July 29, 2013
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Program Results Report
Eleven grants from RWJF, awarded from 2002 to 2009, were designed to strengthen the nation's food safety system by shifting the emphasis from responding to food crises to preventing them.
May 7, 2013
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New Public Health
Post
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will investigate the safety of caffeine in food products, especially the effects of caffeine on children and teens.
May 4, 2013
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Journal Article
Better labeling and more stringent regulation are warranted for energy drinks.
June 29, 2012
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New Public Health
Post/Infographic
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reporting that cases of foodborne illnesses surge in the summer season, likely because bacteria multiply faster when it’s warm.
June 1, 2012
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Journal Article
Drug risks are often found after market approval. This article reviews prior literature on how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) communicates risks to the general public and providers, and its impact on drug utilization, health outcomes, a ...
April 13, 2012
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New Public Health
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What’s in your lettuce? The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is urging Americans to embrace the increasing fondness for fresh produce by helping to avoid and remove pests that threaten crops. "We need the public's help because these hungry pest ...
March 16, 2012
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New Public Health
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Foodborne illness continues to be in the news. This week researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presented research at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases that found that foodborne disease outbr ...
January 6, 2012
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New Public Health
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In 2002, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) conducted its first national food safety epidemiology capacity assessment. That assessment became the basis for development of minimum performance standards to help guide state and ...
January 1, 2012
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Journal Article
As food production and consumption change, researchers look to datasets to provide information on food in America.
October 7, 2011
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New Public Health
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Some farmers' markets are winding down as the weather changes and crops dwindle, but in some cities the markets continue year round. A new article by News21, an investigative reporting project at several journalism schools in the U.S., reports that ...