February EdNet: The National Food Safety Educator's Network

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Title: February EdNet: The National Food Safety Educator's Network

A Monthly Summary of News About Food Safety Programs & Activities

EdNet: The National Food Safety Educator's Network

February 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:

Resources for Educators

• FDA and the Partnership for Food Safety Education Create New Toolbox and Guide for Consumer Food Safety Educators
• How Are You Tackling Food Safety on Game Day?
• FDA and EPA Issue Fish Consumption Advice
• Federal Agencies Partner to Motivate Americans to Be Healthy and Active
• Is It Really 'FDA Approved?'
• USDA Study Finds Improved Feeding Practices Among Infants Participating in WIC
• FDA Begins Posting Adverse Event Report Data for Foods and Cosmetics
• Agricultural Research Magazine, January 2017 (USDA)

Meetings, Conferences, and Workshops

• Save The Date - FDA Public Meeting on the Use of the Term “Healthy” in the Labeling of Human Food
• FDA to Hold Public Hearing on Partnerships to Enhance the Safety of Imported Foods
• NACMCF Subcommittee to Meet on Effective Salmonella Control Strategies for Poultry (FSIS)

People in the News

• FSIS: Faces of Food Safety

Industry

• FDA Announces Draft Guidance to Help Sprout Operations Comply with Produce Safety Rule
• FDA Issues Revised Draft Guidance for Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-To-Eat Foods
• FDA Issues Request For Information and Draft Guidance on Fiber on the Nutrition Facts Label
• FDA Issues Two Guidance Documents on the Nutrition Facts Label and the Serving Size Final Rules
• FDA Aligns Menu Labeling Compliance Date with the Enforcement Date for Menu Labeling to May 5, 2017
• FDA to Redefine “Healthy” Claim for Food Labeling
• FSIS Posts Aggregate Results for Chicken Parts, Comminuted Poultry and Poultry Carcasses Tested for Salmonella and Campylobacter
• FSIS Posts Updated Quarterly Sampling Results
• FSIS Releases Retail Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) Pilot Project Fourth Update
• FSIS Policy Updates

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