The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
FDA is partnering with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to present two Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
Sep 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) are proud to partner for the...
Aug 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A funding opportunity is available for State, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in need of funding for six recently...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will hold a public meeting on September 27, 2019, to give interested parties...
Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
On June 4–6, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Retail Program Team management and retail association...
Jul 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed...
Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening...
Jun 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
For the last several months, NACCHO has featured the progress that communities across the country have made in retail food protection...
Jun 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
FDA is partnering with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to present two Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards Self-Assessment and Verification Audit Workshops in 2020.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) are proud to partner for the Calendar Year (CY) 2019 AFDO-Managed Retail Program Standards Grant Program. The program provides funds for the completion of projects and training to enhance conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards).
A funding opportunity is available for State, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions in need of funding for six recently scheduled 2019 FDA Retail courses. Interested applicants should download and complete a single registration form for requests to attend these courses (https://orautest.fda.gov/stc/ORA/OTEDRetailFoodRegistrationForm.xlsx) and email it to FDA ([email protected])...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will hold a public meeting on September 27, 2019, to give interested parties an opportunity to discuss FDA’s effort to modernize food standards of identity and to provide information about changes the FDA could make to existing standards of identity. FDA is particularly interested in changes that could […]
The Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are designed to help retail food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public and provide a means of recognition for programs that meet these standards. NACCHO released three new videos featuring experiences and […]
On June 4–6, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Retail Program Team management and retail association representatives held a meeting. Notes and outcomes from the meeting are outlined below: Meeting Purpose The purpose of the meeting and conference calls leading up to the meeting was to: Obtain a better understanding of FDA/association roles as they […]
On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed industry to help reduce food safety hazards in the production of seed used for sprouting. Between January 1996 and August 2018, contaminated sprouts were associated with 50 outbreaks, which together resulted in more […]
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening communities across the country. Of the 40 honorees, 14 work for local health departments, with two focusing on environmental health: Jessica Gehle of Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (WA) and Jacqualyn (Jackie) Littlepage of Lake County […]
For the last several months, NACCHO has featured the progress that communities across the country have made in retail food protection through a blog series on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards). The Retail Program Standards are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance […]
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