APHL’s Food Safety Program promotes the role of state and local public health laboratories and agricultural laboratories in the detection, testing, and surveillance of foodborne pathogens.
The program collaborates with partners at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States Department of Agriculture-Food Safety Inspection Service, the Food and Drug Administration and related organizations. The program also works closely with CDC’s National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases to support state and local laboratories in PulseNet, the national network of public health laboratories, food laboratories and regulatory agencies coordinated by the CDC.
APHL is likewise an active member of the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR), which integrates local, state and federal efforts across many food safety disciplines to reduce the burden of foodborne illness in the United States.