Food Preparation, Food Preservation & Food Safety Links
Ask a Food Safety Expert
http://www.foodsafetyanswers.org
This site is serviced by Iowa State Extension, and funded by the USDA Cooperative States Research, Education, and Extension Service. The site provides visitors with a source of reliable and updated food safety information on the web through a database of commonly asked food safety questions that have science-based, refereed answers. The site partners with organizations and agencies nationwide that are currently providing science-based food safety information.
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov
This site is serviced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It offers access to a number of government resources, including fact sheets and press releases, in the areas of food safety and nutrition.
Fight Bac!
http://www.fightbac.org
This site is a sponsored by the Partnership for Food Safety Education. This Internet site offers food safety content information and activities for all grades. It is designed to increase awareness and thereby reduce the incidence of foodborne illness. It contains food safety facts and downloadable graphics.
Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodborne/index.html
Contains food safety advice for professionals, teachers, and consumers developed by universities, private industries, and government agencies.
Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS)
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/
This site contains useful information on food safety education, regulations and policies, food security and emergency preparedness and recalls by FSIS. It provides press releases of food safety topics in the news, as well as fact sheets on
a variety of food safety related topics.
Food Safety Research Information Office
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio/new.htm
Links to FDA/CFSAN press releases, fact sheets, talk papers on food safety and related topics.
Government Food Safety Information
http://www.foodsafety.gov
This is a gateway site, with news updates, resources, food safety training and links to government regulations. It provides food safety information to consumers and health professionals.
Home Food Safety Program
www.homefoodsafety.org
ADA and ConAgra Foods have established an updated navigation system that makes finding home food safety information a snap. The site provides seasonal tips in English and Spanish, interactive features including a home food safety quiz and streaming video and free printer-friendly tools to help keep home food safety top of mind all year long. It also has a downloadable Refrigerator Calculator, designed to take the guesswork out of leftovers by listing the recommended refrigerator shelf life of popular leftovers.
Institute of Food Science and Technology
http://www.ifst.org
This site posts current information about food science and technology.
National Center for Home Food Preservation
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp
This site was established with funding from the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (CSREES- USDA) to address food safety concerns for those who practice and teach home food preservation and processing methods. It is a good source for current research-based recommendations for most methods of home food preservation.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov
This site offers information from the FDA, the federal agency responsible for ensuring that foods are safe, wholesome and sanitary. It also ensures that these products are honestly, accurately and informatively represented to the public.