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FDA Finalizes Rule to Protect Food Supply Against Intentional Contamination
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a new food safety rule that will help further protect the food supply in the...
May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New CDC Webpage & Infographic on Foodborne Outbreaks
The CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases recently announced a new webpage and infographic...
May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Calling for Nominations: CEHN NOW Youth Award
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) is accepting nominations for its NOW Youth Leadership Award through 4:00 PM...
May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
New Publication: Climate Change and Children’s Health
The Future of Children, a joint initiative between Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International...
May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Aedes Aegypti and Local Vector Control: Mapping out a Plan for Zika Vector...
Summertime is approaching, which means mosquito season is upon us. As the weather gets warmer, we can expect to see an increase in the...
May 31, 2016 | Nyana Quashie
Happy Healthy and Safe Swimming Week!
The twelfth annual Healthy and Safe Swimming Week is happening this week, May 23–29. Every year in the week leading up to Memorial...
May 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Local Health Departments Reflect on the Impacts of PHEP Funding Cuts
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
May 24, 2016 | Mary Hodges
What type of challenges is your jurisdiction facing around food trucks? How have you...
May 06, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Highlights & Key Takeaways: Conference for Food Protection’s Biennial Meeting
Last month, the Conference for Food Protection (CFP), brought together representatives from the food industry, government, academia,...
May 06, 2016 | Amy Chang
FDA Finalizes Rule to Protect Food Supply Against Intentional ContaminationThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a new food safety rule that will help further protect the food supply in the United States. The rule will require both domestic and foreign food facilities to complete and maintain a written food defense plan, assessing their potential vulnerabilities for risk of deliberate contamination where the […] May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New CDC Webpage & Infographic on Foodborne OutbreaksThe CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases recently announced a new webpage and infographic focusing on the investigation of foodborne outbreaks. Both resources highlight the three types of data used by health officials to solve foodborne outbreaks, including epidemiologic, traceback, and food and environmental testing. Information on how to stop a potential... May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Calling for Nominations: CEHN NOW Youth AwardThe Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) is accepting nominations for its NOW Youth Leadership Award through 4:00 PM ET on July 15, 2016. Created as part of CEHN’s 20th anniversary celebration in 2012, in honor of Executive Director Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, this award recognizes young people taking on a leadership role in the field of environmental health. […] May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
New Publication: Climate Change and Children’s HealthThe Future of Children, a joint initiative between Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Brookings Institution, recently released the latest issue of their biannual journal, titled Children and Climate Change. This issue identifies the adverse impacts of climate change on a child’s health and various policies that can help mitigate... May 31, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Aedes Aegypti and Local Vector Control: Mapping out a Plan for Zika Vector Surveillance and ControlSummertime is approaching, which means mosquito season is upon us. As the weather gets warmer, we can expect to see an increase in the population of one of the main mosquito species transmitting the Zika virus throughout the U.S—Aedes aegypti. To help understand the range and areas most likely to be impacted by Zika, NACCHO created several maps depicting the recorded distribution […] May 31, 2016 | Nyana Quashie |
Happy Healthy and Safe Swimming Week!The twelfth annual Healthy and Safe Swimming Week is happening this week, May 23–29. Every year in the week leading up to Memorial Day–—the swim season kickoff–—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promotes tips, resources, and guidelines for swimmers, parents of young swimmers, and aquatic professionals to put health and safety first when […] May 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Local Health Departments Reflect on the Impacts of PHEP Funding CutsThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. As the nation mobilizes for a looming Zika threat, state and local health departments (LHDs) are losing the resources they need to effectively respond to Zika and other emergencies at the community level. In March, after Congress... May 24, 2016 | Mary Hodges |
What type of challenges is your jurisdiction facing around food trucks? How have you overcome those challenges?May 06, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Highlights & Key Takeaways: Conference for Food Protection’s Biennial MeetingLast month, the Conference for Food Protection (CFP), brought together representatives from the food industry, government, academia, and consumer organizations to discuss emerging food safety problems and potential solutions at their 2016 Biennial Meeting in Boise, Idaho. Every other year, CFP provides meeting attendees with an open forum to discuss food safety standards from any source, while... May 06, 2016 | Amy Chang |
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