Ensuring a safe and healthy food supply
About
ASTHO’s food safety program assists state efforts to prevent and respond to outbreaks of foodborne disease and collaborates with national partners and federal agencies to improve the nation’s food safety system.
Food Safety Alerts
FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts (external site)
This web site includes the most significant product actions of the last 60 days, based on the extent of distribution and the degree of health risk.
USDA-FSIS Recalls and Alerts (external site)
This web site contains summary data on active recall cases.
Publications and Other Resources
ASTHO Transition Document – State Health Agencies & Food Safety: Responsibilities, Challenges and Opportunities (pdf)
2007 Responsibilities, challenges and opportunities of state food safety programs.
CIFOR Guidelines (external site)
These guidelines are intended to give all agencies a common foundation from which to work and to provide examples of the key activities that should occur during the response to outbreaks of foodborne disease.
Experiences and Challenges with Outbreak Response and Investigation: A State Health Agency Perspective (pdf)
2008 Presented to a public meeting of the USDA by David Bergmire-Sweat, Foodborne Disease Epidemiologist, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for ASTHO.
Putting the Pieces Together – An Analysis of State Response to Foodborne Illness (pdf)
A comparative study of fifteen different states' food safety activities.
Stronger Partnerships for Safer Food: An Agenda for Strengthening State and Local Roles in the Nation’s Food Safety System (external site)
Produced in partnership with the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, the Association of Food and Drug Officials, and the National Association of County and City Health Officials, and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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