Page ContentAPHL advances laboratory practice by increasing the competence of laboratory staff, improving the capabilities of member laboratories and strengthening the credibility of results generated by food testing laboratories. The APHL products and external resources below were collected to support these goals.Click on the headers below to expand them: APHL Products Interim Guidelines for Submission of Enteric Pathogens from Positive Culture-Independent Diagnostic Test Specimens to Public Health, February 2016 State Legal Requirements for Submission of Isolates and Other Clinical Materials from Clinical Laboratories: A Review of State Approaches, January 2016 CIDT Factsheet APHL/CDC Guidance for Isolation and Characterization of STEC 2012 Related Federal Webpages FoodSafety.gov CDC PulseNet CDC CaliciNet CDC Foodborne Outbreak Online Database Tool CDC Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the United States FDA Genome Trakr FDA Field Science Laboratories Food Emergency Response Network FSIS Laboratories PartnershipsAPHL is 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. Three federal agencies and 12 national associations sit on the CIFOR Council, which interacts with the regulated industry through workgroups and projects. CIFOR Specimen Collection, Shipment and Retention Guidelines for Foodborne Outbreaks of Undetermined Etiology (OUE) CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Outbreak Response, Third Edition (English and Spanish)APHL is working with the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) and the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) to strengthen and integrate food and feed testing laboratories. This effort is supported by a five-year cooperative agreement from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). ISO Training Resources AFDO Food Laboratory Accreditation website AAFCO Laboratory website It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. Please turn on JavaScript and try again.