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Dec 26, 2023 | Guest Author
Have you ever wondered where the creepy creatures with Halloween originated? Believe it or not, local health departments still keep...
Oct 18, 2022 | Kimberly Nalley, Jaclyn Abramson, Graham Briggs, Erin Laird
The National Association of County and City Health Officials and the National Environmental Health Association, with the support of...
Apr 08, 2022
This year, September 26 marks the 17th anniversary of Mesothelioma Awareness Day (MAD), and sparks an opportunity for advocacy,...
Sep 23, 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a warning letter issued to Jimmy John’s Franchise LLC for engaging in a pattern of...
Feb 27, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
Looking for data on foodborne illness burden and trends? Check out the new and improved FoodNet Fast, CDC’s online toolbox for...
Jan 02, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
In 2017, 841 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a...
Sep 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
This initiative will be a multi-year study which will focus on how these pathogens survive, move and possibly contaminate produce...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the results of a sampling assignment that tested romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma,...
Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Have you ever wondered where the creepy creatures with Halloween originated? Believe it or not, local health departments still keep these monsters at bay with the work they do every day.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials and the National Environmental Health Association, with the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is pleased to host an online sharing session on the intersection of climate change and food safety.
This year, September 26 marks the 17th anniversary of Mesothelioma Awareness Day (MAD), and sparks an opportunity for advocacy, prevention, and education for this cancer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a warning letter issued to Jimmy John’s Franchise LLC for engaging in a pattern of receiving and offering for sale adulterated fresh produce, specifically clover sprouts and cucumbers. The FDA also posted a warning letter to Sprouts Unlimited Wholesale Foods for supplying sprouts to Jimmy John’s which […]
Looking for data on foodborne illness burden and trends? Check out the new and improved FoodNet Fast, CDC’s online toolbox for accessing information reported to the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet). Pathogen Surveillance Tool: See how rates of illness have changed in FoodNet’s surveillance area since 1996 for nine pathogens transmitted commonly through food: […]
In 2017, 841 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a recently released annual summary from the Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System.
This initiative will be a multi-year study which will focus on how these pathogens survive, move and possibly contaminate produce prior to harvest.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the results of a sampling assignment that tested romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, AZ agricultural region for pathogenic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella spp. View the Summary Report: FY19 Sampling of Romaine Lettuce at Commercial Coolers in Yuma, Arizona. View the Environmental Assessment of […]
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