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June 29, 2012 | 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.
May 7, 2013 | 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.
April 13, 2012 | New Public Health Post
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 | New Public Health Post
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 | New Public Health Post
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 ...
October 7, 2011 | New Public Health Post
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 ...
August 23, 2011 | New Public Health Post
As the Food and Drug Administration starts to write new food safety rules that will go into effect early next year, the New York Times followed Michael Tayor, J.D., deputy commissioner for foods, on a farm listening tour to hear suggestions and conc ...
June 9, 2011 | New Public Health Post
"If you think the deadly E. coli outbreak sweeping through Europe is an example of a food safety problem that couldn't happen here, think again." That's the message in an op-ed written today by J. Glenn Morris, who co-authored a recent Robert Wood J ...
April 28, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Researchers at the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute have identified the top 10 riskiest combinations of foods and disease-causing microorganisms, providing an important tool for food safety officials charged with protecting consume ...
April 28, 2011 | New Public Health Post
A new report released today provides a valuable tool to help better detect contaminated foods before they reach consumers. Proposed steep budget cuts for federal food agencies and ongoing concerns over food safety make this report — from the Univers ...