Applications for NACCHO Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program Now Open

NACCHO, in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), invites all retail food regulatory programs to submit...

Sep 07, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • New Reports: Retail Food Inspection, Grading, Scoring, and Placarding Case Studies

    NACCHO, in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted research and developed new reports to learn more...

    Sep 01, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • New Report: Retail Food Inspection and Grading Case Study

    NACCHO, in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted research and developed a new report to learn more...

    Aug 03, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • Conference Recap: NACCHO at the 2016 National Environmental Health Association...

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) hosted its annual conference and exhibition (AEC) in partnership with the U.S....

    Aug 02, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • The Health Impact Assessment: Building Environmental Health Capacity

    By Sandra Whitehead, PhD, Director of Program and Partnership Development, National Environmental Health Association  More and more,...

    Jul 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • New Report: Summary of Retail Food Inspection Scoring, Grading, and Placarding...

    As more Americans eat out and the number of retail food establishments increases, the concern for food safety also increases. To help...

    Jul 06, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • FDA Releases Updated Information about the Implementation of the Retail Food Program...

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an updated informational document about the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory...

    Apr 21, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • The Capital City Food Truck Convention Hosts Workshop on Regulatory Best Practices

    Mobile food units are one of the hottest topics and challenges facing local food regulatory programs across the nation. The second...

    Mar 24, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • FDA Releases Retail Food Program Standards Resource Center

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the Retail Food Program Standards Resource Center, designed for state, local,...

    Jan 29, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • Applications for NACCHO Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program Now Open

    NACCHO, in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), invites all retail food regulatory programs to submit applications for participation in its 2016-2017 Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards. Program participants will have opportunities to learn, share experiences, and acquire tools and resources related to the FDA Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory...

    Sep 07, 2016 | Amy Chang

    New Reports: Retail Food Inspection, Grading, Scoring, and Placarding Case Studies

    NACCHO, in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted research and developed new reports to learn more about scoring, grading, and placarding systems used by domestic retail food regulatory programs. These report provides case studies on the retail food establishment process and grading, scoring, and placarding systems used by Louisville Metro Public Health Wellness,...

    Sep 01, 2016 | Amy Chang

    New Report: Retail Food Inspection and Grading Case Study

    NACCHO, in collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted research and developed a new report to learn more about scoring, grading and placarding systems used by domestic food regulatory programs. This report provides a case study on the retail food establishment process and grading system used by the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD). The […]

    Aug 03, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    Conference Recap: NACCHO at the 2016 National Environmental Health Association Annual Conference

    The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) hosted its annual conference and exhibition (AEC) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), earlier this summer in June. Described as the “nexus for environmental health training, education, networking and achievement,” this four-day event focused on how to move environmental health outside the box. As a...

    Aug 02, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    The Health Impact Assessment: Building Environmental Health Capacity

    By Sandra Whitehead, PhD, Director of Program and Partnership Development, National Environmental Health Association  More and more, local health departments (LHDs) are being forced to cut their environmental health programs. This pattern is caused by shrinking budgets and further compounded by limited understanding of the value of the environmental health field and the roles of its […]

    Jul 08, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    New Report: Summary of Retail Food Inspection Scoring, Grading, and Placarding Systems

    As more Americans eat out and the number of retail food establishments increases, the concern for food safety also increases. To help prevent foodborne disease, retail food regulatory programs license and inspect retail food establishments. Some retail food regulatory programs have incorporated a scoring, grading, or placarding system as part of their regulatory approach. These […]

    Jul 06, 2016 | Amy Chang

    FDA Releases Updated Information about the Implementation of the Retail Food Program Standards

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an updated informational document about the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards. This document includes answers to common questions about implementation of the Retail Program Standards. The Clearinghouse Work Group developed the answers in response to questions from state, local, tribal, and territorial retail food regulatory...

    Apr 21, 2016 | Amy Chang

    The Capital City Food Truck Convention Hosts Workshop on Regulatory Best Practices

    Mobile food units are one of the hottest topics and challenges facing local food regulatory programs across the nation. The second annual Capital City Food Truck Convention, sponsored by the DC, Maryland, and Virginia Food Truck Association, brought together the metropolitan region’s food truck owners, industry purveyors and service providers, and regulators March 12-13. The […]

    Mar 24, 2016 | Amy Chang

    FDA Releases Retail Food Program Standards Resource Center

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the Retail Food Program Standards Resource Center, designed for state, local, tribal, and territorial regulatory agencies that are using the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) for continuous program improvement. Since the release of the Retail Program Standards in 1998, enrolled jurisdictions...

    Jan 29, 2016 | Amy Chang

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