Consumer Education and Information

Visit the Thermy™ Web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/thermy to learn about this new consumer education campaign!

News You Can Use

• Newest Seasonal Food Safety Publications
• Consumer-Oriented News Features
• Recalls of Meat and Poultry Products

Consumer Advice

• Consumer Advice page at www.FoodSafety.gov, the Gateway to Government Food Safety Information: http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgadvic.html
  
  This page includes Food Safety for Seniors:  (http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgsr.html)

Resources for Consumers and Educators

• About the Meat And Poultry Hotline

• Especially for Children
  • USDAfor Kids, U.S. Department of Agriculture (all mission areas)
    (http://www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/index.html)
  • Sci4Kids, USDA Agricultural Research Service (http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/) (English and Spanish)
  • For Kids & Educators, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/educate.html)
    

• National Food Safety Education Month ^TM  

  • 2000 Planning Guide for Food Safety Educators: Be Smart. Keep Foods Apart. Don't Cross-Contaminate.
    (Additional planning guides available on same page)

• Partnership for Food Safety Education (Fight BAC!^TM)
• Thermy™
• USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center

EdNet

EdNet is an electronic newsletter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), providing updates on food safety activities to educators and others concerned about food safety.

• Web Page Addresses of the EdNet Federal Sponsors
  • FDA/CFSAN: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
  • USDA/FSIS: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/
  • CDC/NCID: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/ncid.htm
    
• LISTSERV commands (send all commands to LISTSERV@FOODSAFETY.GOV)
  • To subscribe, send "SUBSCRIBE EDNET-L YOUR NAME".
  • To unsubscribe, send "SIGNOFF EDNET-L".
  • To get the list of EdNet files available, send "INDEX EDNET-L".
  • For general LISTSERV commands, send "HELP" or "INFO REFCARD".

Publications and Reports

• FSIS Consumer Publications
• The Food Safety Educator Newsletter
• Reports, Proceedings, Etc.
  • Conference Proceedings: Changing Strategies, Changing Behaviors (PDF, 303 KB)
  • Final Report: Focus Groups on Barriers that Limit Consumers' Use of Thermometers when Cooking Meat and Poultry Products, Phase One (PDF, 192 KB)