The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Office of Partnerships (OP) is announcing the availability...
Jan 28, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
This research opportunity seeks to develop and sustain a network of public health professionals to identify practice-based priorities...
Jan 06, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
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
A new report is available from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) for enteric bacteria. The 2016-2017...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made available the Supplement to the 2017 Food Code. The update addresses...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has announced the ninth cohort of a mentorship program for...
Dec 17, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) National Retail Food Team today released additional posters that will highlight retail...
Nov 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the 2019 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting on October 21, 2019, to hear from a broad cross-section of...
Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA), Office of Partnerships (OP) is announcing the availability of cooperative agreements to be awarded under limited competition to state, local, territorial, or tribal retail food regulatory programs. The intended outcome of the funding opportunity announcement is to advance efforts for a nationally integrated food […]
This research opportunity seeks to develop and sustain a network of public health professionals to identify practice-based priorities for retail food safety research. These priorities will focus on identifying and preventing foodborne illness risk factors in retail food establishments (for example, restaurants, delis). Apply by Feb. 28 here. Click here to learn about EHS-Net and […]
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,...
A new report is available from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) for enteric bacteria. The 2016-2017 NARMS Integrated Summary was released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with its NARMS partners, CDC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The report’s new streamlined format will enable NARMS partners […]
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 National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) has announced the ninth cohort of a mentorship program for retail food regulatory programs. The program is supported by the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). The peer mentorship program provides an […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) National Retail Food Team today released additional posters that will highlight retail date marking for ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food and adequate cooking temperatures for turkey and ground beef. These posters are two-sided, with English on one side and a variety of other languages, including Spanish, Russian, […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the 2019 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 jurisdictions. The Retail Program Standards provide recommendations for designing and managing retail...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting on October 21, 2019, to hear from a broad cross-section of stakeholders on a modern approach, called “A New Era of Smarter Food Safety,” that the agency is planning to take to strengthen its protection of the food supply. The input received at this […]
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