FOOD SERVICE

Food Safety

• Federal Government Resources
  • Food Safety Office: Centers for Disease Control
  • USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Mission: 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, as required by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act.
  • USDA/FDA Food Illness Education Information Center. Links, information and online ordering of food safety manuals and training resources.
  • USDA: US Department of Agriculture. Assuring that the nation's meat and poultry supply is safe, wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged -- that is the mission and responsibility of USDA's Food Safety organization. The mission of Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services (FNCS) is to ensure access to nutritious, healthful diets for all Americans.
• Gateway to Government Food Safety Information.
• Links to more food safety and HACCP information: Food Safety Index.
• USDA/FDA Food Illness Educational Materials Database.
• USDA/FDA HACCP Training Programs and Resources Database.
• An electronic discussion group to link professionals interested in food safety issues.
• Foodservice.com. A Community of Food service Workers.
• Abstracts of Select Handwashing Studies. This page contains studies, references and abstracts covering a large body of research in the area of hand washing and its importance.
• America's Food Safety Team. Infection control and food safety. The United States maintains one of the world's safest food supplies, thanks in large part to an interlocking monitoring system that watches over food production and distribution at every level-locally.
• Blonz Guide to Foodsafety, Nutrition, & Health. The categories here target the fields of nutrition, food science, foods, fitness and health.
• FDA - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. 200 C Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20204.
• FDA 'Bad Bug Book'. This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, FDA Regulatory Fish Species Encyclopedia (Illustrated), U.S. Food & Drug Administration Seafood Products Research Center, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition.
• Fight BAC! Partnership for Food Safety Education. Information on food illness; Sponsored by The Partnership for Food Safety Education, an ambitious public-private partnership created to reduce the incidence of foodborne illness by educating Americans about safe food handling practices.
• Food Safety Home Page. A resource for anyone interested in the cause and prevention of foodborne illness. It provides basic information about the bacteria, parasites and viruses that can cause foodborne illness. It gives factual information on current food safety issues. Also, it contains links to many government, university and industry web pages.
• IFIC Food Safety and Nutrition Information. International Food Information Council food and allergy information resources.
• FSC - International Food Safety Council. The International Food Safety Council is a coalition of restaurant and food service professionals who are certified in safe food handling and preparation. The Council promotes food safety education and conveys the industry's commitment to serve safe food to the public.
• International HACCP Alliance. The International HACCP Alliance was developed on March 25, 1994. It is housed within the Institute of Food Science and Engineering's (IFSE) Center for Food Safety. The International HACCP Alliance was developed to provide a uniform program to assure safer meat and poultry products.
• Iowa State University Extension Food Safety Project. The goal of the Food Safety Project is to develop educational materials that give the public the tools they need to minimize their risk of foodborne illness.
• National Food Safety Database, University of Florida. The goal of the National Food Safety Database project is to develop an efficient management system of US food safety databases that are used by the Cooperative Extension Service (CES), consumers, industry, and other public health organizations.
• Safety Online. Food safety news and information, and a food-safety-specific search engine feature.

Food Safety Blog

• Foodservice-Focused food safety web blog