The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) recently...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 4–6, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) National Retail Program Team management and retail association...
Jul 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
truth® is a national tobacco prevention counter-marketing campaign that speaks to youth and young adults on their terms, through the...
Jul 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Food and Drug Administration’s Nutrition Innovation Strategy aims to encourage the food industry to continue to innovate to...
Jul 01, 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On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the release of Decoding the Food Code: Information to Assist the User, an online based...
Jun 14, 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
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of human-made chemicals that are found in a wide range of products used by...
Jun 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it...
May 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) recently announced the initiation of two exposure assessments, one near the Barnes Air National Guard Base site in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts and one near the Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base in the City of Martinsburg, […]
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 […]
truth® is a national tobacco prevention counter-marketing campaign that speaks to youth and young adults on their terms, through the channels they understand and trust. truth delivers the facts about the health effects and social consequences of tobacco and the marketing tactics of the tobacco industry so that youth and young adults can make informed […]
The Food and Drug Administration’s Nutrition Innovation Strategy aims to encourage the food industry to continue to innovate to provide the nutritious, healthful food choices that consumers are demanding. As part of the strategy, the FDA is also taking steps to provide informative food labeling to help consumers make healthy food choices. Get details on […]
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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the release of Decoding the Food Code: Information to Assist the User, an online based training module developed to engage and educate stakeholders on the foundational policy principles of the Food Code. The FDA publishes the Food Code, a model that assists food control jurisdictions at all levels […]
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 […]
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of human-made chemicals that are found in a wide range of products used by consumers and industry. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a new webpage on PFAS that will be updated soon with data tables. The FDA is working to better understand the potential dietary exposure […]
World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it began in 1974, the event has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. Each World Environment Day is organized around a theme that draws attention […]
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