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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a Menu Labeling Social Media Toolkit for use by organizations and health...
May 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Some people use frozen berries without first cooking them, increasing their risk of exposure to harmful viruses. The U.S. Food and...
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and...
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service released a toolkit to help public health officials get started with their summer...
May 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers, tattoo artists, and retailers of the potential for serious injury...
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program...
May 10, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Rhode Island Department of Health designed two posters for restaurant staff and managers: What You Need To Know about Food...
May 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A recent article in Food Safety Magazine describes decontamination protocols after a norovirus outbreak. Cleaning and disinfecting...
A recent article in Food Safety Magazine describes the daily efforts of state and local environmental public health officials to...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a Menu Labeling Social Media Toolkit for use by organizations and health education professionals to conduct outreach with their audiences. This toolkit is designed to raise awareness of how consumers can use calorie information they may now see on menus and menu boards. It features web badges […]
Some people use frozen berries without first cooking them, increasing their risk of exposure to harmful viruses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported three hepatitis A virus outbreaks and one norovirus outbreak linked to frozen berries in the United States from 1997 to 2016. The FDA began sampling frozen berries for each hazard as […]
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local partners, is investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O26 linked to ALDI’s Baker’s Corner flour. The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) collected and analyzed an unopened sample of this flour and […]
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service released a toolkit to help public health officials get started with their summer food safety campaigns. In the toolkit you will find materials you can use to promote safe food handling during this season: Press Release Template– A general press release that can be personalized by your organization to […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers, tattoo artists, and retailers of the potential for serious injury from use of tattoo inks that are contaminated with bacteria. Tattoo inks contaminated with microorganisms can cause infections and lead to serious health injuries when injected into the skin during a tattooing procedure, since there […]
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public. This post is part of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards blog series, showcasing the progress that communities across the country have made in retail […]
The Rhode Island Department of Health designed two posters for restaurant staff and managers: What You Need To Know about Food Allergies How To Recognize and Respond to Food Allergy Reactions See more resources from the Rhode Island Department of Health here.
A recent article in Food Safety Magazine describes decontamination protocols after a norovirus outbreak. Cleaning and disinfecting contaminated surfaces following an outbreak is essential to prevent prolonged or additional outbreaks. Read more.
A recent article in Food Safety Magazine describes the daily efforts of state and local environmental public health officials to investigate localized foodborne illness outbreaks. While these smaller outbreaks do not always garner significant media attention, investigating them is still very important to keeping communities safe and healthy. Many health officials are pioneering innovative...
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