Food Safety and Inspection Service United States Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250-3700

Updated July 13, 2000

Links to Selected Sites

This page lists some selected Web sites that are of interest to the users of the FSIS Web site. This  is NOT meant to be a comprehensive listing of food safety sites. You will be leaving the FSIS server when you follow these links; please bring any technical problems to the attention of the webmaster at the destination site.

Links Pages on the FSIS Web Site

• Office of Public Health and Science Links Page (Federal government, State government, international organizations, and others)

• Links to State Health and Agriculture Departments

Sources of Food Safety Information

• http://www.FoodSafety.gov, a Gateway to Government Food Safety Information, is an objective of the National Food Safety Initiative designed to help Web users more easily find government information on food safety.

• Food Safety Index, Compiled by USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodborne/fbindex/index.htm

Federal Government Partners

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): http://www.fda.gov/

• U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN):
  http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
  • http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~news/whatsnew.html for the food and cosmetic announcements and recent additions to the CFSAN Web site
  • http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/press.html for the press announcements concerning recalls and other food safety information for the press

  • FDA Food Code at http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/foodcode.html

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov
  • CDC's Food Safety Initiative Web Site: http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/  
  • U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/ (Includes FoodNet Active Surveillance System for Foodborne Illness: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/foodnet/)

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):  http://www.epa.gov

President's National Food Safety Initiative; National Food Safety Information Network

• National Food Safety Initiative Home Page: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fs-toc.html

• President's Council on Food Safety: http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/presidentscouncil.html

• USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center at the National Agricultural Library: http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic/foodborne/foodborn.htm

• Public/Private Partnership for Food Safety Education (Fight BAC!^TM): http://www.fightbac.org

• Food Safety Grants and Requests for Proposals: http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsggrant.html  

HACCP Help

• USDA/FDA HACCP Training Programs and Resources Database http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic/foodborne/haccp/index.shtml

• International HACCP Alliance: http://haccpalliance.org/  

National Archives and Records Administration

• NARA Home Page: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html

• Database for the 1995-2000 Federal Register: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

• Code of Federal Regulations: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/

Clearinghouses -- Government-wide Sites

• http://www.FoodSafety.gov: a Gateway to Government Food Safety Information

• http://www.seniors.gov: Access America for Seniors

Nutrient  Database

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 1998. USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 12. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page, http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp

Other Frequent Requests

• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's National Organic Program: http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/index.htm

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/links.htm

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