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In response to three significant foodborne illness outbreaks that affected the City’s Latino and Somali communities in 2013, MEH...
Sep 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO invites all state, local, tribal, and territorial retail food regulatory programs to submit applications to participate in a...
Sep 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
FDA is partnering with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to present two Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
Sep 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Foodborne illness is nearly always preventable, yet according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) are proud to partner for the...
Aug 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will hold a public meeting on September 27, 2019, to give interested parties...
Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
The Minnesota Food Safety Center of Excellence has developed three new checklists for environmental health specialists. The checklists...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the results of a sampling assignment that tested romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma,...
In response to three significant foodborne illness outbreaks that affected the City’s Latino and Somali communities in 2013, MEH developed Somali language Certified Food Protection Manager Training (CFPM) and a Latino Food Service Worker training.
NACCHO invites all state, local, tribal, and territorial retail food regulatory programs to submit applications to participate in a mentorship program with their peers to learn, share experiences, and acquire tools and resources related to the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards).
FDA is partnering with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to present two Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards Self-Assessment and Verification Audit Workshops in 2020.
Foodborne illness is nearly always preventable, yet according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six Americans gets sick from contaminated food or beverages every year, and 3,000 die.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) are proud to partner for the Calendar Year (CY) 2019 AFDO-Managed Retail Program Standards Grant Program. The program provides funds for the completion of projects and training to enhance conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will hold a public meeting on September 27, 2019, to give interested parties an opportunity to discuss FDA’s effort to modernize food standards of identity and to provide information about changes the FDA could make to existing standards of identity. FDA is particularly interested in changes that could […]
The Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are designed to help retail food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public and provide a means of recognition for programs that meet these standards. NACCHO released three new videos featuring experiences and […]
The Minnesota Food Safety Center of Excellence has developed three new checklists for environmental health specialists. The checklists provide guidance for EH staff responding to a suspected bacterial intoxication outbreak, a Campylobacter illness at a restaurant, and a Vibrio parahaemolyticus illness at a restaurant. They can be a useful resource for EH staff in the […]
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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