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Food safety information
from government agencies, academic institutions
and industrial organizations
Index
General
information sites
U.S.
Department of Agriculture
USDA Food Safety
Research Information Office
A database of food safety research projects to the research community
and the general public. The site provides detailed information on food
safety research projects, spending, and accomplishments by federal agencies,
along with links to other important food safety research information.
USDA/FDA
Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
The USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center provides information
about foodborne illness prevention to educators, trainers, and organizations
developing education and training materials for food workers and consumers.
Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
This site is part of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration homepage,
it links to other sites such as Foodborne Illness and Bad Bug Book (Foodborne
Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins); Food Labeling; Nutrition
and Dietary Supplement information; Imports, Exports, Inspections and
HACCP; Pesticides and Chemical Contaminants; Seafood and Regulatory Fish
Encyclopedia.
Bad
Bug Book
This is a handbook from the FDA. It provides basic facts regarding foodborne
pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Some technical terms have
been linked to the National Library of Medicine's Entrez glossary. Recent
articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports have been added to
selected chapters to update the handbook with information on later outbreaks
or incidents of foodborne disease.
Food Safety and Inspection
Service
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency
in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the
nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe,
wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged. It provides on-line information
concerning the agency, its activities, and food safety issues. Includes
consumer education and information and HACCP implementation and technical
reports.
Food
Safety Network
The Food Safety Network at the University of Guelph, Ontario, provides
research, commentary, policy evaluation and public information on food
safety issues from farm-to-fork. Using electronic networks, extensive
databases and rigourous field research, the Food Safety Network works
closely with the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety as well as
national and international collaborators to put science into action --
to develop and implement scientific and publicly credible policies and
programs to enhance the safety of the food supply.
Food
Safety State and Federal Standards and Regulations
A project of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
Research Foundation through the National Agricultural Law Center.
Foodborne
Diseases
This site contains English and some Spanish information about foodbone
illnesses. This information has been provided by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
United
States Department of Agriculture, Office of Risk Assessment
and Cost-Benefit Analysis (ORACBA)
Includes a newsletter that reports risk analysis activities in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, upcoming meetings and events, and other activities
supporting the development and use of risk assessment in USDA.
Animal and Plant
Inspection Service (APHIS)
APHIS provides leadership in ensuring the health and care of animals and
plants, improving agricultural productivity and competitiveness, and contributing
to the national economy and the public health. This site provides information
on pathogens and diseases at the farm level.
National
Agricultural Law Center
The NALC conducts research and analysis and provides up-to-date information
to farmers and agri-businesses, attorneys, community groups, and others
confronting agricultural law issues. NALC attorneys disseminate information
through symposia, publications, television, and radio presentations.
Pan American Health Organization
This site includes general information about each country's health status
with profile and links.
Food and Agricultural Organization
of the United Nations
Multiple languages site with statistical databases on agriculture production,
economics, fishery production, nutrition, projects on crop yields, current
control and eradication efforts.
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- World
Health Organization
One of the programs of the World Health Organization is Food Safety
and Food Aid (FSF). It includes a list of publications and documents
on food safety. Links to other Food Safety homepages and information
are classified as follow: Food Safety / Public Health; Bulletins of
Foodborne Diseases and Communicable Diseases; and International Agencies.
International Portal on Food Safety, Animal & Plant Health
The International Portal on Food Safety, Animal & Plant Health (IPFSAPH) facilitates trade in food and agriculture by providing a single access point to authorized official international and national standards, legislations, and official supporting materials related to sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) across the sectors of food safety, animal and plant health.
WWW Resources for Food Science and Related Areas
The site contains a list of Web sites related to food science. Sites are classified by content (e.g., food safety, food law, foodborne pathogens and foodborne illness, HACCP, Microbiology, quality assurance/quality control, WWW virtual library sites, etc.).
Extension Food Safety Education Database
This site contains a collection of food safety curricula and instructional resources designed to help educators locate educational materials for youth and adults. Materials included in the database deal with a range of food-related risk issues, microbiological concerns, food irradiation, pesticides, environmental concerns, biotechnology and others.
The International Meat and Poultry HACCP Alliance
The International Meat and Poultry HACCP Alliance is within the Institute of Food Science and Engineering's (IFSE) Center for Food Safety. The Food Safety Information is organized under the following three categories: HACCP and Food Safety, Hazards, and Reference Corner. This site Includes links to others sites of interest, list of conferences related to all these topics, and abstracts of scientific papers.
