WIFSS Raising Awareness of Agroterrorism for Rural Ohio
“A farmer, health inspector and FBI agent walk into a county fair pavilion…” It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke but……
40 Maps That Explain Food In America
Looking for a serious map about serious breakfast food? Here are 40 maps, charts, and graphs that show where our food comes from and how we eat it, with some drinking thrown in for good measure.
Food Safety and “Mad Cow Disease”
On June 2, 2014 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease (vCJD) in a patient who recently died in Texas.
Foodborne illness outbreaks – Yelp to the Rescue!
Find out how Yelp is helping the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene find unreported foodborne illness.
Western Food Safety Summit
A two-day summit on responsible leadership in food safety brought the most current information and research regarding the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to the Salinas Valley agriculture community during the ninth Western Food Safety Summit.
Expanding the Global Reach of One Health
UCDavis and Nanjing Agricultural University will work together addressing complex global issues of poverty, new and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, safe foods, a sustainable food supply, and the need for a safe and healthy environment for animals and people throughout the world.
Water Conference Exceeds Expectations
The Western U.S. Irrigation Water Conference exceeded expectations by bringing together a dynamic group of researchers and stakeholders representing key produce production areas from the western United States across to the Midwest, Eastern Seaboard and Southern agricultural regions.
Role of Scent Detection Dogs in Outbreak Investigations
The need for more effective approaches to detect fecal contamination of produce has never been more critical. Our canine friends could be future paws-on-the-ground investigators in foodborne outbreak investigations.
Irrigation Water Conference
The Western U.S. Irrigation Water Conference, April 24-25th, on the UC Davis campus, will offer participants the opportunity to exchange ideas and opinions about the adoption of the Food and Drug Administration’s implementation of the Produce Safety Rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
The Girl Who Kissed a Pig: and other One Health Lessons
WIFSS delivered a 4-hour One-Health track at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Center for Continuing Professional Education Winter Conference.