Keeping America's Food Supply Safe
January 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Supported by an RWJF grant, Ranking the Risks lists the number of illnesses, costs, and overall public health burden of specific microbes in particular types of food.
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Monitoring Foods and Nutrients Sold and Consumed in the United States
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
As food production and consumption change, researchers look to datasets to provide information on food in America.
Keeping America's Food Safe
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
A blueprint for fixing the food safety system at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
New Report Calls Food Safety System Antiquated, Calls for Reform
March 25, 2009 | News Release
The report calls for the immediate consolidation of food safety leadership within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ultimately the creation of a separate Food Safety Administration within HHS.
Report Finds Food Safety System in Crisis
April 29, 2008 | News Release
Outdated federal policies, limited oversight of imports, and gaps in state regulations leave Americans unnecessarily vulnerable.
Stronger Partnerships for Safer Food
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: By bringing together state and local officials, their federal counterparts and diverse stakeholders of the food safety system, this project developed an agenda for strengthening state and local roles in the food safety system.
Live Well Greenville
January 1, 2011 | Toolkit
These resources from San Souci Community Garden, were designed to serve as guides for gardeners in growing fresh, healthy food in their community gardens.
Food Systems and Public Health Disparities
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The authors use a new conceptual model to illustrate the complex dynamic and multifaceted relationships between food systems and health disparities. Additionally, the authors identify specific areas for further research on how food system interventions can address and reduce health disparities.
Agriculture Policy is Health Policy
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Arguing that a healthy food system should ensure the well-being of both consumers and farmers (in addition to the producers, processors and distributors upon whom they depend), the authors make several recommendations for personal, institutional and regulatory actions that health professionals can take to influence future food policy.
Recipe for a Better Tomorrow
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Food and agricultural businesses must take responsibility for improving the benefits they bring to the environment, as well as the health and well-being of the people and communities they touch, according to this commentary by a food industry executive appearing in a special issue of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition.