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The National Association of County and City Health Officials recently published a study, grounded in the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards, that analyzed the factors affecting the implementation of food safety risk factor intervention strategies among local retail food regulatory programs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded its internal review of the agency’s response to the U.S. infant formula supply crisis, which details key findings and recommendations that will allow the agency to respond more quickly during food safety emergencies.

The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed a research study that evaluated Food Code recommendations for reducing the risk of norovirus in foodservice establishments.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) will host a virtual open house featuring live demonstrations and presentations on Salmonella sampling and quantification, whole genome sequencing, agency technology, and the National Residue Program.

The Reagan-Udall Foundation opened a Stakeholder Portal on September 16 to collect perspectives and experiences with FDA's human foods program. In addition, the Foundation announced a public meeting of its food-focused Independent Expert Panel.

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) commissioned an independent review of the national food control systems of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S., which has revealed significant differences in how each country regulates food safety.

The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) hosted a webinar on food safety legislation and policy trends on September 13, as part of its resource offerings for National Food Safety Education Month.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will conduct targeted sampling of leafy greens as part of the Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan (LGAP). The agency also provided updates on the progress of LGAP and a summary report of a 2021 sampling assignment.

The Reagan-Udall Foundation has announced five members of its Independent Expert Panel who will evaluate the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) human foods program. The evaluation will launch September 8, 2022.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group is in search of experts to assist in estimating the global burden of foodborne illnesses.