In 2017, 841 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported to CDC, according to a recently released annual summary from the Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System. The data come from reports submitted by state, local, and territorial public health agencies to the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS), a platform for reporting enteric (gut) disease outbreaks due to food, water, […]
FDA LAUNCHES FOOD DEFENSE PLAN BUILDER VERSION 2.0September 19, 2019The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched an updated version of the Food Defense Plan Builder (FDPB) to help companies meet the requirements of the Intentional Adulteration rule under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).The updated FDPB has been aligned with the requirements in the Intentional Adulteration (IA) […]
Dear Colleagues, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) will host a Stakeholder Conference Call on September 24, 2019, 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT, to present the concept and design of the draft Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) Flexible Funding Model (FFM), share feedback previously received from […]
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS, Contact: Elaine Lidholm, www.vdacs.virginia.gov For Release: Aug. 22, 2019 Contact: Elaine Lidholm, 804.786.7686 Virginia Agencies Investigating Reports of Illness among Men Who Took Dietary Supplement V8 (Richmond, Va.) – The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) is advising consumers not to purchase or use a product sold under the name V8, which is a […]
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Team (FDET), in coordination with the Virginia Rapid Response Team (RRT) and Virginia Food Protection Task Force, partnered with Pandora Radio to develop a hepatitis A Pandora Radio Campaign that was broadcast in June of 2019. We developed three media images and a 30-second script which […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it will hold a public meeting on September 27, 2019, to give interested parties an opportunity to discuss FDA’s effort to modernize food standards of identity and to provide information about changes the FDA could make to existing standards of identity. FDA is particularly interested in changes that could be […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ken C. Stevenson II, kcstevenson@ceuticallabs.comLaurel Arrigona, larrigona@ceuticallabs.comSarah Robbin, sarahrobbin1@gmail.com AFDO Body Art Committee Tattoo Ink and Permanent Makeup Labeling Guide Now Available York, PA — As the body art industry continues to evolve and become mainstream, there is a focus on the regulation of tattoo inks and permanent makeup. Just as […]
Due to a change in operational procedures at our DHHS warehouse in Perry Point, Maryland, the National Retail Food Team Industry Outreach Work Group has been informed that the remaining supplies of printed Industry Outreach (formerly known as Oral Culture) story board posters will no longer be available there in print after September 2019. There […]
The InFORM conference examines surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric diseases, with a focus on those caused by contaminated foods, water and animals. Held every two years, InFORM brings together a diverse network of public health officials, including federal, state and local public health and laboratory scientists, epidemiologists, environmental health specialists and health communicators. The […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brooke Benschoter, APR, bbenschoter@afdo.org AFDO Food Repacking Guide Now Available As a Resource for Charity Food Efforts York, PA – As more volunteers hope to lend a hand in fighting food insecurity in the U.S., the need for a guide for food repacking events has been met through a collaboration of […]