The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #41727

Rebecca Shapack¹, Dwayne Johnson², J. Michael Oakes, PhD³, Veronica C. Malmberg, MS, MT (ASCP)⁴, Lynn M. Bradley², Emilio Esteban, DVM, MPVM, PhD⁵, LaToya Osmani, MPH⁶, Jesse Greenblatt, MD, MPH⁷, and Bela T. Matyas, MD, MPH⁸. (1) National Association of County and City Health Officials, 1100 17th Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20036, (2) Association of Public Health Laboratories, 2025 M Street, NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20036, (3) Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, (4) Public Health Laboratory, Office of Community Public Health, 6 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301, (5) National Center for Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS G-24, Atlanta, GA 30333, (6) Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, 2872 Woodcock Boulevard, Suite 303, Atlanta, GA 30341, 770-458-3811, rshapack@naccho.org, (7) New Hampshire Department of Health, 6 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301, (8) Immunization Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 305 South Street, Boston, MA 02130

Protecting the food supply throughout the U.S. has long been an interest of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In cooperation with the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and National Center for Infectious Disease (NCID), three national organizations, the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) , the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), conducted surveys with their constituencies, to determine the capacities of the public health laboratories, epidemiologists, and health departments to monitor the safety of the nation's food supply. This session allows a cooperative presentation and discussion of the findings from the three surveys.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants from a variety of health fields will benefit from discussion with the American Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) and the National Center for Infectious Disease (NCID). At the end of the session, participants will recognize the importance of this research and be able to describe the implications of the research and the continued safety of the food supply.

Keywords: Environmental Health, Workforce

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.