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

Updated: August 08, 2000

News and Information

News | Other Information | Special Topics

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News

Communications to Congress
- Includes Reports of the Secretary of Agriculture to the U.S. Congress
FSIS News Releases & Public Statements
- Shortcut -- USDA News Releases
News Feature Stories
Public Meetings and Special Events
Regulations/Federal Register Publications
Speeches by Agency Officials & Under Secretary for Food Safety

Other Information

Backgrounders
Freedom of Information Act;
FSIS Electronic Reading Room
FSIS Constituent Update
National Food Safety Initiative
- National Food Safety Education Month
- Partnership for Food Safety Education
Notices and Directives
Publications
Quarterly Regulatory and Enforcement Reports
Recall Information Center

Special Topics

Agricultural Biotechnology: Please visit the USDA site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/
Antimicrobial Resistance: Draft Action Plan
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Civil Rights
Color of Cooked Ground Beef; Cooking Ground Beef Safely
Dioxin
Egg Safety
HACCP Implementation
Irradiation
Listeria monocytogenes
Year 2000 (Y2K)

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