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Foodborne Illness Trends
The CDC’s Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network, FoodNet, has released their most recent report. This report provides a...
May 02, 2016 | Amy Chang
CDC Finds that Diagnostic Tests Challenge Foodborne Illness Tracking
In the April 15, 2016 issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the report states that diagnostic tests used to...
May 02, 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
Share Your Best Emergency Management and Response Practices at Water and Wastewater...
The Water Research Foundation (WRF), with the American Water Works Association (AWWA), is conducting a research project titled...
Apr 12, 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
Attend Environmental Health Sessions at the 2016 Preparedness Summit
The Preparedness Summit, held this year in Dallas April 19-22, is the first and longest running national conference on public health...
Mar 21, 2016 | Amy Chang
CIFOR Training Grants Available to Local Health Departments
The Council on State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) is pleased to announce the availability of training grants for...
Mar 08, 2016 | Amy Chang
2015 Annual Report to Congress on the Use of Mandatory Recall Authority
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires many deliverables from FDA, among them special reports and studies to be submitted...
Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang
CORE Network Provides Information on Recent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network was created to manage not...
Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang
Foodborne Illness TrendsThe CDC’s Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network, FoodNet, has released their most recent report. This report provides a preliminary 2015 data on the nine most common germs spread through food. Overall, the progress in reducing rates of foodborne illnesses has been limited since 2012 and the most frequent causes of infection in 2015 were Salmonella and Campylobacter. […] May 02, 2016 | Amy Chang |
CDC Finds that Diagnostic Tests Challenge Foodborne Illness TrackingIn the April 15, 2016 issue of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the report states that diagnostic tests used to identify foodborne illnesses faster could soon pose challenges to finding outbreaks and monitoring progress toward preventing foodborne disease. Culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs) help doctors diagnose infections quicker than traditional culture methods,... May 02, 2016 | Amy Chang |
FDA Releases Updated Information about the Implementation of the Retail Food Program StandardsThe 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 |
Share Your Best Emergency Management and Response Practices at Water and Wastewater UtilitiesThe Water Research Foundation (WRF), with the American Water Works Association (AWWA), is conducting a research project titled “Innovative Preparedness and Response Practices to Support Water System Resilience” to identify best emergency management and response practices and procedures currently in use at drinking water and wastewater utilities. The ultimate goal of the project is to […] Apr 12, 2016 | Amy Chang |
The Capital City Food Truck Convention Hosts Workshop on Regulatory Best PracticesMobile 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 |
Attend Environmental Health Sessions at the 2016 Preparedness SummitThe Preparedness Summit, held this year in Dallas April 19-22, is the first and longest running national conference on public health preparedness. This year, the Summit focuses on resiliency and recovery. There are several exciting sessions related to environmental health. Read more about the sessions below: Danger at the Dinner Table: Understanding and Addressing Existing […] Mar 21, 2016 | Amy Chang |
CIFOR Training Grants Available to Local Health DepartmentsThe Council on State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) is pleased to announce the availability of training grants for implementation of the Second Edition of the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak and Response (CIFOR) Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response and the CIFOR Toolkit. The opportunity is now open to health departments serving a population size of […] Mar 08, 2016 | Amy Chang |
2015 Annual Report to Congress on the Use of Mandatory Recall AuthorityThe Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires many deliverables from FDA, among them special reports and studies to be submitted to Congress. Click here to read the report on the use of mandatory recall authority in fiscal year 2015. Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang |
CORE Network Provides Information on Recent Foodborne Illness OutbreaksThe Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network was created to manage not just outbreak response, but surveillance and post-response activities related to incidents involving multiple illnesses linked to FDA-regulated human and animal food and cosmetic products. Get up-to-date information on on-going and recent multistate outbreaks here. Mar 07, 2016 | Amy Chang |
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