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Why would an environmental health division’s food safety regulatory program be interested in discounting license fees for food waste...
Aug 13, 2020 | Guest Author
A ninety-minute webinar to discuss lessons learned, best practices implemented, and continuing challenges to conducting retail food...
Jun 24, 2020
The 2020 Biennial Meeting of the Conference for Food Protection is scheduled for March 30 – April 3, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. If you...
Jan 30, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on...
Jan 30, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
The FDA’s Retail Food Protection Staff is pleased to announce the posting of “5 Tips to Consider When Preparing Recommendations to...
Jan 02, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made available the Supplement to the 2017 Food Code. The update addresses...
The Issue submission process for the 2020 Biennial Meeting is now live and will remain open until 9:00 PM Eastern time on December 31,...
Dec 02, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food Protection at the...
Nov 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period by 15 days to allow stakeholders more time to provide input on...
Nov 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Why would an environmental health division’s food safety regulatory program be interested in discounting license fees for food waste diversion activities? Food waste diversion can reduce food insecurity by redirecting food to combat hunger locally.
A ninety-minute webinar to discuss lessons learned, best practices implemented, and continuing challenges to conducting retail food inspections during pandemic events.
The 2020 Biennial Meeting of the Conference for Food Protection is scheduled for March 30 – April 3, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. If you have not already registered, visit the conference website, where you will find an online registration form. Alternatively, you may download the registration form and email or mail it to the address […]
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on Groundhog Day, spring is on its way and summer won’t be far behind. Along with beach trips and backyard barbecues, summer also brings environmental health risks from mosquitoes and ticks, recreational water activities, extreme heat, […]
The FDA’s Retail Food Protection Staff is pleased to announce the posting of “5 Tips to Consider When Preparing Recommendations to Change Retail Food Policy.” Developing recommended changes for the most effective, efficient, and feasible policy for retail food is challenging. This tip sheet provides information individuals should consider when preparing retail food policy recommendations,...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made available the Supplement to the 2017 Food Code. The update addresses recommendations made by regulatory officials, industry, academia, and consumers at the 2018 Biennial Meeting of the Conference for Food Protection. The Food Code and its Supplement provide government and industry with practical, science-based controls for […]
The Issue submission process for the 2020 Biennial Meeting is now live and will remain open until 9:00 PM Eastern time on December 31, 2019. Use this link to begin the Issue submission process – http://www.foodprotect.org/issues/. On this page you will find Terms and Conditions and Guidelines for submitting Issues. In the opening paragraph on […]
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food Protection at the Local Level. This award is given annually to local environmental health jurisdictions that demonstrate unsurpassed achievement in providing outstanding food protection services to their communities and highlight successful approaches to food safety that can be...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period by 15 days to allow stakeholders more time to provide input on the New Era of Smarter Food Safety. The comment period was set to close on November 20, 2019, 30 days after the October 21 public meeting on this new approach that FDA […]
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