Resource | Policy Memos
Promising Practices in WIC Food Cost Containment
This policy memorandum is being issued in response to the fiscal year 2013 audit by USDA’s Office of Inspector General, state agencies’ Food Costs for the FNS WIC Program.
08/10/2015
Resource | Research Plans
Analyses of the Contributing Factors Associated With Foodborne Outbreaks in School Settings (2000–2010)
The purpose of the authors’ study was to examine the role of contributing factors in school foodborne outbreaks. Contamination factors accounted for the greatest proportion (49.2%) of outbreaks involving some level of food handling interaction by a school food service worker, followed by proliferation (34.9%) and survival factors (15.9%). Over 56% of all illnesses were associated with norovirus and food service worker practices.
03/01/2015