June EdNet: The National Food Safety Educator's Network

EdNet: The National Food Safety Educator's Network

June 2017 Edition: EdNet, the National Food Safety Educator’s Network, is a monthly, multi-agency electronic news journal from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). EdNet provides educators, consumer advocates, government officials, and industry representatives with a quick monthly summary of news about food safety programs and activities. In this issue:

Advisories, Alerts, and Warnings

• FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Imported Veal Products Due To Possible Non-O157 Shiga toxin producing coli (STEC) O103 Contamination
• USDA Offers Food Safety Tips for Areas Affected by Flooding

Resources for Educators

• USDA Encourages the Use of Food Thermometers to be Food Safe this Summer
• Blog: Summer and Vacations
• FNS: FoodSafe Schools
• FNS-USDA: Produce Safety Videos
• CDC Infographic: Get Ready to Grill Safely
• Article: Outbreak-Related Disease Burden Associated with Unpasteurized Cow’s Milk and Cheese, 2009-2014
• Presentation: How Deadly Burgers Made Food Safer – The Impact of the 1993 E.coli Outbreak
• Statement of Secretary Perdue Regarding Trade Breakthrough with China
• Secretary Perdue Announces Arrival of First Shipments of U.S. Beef to Brazil
• Ag Secretary Perdue Moves to Make School Meals Great Again
• Agricultural Research Magazine, June 2017

Blogs

• USDA Blogs
• CDC Blogs

Industry

• FDA Withdraws Draft Guidance on the Applicability of Color Additive Regulations Authorizing the Use of Certain Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice
• Looking for More Information on the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) Rule? (FDA)
• FDA is Revoking Food Additive Approval for the Use of Perchlorate in Sealing Gaskets for Food Containers Because its Use Has Been Abandoned
• FDA Extends Menu Labeling Compliance Date to 2018
• FSIS: Retail Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) Pilot Project Update
• FSIS Publishes Educational Labeling Tool Applicable to Shipments of Imported Siluriformes Fish
• FSIS Policy Updates