In response to the “bomb cyclone” in the Midwest, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has published food safety tips for people in the areas affected. See additional…
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is closely monitoring Hurricane Florence and is ready to assist and support local health departments with response and recovery efforts. This page will be updated…
The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is hosting a webinar titled “Maintaining Food Security: Disasters and Household Misfortunes” on July 27, 2017 from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. The webinar aims to inform advocates, organizations, and state…
For the fifth year in a row, NACCHO is pleased to invite local health departments (LHDs) to submit applications for participation in a peer mentorship program that provides opportunities to learn, share experiences, and acquire…
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, NACCHO For much of the general public, the local health department…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized the first two major regulations developed under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)—the Preventative Controls for Human Food and Preventative Controls for Animal Food. The FSMA, passed more than four years…
An article by Scientific American says that a particularly resilient strain of Shigella sonnei, a relatively common foodborne illness, has established a firm presence in the United States. In April, the Centers for Disease Control and…
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that infection rates for some foodborne illnesses decreased in 2014. The report found that the frequency of infection from certain forms of…
NACCHO last week hosted “Raw Milk and the Public’s Health: Stories from State and Local Health Departments,” a new webinar that examines health department experiences responding to outbreaks associated with raw milk and working with…
NACCHO will host “Raw Milk and the Public’s Health: Stories from State and Local Health Departments” May 8 at 3 PM EDT. This is the second in a series of webinars about raw milk that…