapid Response Team Deters Deliberate Food Poisoning
By: Brett D. Weed, MS, MPH, Project Officer, FDA Office of Partnerships An employee first noticed that the orange chicken on the Hot...
Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Story from the Field: Rapid Response Team Deters Deliberate Food Poisoning
An employee first noticed that the orange chicken on the Hot Wok section of the supermarket food bar had some kind of milky white...
Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
The Model Aquatic Health Code Network Celebrates One Year: Bringing Health and...
This month marks one year since NACCHO, together with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the Model Aquatic...
Mar 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Nutrition and Menu Labeling UpdatesLast 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 |
Enforcement Discretion Policy for Certain Food Safety Modernization Act RegulationsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that they will exercise enforcement discretion for certain provisions in four of the Food safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules. This means that the FDA does not intend to enforce these provisions as they currently apply to certain entities or activities during this discretion period. This discretion period […] Jan 05, 2018 | Amy Chang |
HIV Criminalization Resources for People Living with HIVPositive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) is excited to announce the launch of two new resources for 2018 as part of their continued efforts to reform HIV criminalization laws nationwide and support people living with HIV targeted by those laws. The first resource is a Know Your Rights Guide for HIV Criminalization. This guide is a collection of important […] Jan 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers |
Vision Zero: A Prescription for our Nation’s Preventable Epidemic of Traffic DeathsBy: Kathleen Ferrier, Policy & Communications Director, Vision Zero Network Have you ever known someone who was involved in a serious traffic crash? If you don’t know someone directly, odds are you know a friend of a friend who was. Did you ever stop to think whether the crash could have been prevented? Most likely […] Nov 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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 |
Call for Applications: National Leadership Academy for the Public’s HealthWhat is the National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health? Today’s context for public health leadership is complex, rapidly evolving, and calls for new approaches to the development of leaders for today and the future. The National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health (NLAPH) is an innovative approach to leadership development that brings together teams […] Oct 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Local Rapid Response Team Deters Deliberate Food PoisoningBy: Brett D. Weed, MS, MPH, Project Officer, FDA Office of Partnerships An employee first noticed that the orange chicken on the Hot Wok section of the supermarket food bar had some kind of milky white liquid in it. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy had been hospitalized after eating at another self-serve food bar in the same shopping […] Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Story from the Field: Rapid Response Team Deters Deliberate Food PoisoningAn employee first noticed that the orange chicken on the Hot Wok section of the supermarket food bar had some kind of milky white liquid in it. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy had been hospitalized after eating at another self-serve food bar in the same shopping center. The South Lake Tahoe police rushed to the scene […] Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
The Model Aquatic Health Code Network Celebrates One Year: Bringing Health and Safety to a Pool Near YouThis month marks one year since NACCHO, together with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network. Established to improve safety standards across U.S. public pools, waterparks, and spas, the joint initiative promotes the implementation of the MAHC among state and local health departments. First introduced by […] Mar 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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