Iowa State University Extension (Food Safety Project)
This site provides educational materials to minimize the risk of foodborne illness. It includes: Safe Food: It's Up to You! (food safety Web-Based curriculum containing four food safety lessons), Seasonal Food Safety Tips, Hotlines and Consumer Information, Resources for Educators, Government Agencies and Databases, etc.
International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC)
The purpose of the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation is to provide sound, scientific information on food safety and nutrition to journalists, health professionals, educators, government officials and consumers.
Center for Disease Control Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. This site includes Morbility and Mortality Weekly Report (Surveillance Summaries). By entering key words in the "search" section of this page, information on food safety and foodborne and related topics can be found. Information available ranges from general guidelines on food safety to food safety regulations.
Risk World
Covers news and views on risk assessment and risk management, includes scientific paper abstracts, risk-focused news articles, and government reports. RiskWorld is an independent publication of Tec-Com Inc (a publishing company that specializes in technical communications, primarily for energy or risk-focused organizations).
Economic Research Service
It contains information on food safety economics in general, meat and poultry issues, pesticide issues, and links to the following sources of food safety information: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substance, FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food Safety Consortium, International Food Information Council, National Center for Infectious Diseases, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. Contains summary reports on food safety.
AgriSurf food science index page
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American
Council on Science and Health
The American Council on Science and Health,
Inc. (ACSH) is a consumer education consortium concerned with issues
related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the
environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt
organization.
Compliance Control Center — Hand-transmitted infections
Institute
of Food Science and Engineering -- Texas A&M University
The Institute of Food Science and Engineering
has been formed to advance food science and engineering through research,
graduate education and public outreach. The Institute serves to integrate
and focus food-related research, teaching, Extension and service activities
of The Texas A&M University System while also developing its capacity
for cooperative efforts with external institutions and agencies and
the private sector.
National
Center for Food Safety &Technology
NCFST is a unique consortium organized
to address the complex issues raised by emerging food technologies.
It is a place where academia, industry, and government pool their resources
and work together to achieve the ultimate goal: ensuring the continued
safety and quality of the nation's food supply.
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Database sites
USDA/FDA
Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
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The USDA/FDA Foodborne
Illness Education Information Center provides information about foodborne
illness prevention to educators, trainers, and organizations developing
education and training materials for food workers and consumers.
USDA
Food Safety Research Information Office
A database of food
safety research projects to the research community and the general public. The
site provides detailed information on food safety research projects, spending,
and accomplishments by federal agencies, along with links to other important
food safety research information.
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- Food
Safety and Inspection Service
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- The Food Safety
and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's
commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome,
and correctly labeled and packaged. It provides on-line information
concerning the agency, its activities, and food safety issues. Includes
consumer education and information and HACCP implementation and technical
reports.
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- Food
and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
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- Multiple languages
site with statistical databases on agriculture production, economics,
fishery production, nutrition, projects on crop yields, current control
and eradication efforts.
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- WWW
Resources for Food Science and Related Areas
The site contains
a list of Web sites related to food science. Sites are classified by content
(e.g., food safety, food law, foodborne pathogens and foodborne illness,
HACCP, Microbiology, quality assurance/quality control, WWW virtual library
sites, etc.).
- Extension
Food Safety Education Database
This site contains
a collection of food safety curricula and instructional resources designed
to help educators locate educational materials for youth and adults. Materials
included in the database deal with a range of food-related risk issues,
microbiological concerns, food irradiation, pesticides, environmental
concerns, biotechnology and others.
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International Meat and Poultry HACCP Alliance
The International
Meat and Poultry HACCP Alliance is within the Institute of Food Science
and Engineering's (IFSE) Center for Food Safety. The Food Safety Information
is organized under the following three categories: HACCP and Food Safety,
Hazards, and Reference Corner. This site Includes links to others sites
of interest, list of conferences related to all these topics, and abstracts
of scientific papers.
Iowa State University
Extension (Food Safety Project)
This site provides
educational materials to minimize the risk of foodborne illness. It includes:
Safe Food: It's Up to You! (food safety Web-Based curriculum containing
four food safety lessons), Seasonal Food Safety Tips, Hotlines and Consumer
Information, Resources for Educators, Government Agencies and Databases,
etc.
AgriSurf
food science index page
National
Center for Infectious Diseases — Foodborne Diseases
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Research
methods and new research
- Food
Safety Research Information Office
A clearinghouse of information provided
by the USDA National Agricultural Library.
