May 2001 - May 2003: Food Safety Constituent Updates

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• May 28, 2003
  • FDA and Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Announce Steps to Streamline Collection of Information on Food Imports
  
  
• May 6, 2003
  • 2003 Grassroots Food Safety Education Initiatives
  • FDA Requests Comments on Extension of Food Code Data Collection
  
  
• April 28, 2003
  • Public Docket Open for Comments on Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition
  • FDA Announces a Satellite Downlink Public Meeting On Forthcoming Proposed Rules on Maintenance and Inspection of Records for Foods and Administrative Detention
  • New CFSAN Website: Information for Health Professionals
  
  
• March 7, 2003
  • Low Acid Canned Food Data System Improvements
  • FDA Survey of Domestic Fresh Produce FY2000/2001 Field Assignment
  
  
• February 13, 2003
  • FDA Posts Videostreams of Its January 29, 2003 Satellite Downlink
  
  
• February 3, 2003
  • Two New FDA Proposed Regulations (Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food) Publish in Federal Register
  • "FDA Proposes Regulation for Registering Food Facilities"
  • "Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments Proposal"
  • "Protecting the Food Supply: FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation" (Overview)
  • "Proposed Regulation: Registration of Food Facilities" (Docket # 02N-0276)
  • "Proposed Regulation: Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments" (Docket # 02N-0278)
  
  
• November 19, 2002
  • Subcommittee to Examine FDA's Draft Action Plan Addressing the Issue of Acrylamide in Food
  • States Food Code Adoption Grows
  • Science and Our Food Supply Distribution Exceeds 11,500 in First Year
  • FDA-NSTA Science Teachers' Program Attracts Record Number of Applicants
  
  
• November 8, 2002
  • FDA Issues Draft New Destruction Guidance
  • FDA Establishes Contracts for Prion Research
  • FY 2002 CFSAN Research Grants Awarded
  
  
• October 24, 2002
  • Radio Unica Hispanic Health Fair Initiative
  • Listeria Research Grant Awarded to The National Center for Food Safety and Technology
  • Biosensor Technologies and Microbial Diagnostics Symposium
  
  
• October 8, 2002
  • USDA Education Grant Awarded to Science and Our Food Supply Project
  • CFSAN Holds Public Meeting on Acrylamide in Foods
  • CFSAN's Food Safety Team in Europe
  • National Food Safety Education Conference Leads to Planning Opportunities
  • Seafood HACCP Evaluation
  
  
• September 6, 2002
  • CFSAN Welcomes New Senior Staff
  • Report of Food Code Adoptions by States
  
  
• August 15, 2002
  • CFSAN Welcomes New Senior Staff
  • Senior Food Safety Materials Sent to Health Departments
  
  
• July 19, 2002
  • Hispanic Initiative on Food Safety Education
  • 2002 Professional Development Program in Food Science for Science Teachers Begins
  
  
• July 15, 2002
  • Baltimore Middle School Science Teacher Receives Award
  • Food Safety In Print
  
  
• June 6, 2002
  • September is National Food Safety Education Month
  • Thinking Globally Working Locally
  • International Workshop on Mycotoxins
  
  
• May 14, 2002
  • 2002 Grassroots Food Safety Education Initiatives
  
  
• April 12, 2002
  • New FDA Egg Safety Publications for Food Service Operations and Retail Food Stores
  • FDA Announces the Availability of Research Funds
  
  
• March 27, 2002
  • NACMCF Subcommittee on Criteria for Refrigerated Shelf-life Based on Safety to Meet
  • Consumer Advisory For Kava-Containing Dietary Supplements
  • Foods Advisory Committee to Meet
  
  
• December 12, 2001
  • 2001 Food Code Available
  
  
• December 6, 2001
  • U.S. v. Blue Ribbon Smoked Fish, Inc.
  • Food Safety Staff Moves to College Park
  
  
• November 27, 2001
  • CFSAN Encourages Juice Safety This Fall
  • Food Safety and Security
  • Food Safety Constituent Update Available by E-mail
  
  
• October 25, 2001
  • Food Safety Tips for Halloween
  
  
• October 9, 2001
  • FDA and NSTA to Release New Middle and High School Program to Educate Students About Food Safety
  
  
• October 5, 2001
  • Research Grants Awarded
  
  
• August 23, 2001
  • FDA Releases Year 2000 Food Safety Progress Report
  
  
• August 22, 2001
  • Wal-Mart and Partnership for Food Safety Education Establish an Alliance
  
  
• August 22, 2001
  • National Food Safety Education Month^sm 2001 September Promotion Emphasizes "Be Cool -- Chill out! Refrigerate Promptly"
  
  
• July 27, 2001
  • Fight BAC!^TM Reaches Milestone as Boy Scouts Follow Girl Scouts Lead and Adopt Campaign
  
  
• July 24, 2001
  • 2nd Regional Dairy Food Safety Conference for Central America
  • FY-2001 CFSAN Program Priorities Accomplishments Through June 15, 2001
  
  
• July 13, 2001
  • Lead Scientist for Epidemiology Appointed
  • Ozone Approved for Use in Food
  
  
• June 18, 2001
  • 1999 FDA Food Code Does Not Prohibit Restaurants from Serving Sunny-Side-Up or Over-Easy Eggs
  • Easy Access to Web Information for Health Care Professionals
  
  
• June 6, 2001
  • Director of Food Safety Named
  • Methyl Mercury in Seafood
  • Pathogens in Cold Smoked Fish
  
  
• June 2001
  • Under African Skies: Food Safety Program Extends Outreach to Africa
  
  
• May 25, 2001
  • Food Safety Research: Availability of Cooperative Agreements
  • Dose-Response Tools
  
  
• May 21, 2001
  • Central American Training Program
  
  
• May 17, 2001
  • Seniors are Reminded to Handle Food Safely during May - Older Americans Month
  
  
• May 17, 2001
  • Food Science Web Site for Teachers
  
  
• Jan 2000 - Mar 2001: Additional Food Safety Initiative Constituent Updates