New Report Calls for Stronger State and Local Food Safety Roles.

The new report, Stronger Partnerships for Safer Food: An Agenda for Strengthening State and Local Roles in the Nation's Food Safety System, was produced by the Department of Health Policy at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in partnership with the organizations that represent food safety officials and practitioners at the state and local levels: the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). For the first time, this diverse group of officials has come together to recommend a series of improvements in the roles of state and local agencies as partners in a national food safety system working to prevent foodborne illness. The report was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.