by Kristy Kubota, MPH, senior specialist for PulseNet Program, and Kara Watarida, temporary PulseNet program coordinatorImagine an international outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. With the…
by Mike Smith, specialist, food safety program APHL is holding the 13th Annual PulseNet Update Meeting in Utah this week. In the spirit of partnership,…
by Sikha Singh, specialist, Laboratory Response NetworkRecently, APHL staff met with a bioMérieux representative to gather more information on an advanced microbial genotyping system. This…
A lack of resources at state and local public health laboratories slows response to foodborne outbreaks, according to experts at a national meeting of food…
FDA's Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) has recently announced that it will be using its Microbiological Cooperative Agreement Program Grant mechanism (U18) to solicit applications…
Within the next couple of weeks, expect to see a copy of the recently completed Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response, a comprehensive best-practices document,…
President Obama recently unveiled his proposed 2010 federal budget. Unfortunately, it was disappointing to see that the budget generally maintained, but did not increase, the…