News Article
Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response: Assessing the Legal and Institutional Framework for Interagency Information Sharing
Posted on October 18, 2017
Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)
The 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) aims to create an integrated food safety system. The free flow of information is vital to reaching the goal of such a system, but, unfortunately, information sharing among federal, state, and local agencies faces policy and legal obstacles. Federal and state privacy laws and enforcement laws sometimes prevent the […]