Last month, Alaska’s Department of Environmental Conservation approved “seal oil” use in elder homes, believed to be a first for seal oil in the U.S. Seal oil has been a staple in the diet of Alaska’s Inupiat for generations. The oil — ever-present in households dotting Alaska coastlines — is used mainly as a dipping […]
Leveraging and Sharing Resources, Personnel, and Culture January 15, 2021 When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rolled out its long-anticipated New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint in mid-July, there, tucked into the Four Core Elements of the plan, was the concept of domestic mutual reliance. The New Era of Smarter Food Safety […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is pleased to announce the award of two new cooperative agreement programs (CAPs) that are intended to enhance the capacity and capabilities of state human and animal food testing laboratories in support of building an integrated food safety system, the Laboratory Flexible Funding Model (LFFM) and the Building […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is pleased to announce the award of Retail Food Safety Association Collaboration Cooperative Agreements to three national associations representing state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) retail food safety programs: Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), and National Association of County and City […]
November 10, 2020 Hosted Virtually via the Zoom Platform 40th Annual Food Safety & Sanitation (FSS) Workshop is FREE this year! You must register to receive the Zoom link. All interested attendees are required to have their own registration.Please visit our website for additional workshop information and registration: http://ext100.wsu.edu/foodsanitation/ Remote Delivery through Zoom In order to accommodate social distancing guidance, we […]
Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA is issuing a voluntary recall for Shirakiku brand imported Dried Fungus (also known as Black Fungus or Kikurage) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others […]
Framingham Health Inspector Camille Griffin walked past the line of masked customers waiting to get into Trader Joe’s toward the employee counting those who entered and exited the grocery store. Griffin, who wore her periwinkle health department-issued zip-up and badge, asked in a perky voice to see the manager. She was there for her first […]
The Conference for Food Protection (CFP) is collaborating with the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) on a two-year research project designed to further the capacity of state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) food regulatory agencies to improve retail food safety and reduce foodborne illness across the United States. This study is […]
On September 22, 2020 AFDO Executive Director Steve Mandernach participated in a comment session on the USDA’s OFS and FSIS plan to decrease Salmonella — The Roadmap to Reducing Salmonella: Driving Change through Science-Based Policy. The proposal outlines programs and policies that are science-based, data-driven, and promote innovation to reduce Salmonella in meat, poultry, and egg products according to the […]
Dear AFDO Community and Conference Attendees, Every day each of you is part of history being rewritten as we address the COVID-19 pandemic. We have continued to monitor the situation that has rapidly changed our world – and our plans. The health and safety of our attendees, sponsors, vendors and staff at the AFDO Annual Educational Conference is our top […]