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Government
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information on food microbiology, and access to the electronic version of Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report and Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
The food branch of the Food and Drug Administration; this site includes the Bad Bug Book on foodborne pathogens and toxins and the Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia with images of whole and fileted fish.
- USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion develops the USDA's nutrition policies, monitors
family food costs, and evaluates the national nutritional status.
- USDA Food and Nutrition Service
The Food and Nutrition Service administers USDA food assistance programs, including Food Stamps and school hot lunch and breakfast programs.
- USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
The FSIS is responsible for meat and poultry product safety; this site includes information on
standards, inspection, and recalls.
- www.FoodSafety.gov
Gateway to government food safety information.
- Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library
This is a source of a wide variety of information on nutrition and food safety, including the USDA
Nutrient Data Laboratory.
- FDA Food Code
A reference that guides retail outlets such as restaurants and grocery stores and institutions such
as nursing homes on how to prevent foodborne illness. "Local, state and federal regulators use the FDA Food Code as a model to help develop or update their own food safety rules and to be consistent with national food regulatory policy. "
- Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
This homepage leads to DATCP divisions, including the Division of Food Safety, the Marketing Division, and the Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service.