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FDA, CDC, and state health authorities are investigating an outbreak of illnesses caused by E. coli O157:H7 in the United States....
Nov 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) National Retail Food Team today released additional posters that will highlight retail...
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) has created an excellent resource on Produce Safety following the adoption and...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period by 15 days to allow stakeholders more time to provide input on...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in three states, and the U.S. Food and...
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will...
Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A final report on a 2017-2019 outbreak of Salmonella Reading infections linked to raw turkey products serves as a reminder to handle...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and...
CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and Climate and Health Program have partnered with the National Environmental...
FDA, CDC, and state health authorities are investigating an outbreak of illnesses caused by E. coli O157:H7 in the United States. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback evidence indicates that romaine lettuce from the Salinas, California growing region is a likely source of this outbreak. Consumers: Consumers should not eat romaine lettuce harvested from Salinas, California. Additionally,...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) National Retail Food Team today released additional posters that will highlight retail date marking for ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food and adequate cooking temperatures for turkey and ground beef. These posters are two-sided, with English on one side and a variety of other languages, including Spanish, Russian, […]
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) has created an excellent resource on Produce Safety following the adoption and implementation of the Produce Safety Rule as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Learn more here.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period by 15 days to allow stakeholders more time to provide input on the New Era of Smarter Food Safety. The comment period was set to close on November 20, 2019, 30 days after the October 21 public meeting on this new approach that FDA […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in three states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A that may be linked to fresh conventional (non-organic) blackberries purchased during September 9-30, 2019 from Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a Midwest grocery chain. […]
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will offer two $25,000 grants to support state, territorial, local or tribal (STLT) government health departments in utilizing public health data to carry out cross-sector, data-driven Health in All Policies (HiAP) demonstration projects to improve environmental health...
A final report on a 2017-2019 outbreak of Salmonella Reading infections linked to raw turkey products serves as a reminder to handle raw turkey safely and cook it thoroughly to prevent foodborne illness. The outbreak was widespread, sickening 356 people in 42 states and the District of Columbia. Although a single source of turkey was […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 infections. The source of the outbreak has not been determined. A total of 17 ill people have been reported from eight states. Seven […]
CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and Climate and Health Program have partnered with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to announce two $25,000 grants to support state, territorial, local or tribal (STLT) government health agencies that are already using a Health in All Policies (HiAP) framework to influence the Social Determinants of Health […]
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