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The University of Tennessee’s Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness developed a Cultural Food Safety app...
Sep 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued two guidance documents to help food facilities meet their registration requirements under...
The Academic Partnership to Improve Health released a CDC-funded online learning module called “Navigating a Foodborne Outbreak:...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), i.e., Mad Cow Disease, in a...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an alert on the potential for serious injury from eating, drinking, or handling...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
During the Conference for Food Protection’s (CFP’s) Biennial Meeting, Issues are submitted for vetting and then approved by the...
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department...
The University of Tennessee’s Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness developed a Cultural Food Safety app meant for federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local food regulatory officials. The app offers searchable information on food safety issues and control measures associated with specific cultural foods. It is organized by regions of the world, religion, and...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued two guidance documents to help food facilities meet their registration requirements under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). One of the documents is the seventh edition of a guidance document to help the owners and operators of facilities that manufacture/process, pack, or hold food for […]
The Academic Partnership to Improve Health released a CDC-funded online learning module called “Navigating a Foodborne Outbreak: Preparation for Interprofessional Practice.” The module focuses on the collaboration necessary among health professionals to protect the public from foodborne outbreaks. The module takes approximately 90 minutes to two hours to complete. It has three chapters—one set in...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), i.e., Mad Cow Disease, in a six-year-old beef cow in Florida. This was the sixth case of BSE confirmed in the United States in the past 15 years. According to the USDA, the cow did not endanger human health and never entered […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an alert on the potential for serious injury from eating, drinking, or handling food products prepared by adding liquid nitrogen at the point of sale, immediately before consumption. These products are often marketed under the names “Dragon’s Breath,” “Heaven’s Breath,” “nitro puff” and other similar names....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to kosher chicken. As of August 27, 2018, 17 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- have been reported from four...
During the Conference for Food Protection’s (CFP’s) Biennial Meeting, Issues are submitted for vetting and then approved by the Assembly of State Delegates. Within 45 days of the conference, these recommendations, which often suggest changes to the Food Code and its Annexes, are sent in a letter to FDA. FDA is expected to provide a […]
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department Editor’s Note: September is National Food Safety Month. Throughout the month, NACCHO is featuring local health departments’ food safety efforts, starting with Maricopa County. The Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (MCESD) is the proud recipient...
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