NEWS
The FSRC recently held three meetings as part of our project on Enhancing State and Local Roles in National Food Safety. First, on June 17, 2008, the project convened a kickoff symposium hosted by George Washington University in Washington, DC. Then, on July 1, 2008, ASTHO and NACCHO convened a workshop to address issues related to Foodborne Surveillance and Outbreak Response in Arlington, VA. On July 14 and 15, 2008, AFDO convened a workshop to focus on Inspection and Regulatory Activities in Las Vegas, NV. Agendas, participant lists, handouts, and some presentations from these meetings are available on the pages linked above. Summaries for the workshops will be made available shortly.
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
On May 22, 2008, the FSRC convened a public briefing at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, to coincide with the release of the final report for the Food Safety Information Infrastructure Project. The report can be downloaded here. More information about the briefing can be found here.
The FSRC announces a new project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: "Developing and Applying a Descriptive Framework For Analyzing Food Safety Resources" and
The article "Using Expert Elicitation To Link Foodborne Illnesses in the United States to Foods" by Sandra Hoffmann, Alan Krupnick, and others was published in the May 2007 issue of the Journal of Food Protection.
Helen Jensen and Julie Caswell co-edited the Spring 2007 issue of Agribusiness, dedicated to "Economic measures of food safety interventions" and following from two workshops in the FSRC project on Prioritizing Opportunities to Reduce Risk.
On April 5 and 30, 2007, FSRC researchers from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and Resources for the Future presented and participated in public meetings held by USDA FSIS on risk-based inspection.
