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Food Safety Updates From ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø is an electronic newsletter of food safety news for educators, consumer advocates, government officials, and industry representatives.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
We wish all of our subscribers healthy and safe holidays and new year! Thank you for tuning in for another year of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s Food Safety newsletter. We hope you gained valuable information and updates throughout 2024. Many events happened in 2024, and we are savoring the memories! Read on to see a few highlights from this year.
Relaunch of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø.gov
On May 16, the new ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø.gov site was launched! The new provides health information that is easier for you to find and understand. The enhancements underscore ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's commitment to provide clear and effective communication to our users, delivering crucial health information how and when you need it.
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Busy Year for Foodborne Outbreaks
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø led 63A investigations of foodborne outbreaks causing illnesses in multiple states. From onions on fast food burgers, cucumbers, and deli meat, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø and partners worked quickly to find out what was making people sick. When a contaminated food item was identified, investigators took action to remove the food from stores and warn the public about the outbreak.
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Cronobacter Added to Nationally Notifiable Conditions List
This summer, ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø and partners took an important step to protect the health of infants. In collaboration with the we worked to make Cronobacter infections in infants less than 12 months of age nationally notifiable. Cronobacter is found naturally in the environment and can live in dry foods, like powdered infant formula (PIF). It has also been found on items like breast pump equipment that have not been properly cleaned and sanitized. Cronobacter infections are rare but in infants younger than 2 months, born prematurely, or have weakened immune systems, it is often fatal or can have long-term neurological effects in infants that do survive.
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New ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø DFWED Director
Say hello to the new director of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED) in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Dr. Megin Nichols, DVM, MPH, DACVPM. Megin was previously serving as DFWED's Acting Director since June 2024 after Dr. Robert Tauxe retired, and prior to this, she held other roles at ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø. She will continue the Division's committed focus and supportive role to improve public health nationally and internationally through the prevention and control of disease, disability, and death caused by foodborne, waterborne, and environmentally transmitted infections.
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Food Safety Tip
Don't invite food poisoning to your holiday celebrations. Refrigerate leftovers quickly and remember to always cook holiday meat to a safe internal temperature.
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- This number is as of November 18, 2024.