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U.S. Food and Drug Administration

• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

This site offers a wealth of information on many topics of public interest from nutrition, food safety, food labels, and bio-terrorism and our food supply. (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html)

• Gateway to Government Food Safety Information

News and safety alerts on food safety, food born pathogens, and consumer advise (http://www.foodsafety.gov)

• Food Borne Illness

Information on food borne disease, food poisoning, and food related illnesses.  Links to many other resources.

(http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm)

• Fight BAC

The Fight BAC!^® campaign, developed in conjunction with the President's National Food Safety Initiative, is a far-reaching, ambitious and consumer-friendly public education campaign focused on safe food handling (http://www.fightbac.org/main.cfm)

• Food Safety: Keeping Food Safe During Emergencies

This publication discusses how to handle foods before, during, and after and emergency to keep them safe and avoid food poisoning. (http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/CFS/CFS-119.html)

• Consumer Guide: Preparing an Emergency Food Supply

Links to publication with guidelines on storing water and food for emergency supplies. (http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/current/FDNS-E-34-2.html)

• Bovine Spongiform Encepbalopathy (BSE) "Mad Cow Disease"

Learn about Mad Cow disease and how it can be prevented, frequently asked questions and the latest on our meat safety. (http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/bse.html) 

• BSE Mad Cow Disease

This site offers the latest news on Mad Cow Disease plus information about the the risk to humans and prevention.  (http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/bse)

• What you Need to Know about Mercury in Fish and Shellfish

This web-site is designed by the FDA to help educate the public on the safety of our foods.  Learn about the potential risks of mercury contamination in the fish we eat. (http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/mercury/backgrounder.html)