For years WIFSS has been holding successful conferences, bringing international students to UC Davis to experience the principles of One Health, the importance of teamwork and collaboration, and lectures from world-class faculty and specialists.
A study recently published in the journal Microbiome reports on reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes in retail raw milk.
The safety and nourishment of our families is a top priority, making the COVID-19 outbreak an important time to review the recommended steps for food safety whether cooking at home or getting takeout.
Dr. Bennie Osburn, Heather Johnson, and David Goldenberg from @WIFSS attended the CalOES State Training Partners (STP) meeting held on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at the California’s Governor’s Office of Emergency Services in Mather, CA. The meeting was hosted by Jim Ayre and Adam Sutkus, both from CalOES. Alex Cabassa, the Assistant Director, Cal OES…
WIFSS continues to deliver trainings in multiple locations across the country. During the month classes were delivered in Laredo, TX, Ottawa, IL, and Jackson, OH.
Livestock ranches and fresh produce farms in California are among the most highly regulated commodities in the country, but confusion often exists about what each community does to assure food safety. Good neighbor workshops brought farmers, scientists and regulators together to strengthen produce safety.
The recent flooding in Nebraska left owners John Carrol and Chad Wegener rushing to save the livestock on their 40-acre goat farm.
Hours logged instructing first responders has confirmed for Tracey Stevens the practical application of implementing emergency preparedness training. Her standard classroom opening remark now takes on a deeply personal meaning, “Mother Nature never sleeps.”
WIFSS is serving the needs of the farming community by helping meet FSMA training requirements and is offering a series of 20 Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training Courses on behalf of the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA). The training courses run through June 2019 and are offered in English and Spanish.
As wildfire season rages along the west coast, wrecking havoc on rural communities from California to Washington state, there is no better time to learn how to prepare, manage, and plan for disasters. In an ongoing partnership with RDPC and The Department of Homeland Security, WIFSS trained a diverse group of professionals on creating a thorough disaster preparedness and response plan.