National
Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program
The National Research Initiative Competitive
Grants Program (NRICGP) is the office in the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) of the USDA charged with funding
research on key problems of national and regional importance in biological,
environmental, physical, and social sciences relevant to agriculture,
food, and the environment on a peer-reviewed, competitive basis. This
homepage provides information on abstract of funded research (food safety
is included), submission information (application kit), program description
and contact information.
Fedstats
This site contains more than 70 agencies
in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest
to the public. The Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
maintains this site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics
and information produced by these agencies for public use.
Eastern
Regional Research Center
Contains a Pathogen Modeling Program for
Windows. This predictive microbiology application program was designed
as a research and instructional tool for estimating the effects of multiple
variables on the growth or survival of foodborne pathogens. The Center
is one of four regional research centers of the USDA's Agricultural
Research Service.
Food
and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Multiple languages site with statistical
databases on agriculture production, economics, fishery production,
nutrition, projects on crop yields, current control and eradication
efforts.
WWW Resources for Food Science and Related Areas
The site contains a list of Web sites
related to food science. Sites are classified by content (e.g., food
safety, food law, foodborne pathogens and foodborne illness, HACCP,
Microbiology, quality assurance/quality control, WWW virtual library
sites, etc.).
Regional
Research Project
Regional Research Project NE-165, does
research on the impacts of changes in strategies, technologies, consumer
behavior, and policies on the economic performance of the food system,
and on how private and public strategies influence improvement in food
safety and other quality attributes. It has over 90 members, primarily
from universities and government agencies, and a core research group
at the Food Marketing Policy Center, Universities of Connecticut and
Massachusetts.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases is part of
CDC's plan for combating emerging infectious diseases; the plan is outlined
in a recently published document, Addressing Emerging Infectious Disease
Threats — A Prevention Strategy for the United States. One of
the main goals of CDC's plan is to enhance communication of public health
information about emerging diseases so that prevention measures can
be implemented without delay. Emerging Infectious Diseases is peer reviewed.
Medscape
This site contains a large collection
of free, full-text, peer-reviewed clinical medicine articles. It requires
a free registration to access the clinical articles, news, patient information,
and other Medscape features.
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Research
abstracts
International
Food Information Service
This site provides information for professors,
researchers, manufacturers, and government officials . It includes the
bibliographic database Food Science and Technology Abstracts.
WWW Resources for Food Science and Related Areas
The site contains a list of Web sites
related to food science. Sites are classified by content (e.g., food
safety, food law, foodborne pathogens and foodborne illness, HACCP,
Microbiology, quality assurance/quality control, WWW virtual library
sites, etc.).
The
International Meat and Poultry HACCP Alliance
The International Meat and Poultry HACCP
Alliance is within the Institute of Food Science and Engineering's (IFSE)
Center for Food Safety. The Food Safety Information is organized under
the following three categories: HACCP and Food Safety, Hazards, and
Reference Corner. This site Includes links to others sites of interest,
list of conferences related to all these topics, and abstracts of scientific
papers.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases is part of
CDC's plan for combating emerging infectious diseases; the plan is outlined
in a recently published document, Addressing Emerging Infectious Disease
Threats — A Prevention Strategy for the United States. One of
the main goals of CDC's plan is to enhance communication of public health
information about emerging diseases so that prevention measures can
be implemented without delay. Emerging Infectious Diseases is peer reviewed.
Society
for Risk Analysis
The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) provides
an open forum for all those who are interested in risk analysis. Risk
analysis is broadly defined to include risk assessment, risk characterization,
risk communication, risk management, and policy relating to risk. Our
interests include risks to human health and the environment, both built
and natural.
Medscape
This site contains a large collection
of free, full-text, peer-reviewed clinical medicine articles. It requires
a free registration to access the clinical articles, news, patient information,
and other Medscape features.
International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC)
The purpose of the International Food
Information Council (IFIC) Foundation is to provide sound, scientific
information on food safety and nutrition to journalists, health professionals,
educators, government officials and consumers.
Center
for Disease Control Prevention (CDC)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. This
site includes Morbility and Mortality Weekly Report (Surveillance Summaries).
By entering key words in the "search" section of this page,
information on food safety and foodborne and related topics can be found.
Information available ranges from general guidelines on food safety
to food safety regulations.
