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Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration Publishes Paper on New Food...
The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has released a paper that updates the previous food categories linked to...
Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang
Multistate outbreak of E.coli O157:H7 Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate...
Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang
VIDEO: Success Stories from CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
UNCOVER EH Needs Your Voice!
UNCOVER EH, an unprecedented needs assessment and horizon scanning opportunity for environmental health (EH) practitioners, has...
Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Deadline Extended: National Environmental Public Health Internship Program
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has extended the deadline for the National Environmental Public Health Internship...
Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: In Imported Produce Outbreaks, A Link Between Early Cases and Port of Entry
Each year, produce accounts for half of the foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States. To determine if there is a link between...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
CIFOR Launches Redesigned Website
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR), which NACCHO is a member of, has revamped and relaunched its website to...
Nov 07, 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
Impact of the NACCHO Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards
The History of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program Did you know that that each year 48 million people get sick from a...
Sep 28, 2017 | Amy Chang
Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration Publishes Paper on New Food CategoriesThe Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has released a paper that updates the previous food categories linked to food disease outbreaks used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The food categorization scheme provides more specific descriptions of the foods that cause outbreaks in the United States and may help improve source […] Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang |
Multistate outbreak of E.coli O157:H7 InfectionsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 infections (STEC O157:H7) in 15 states. States affected by the outbreak include California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia,... Jan 03, 2018 | Amy Chang |
VIDEO: Success Stories from CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system used to capture environmental assessment data from foodborne illness outbreak investigations. In this 5-minute video, produced by the National Environmental Health Association, four current NEARS participants share how NEARS has helped their program. Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
UNCOVER EH Needs Your Voice!UNCOVER EH, an unprecedented needs assessment and horizon scanning opportunity for environmental health (EH) practitioners, has officially kicked off. This is a collaborative effort between the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Baylor University. Recently, Baylor disseminated a detailed email about UNCOVER EH, which you may... Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Deadline Extended: National Environmental Public Health Internship ProgramThe National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has extended the deadline for the National Environmental Public Health Internship Program (NEPHIP), which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Environmental Health Services Branch. Applications are now due on January 31st. Local, state, and tribal environmental health departments can apply to host... Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: In Imported Produce Outbreaks, A Link Between Early Cases and Port of EntryEach year, produce accounts for half of the foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States. To determine if there is a link between the geographic location of early case and specific ports of entry from imported produce, scientists analyzed date from five produce-related outbreaks between 1998 and 2008. A link would lead to potentially quicker […] Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
CIFOR Launches Redesigned WebsiteThe Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR), which NACCHO is a member of, has revamped and relaunched its website to feature updated information for local, state and federal health departments, scientists, and industry who collaborate to improve the detection, investigation, control and prevention of foodborne disease in the United States. Check out the redesigned […] Nov 07, 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 |
Impact of the NACCHO Mentorship Program for the Retail Program StandardsThe History of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program Did you know that that each year 48 million people get sick from a foodborne illness, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die in the United States?[1] Or that 60% of foodborne illness outbreaks occur at restaurants? [2] Given the gravity of the situation, the U.S. Food […] Sep 28, 2017 | Amy Chang |
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