Risk
World
Covers news and views on risk assessment
and risk management, includes scientific paper abstracts, risk-focused
news articles, and government reports. RiskWorld is an independent publication
of Tec-Com Inc (a publishing company that specializes in technical communications,
primarily for energy or risk-focused organizations).
Economic
Research Service
It contains information on food safety
economics in general, meat and poultry issues, pesticide issues, and
links to the following sources of food safety information: Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substance,
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition, Food Safety Consortium, International Food Information Council,
National Center for Infectious Diseases, USDA's Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, and USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. Contains
summary reports on food safety.
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Universities,
academic institutions and national centers
Food Safety Consortium universities:
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- University
of Arkansas home page
- University of Arkansas Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food
and Life Sciences
- University of Arkansas International Agriculture Programs
- Iowa
State University home page
- Iowa
State University Food Safety Consortium
- Kansas
State University Food Science Institute
- Kansas
State University College of Agriculture
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- Food Safety State and Federal Standards and Regulations
A project of the National Association
of State Departments of Agriculture Research Foundation through the
National Agricultural Law Center.
National
Alliance for Food Safety and Security
The National Alliance for Food Safety and Security — A Partnership for the Science of Safe Food — is a joint
effort of 20 universities and the USDA Agricultural Research Service.
It is dedicated to planning and coordination of activities in food safety
research, education and outreach. It seeks to work with government,
industry and consumer groups to advance the enhancement of the safety
of the food system.
Institute of Food Science and Engineering — University of Arkansas
The Institute of Food Science and Engineering
serves as the primary entity in Arkansas to provide research, graduate
education and Extension to help assure that the food supply is high-quality,
wholesome, palatable, safe and nutritious; that value is added to raw
agricultural products to enhance economic development of the state,
region and nation' and that the needs of society are understood, communicated
and met. The Institute provides technical advances in food processing
methods to assure that Arkansas and regional processors remain competitive.
The Institute also promotes research that will recover or convert co-products
to higher-value items.
National Agricultural Law Center
The NALC conducts research and analysis
and provides up-to-date information to farmers and agri-businesses,
attorneys, community groups, and others confronting agricultural law
issues. NALC attorneys disseminate information through symposia, publications,
television, and radio presentations.
Food Safety Network
The Food Safety Network at the University
of Guelph, Ontario, provides research, commentary, policy evaluation
and public information on food safety issues from farm-to-fork. Using
electronic networks, extensive databases and rigourous field research,
the Food Safety Network works closely with the Canadian Research Institute
for Food Safety as well as national and international collaborators
to put science into action — to develop and implement scientific
and publicly credible policies and programs to enhance the safety of
the food supply.
Institute
of Food Science and Engineering — Texas A&M University
The Institute of Food Science and Engineering
has been formed to advance food science and engineering through research,
graduate education and public outreach. The Institute serves to integrate
and focus food-related research, teaching, Extension and service activities
of The Texas A&M University System while also developing its capacity
for cooperative efforts with external institutions and agencies and
the private sector.
National
Center for Food Safety &Technology
NCFST is a unique consortium organized
to address the complex issues raised by emerging food technologies.
It is a place where academia, industry, and government pool their resources
and work together to achieve the ultimate goal: ensuring the continued
safety and quality of the nation's food supply.
National Center for Infectious Diseases — Foodborne
Diseases
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Industries
and associations
American
Meat Institute
National
Meat Association
National
Pork Producers Council
U.S.
Poultry and Egg Association
Medical
sites
Physician
Directory (MedSeek)
This site has a directory to physicians,
medical services and health resources. Links to over 450 hospital information
sites, searchable by city and state.
The
Virtual Hospital
Includes information for patients and
healthcare providers (multimedia textbooks, teaching files, clinical
guidelines and assorted publications).
Cancerlit
Peer reviewed cancer abstracts.
Doctor's Guide News and Conference
Medical news, alerts, and conference database.
New
England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine On-line,
a weekly journal reporting the results of important medical research
worldwide, as well as article abstracts in back issues.
Healthfinder
Consumer health educational database.
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Discussion
groups
- Food
Safety Network
Fsnet is produce by researchers at the
Science and Society Project at the University of Guelph and covers food
safety events and new research.
HACCP
System for Retail Food Safety
Covers information on HACCP and its uses
in the industry, some of these include: Procedures to Implement the
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, HACCP- Regulatory Applications
in Retail Food Establishments, The HACCP Food Safety Manual — Healthy Food, Healthy People, The HACCP Way.
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