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Links - Food Safety
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21/25
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Basics for Handling Food Safely
This 5-page fact sheet covers topics such as shopping, storage, preparation, thawing, cooking, leftovers, and refreezing. It also includes a Cold Storage Chart that gives recommended storage times for foods kept in the refrigerator and/or freezer.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/pubs/facts_basics.htm
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19/25
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Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
This site gives overviews of the FDA and Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. It has pages concerning topics of interest and recent updates. There is a Q&A portion and a section on how to interact with the Center.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/
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20/25
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Fight BAC!
This site is designed for consumers, educators, and media. Its focus is on the Fight BAC! campaign against bacterial contamination of food. It also describes the partnership and who belongs to it.
http://www.fightbac.org/
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20/25
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FNIC Searchable Databases
This web site provides information on FNIC Databases. It includes Healthy School Meals Training Materials (training materials for school food service and child nutrition personnel), Nutrition Education and Training (NET) Program Products, USDA / FDA Foodborne Illness Educational Materials (Database contains a collection of consumer and food worker educational materials), USDA / FDA HACCP Training Programs (HACCP training programs and HACCP resource materials), and WIC Works Database.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/databases.html
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23/25
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Food Safety Information Center
Information on the Foodborne Illness Education Center, Food Safety Training and Education Alliance, and Food Safety Research Information Office can be found at the Food Safety Information Center, part of the National Agricultural Library.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodsafety/
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20/25
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Food and Nutrition Information Center Resource Lists
This web site lists materials at National Agricultural Library. The topics include Child Nutrition and Health, Eating Disorders, Ethnic/Cultural, Food Allergies, Food Composition, Food and Nutrition Education, Food Safety, Food Service Resource List, General Resources, Herbal and Dietary Supplements, Nutrition and Cancer, Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease, Nutrition and Diabetes, Nutrition During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding, Vegetarian Nutrition, and Weight Control.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs_and_db.html
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21/25
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Food and Nutrition Resource List for Child Care and Preschool Staff
This publication is a compilation of resources for people involved in the child care profession. It includes food and nutrition
education print materials, audiovisuals, and other resources for classroom use. Topics covered are general nutrition, food
preparation, food safety, and dietary management. Teaching materials for children and adults include: food models, games, kits,
videocassettes, and lesson plans. Books, reports, and journal articles offer ideas for training staff and volunteers.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/edu/98-child.htm
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24/25
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Food and Nutrition Resource List for Grades 7 through 12
This publication has been prepared for educators interested in food and nutrition materials, audiovisuals, and resources for
classroom use. Items listed in this publication cover topics including general nutrition, food preparation, food safety, food science, and dietary management. Teaching materials listed include: food models, games, kits, videocassettes, and lesson plans.
Textbooks and resources have ideas for training staff.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/edu/biblio.html
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22/25
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Food and Nutrition Resource List for Grades Preschool through 6
This publication has been prepared for educators interested in printed food and nutrition materials, audiovisuals, and other
resources for classroom use. Items listed cover topics including foods, food safety, food science, food service management,
basic nutrition, dietary management, and nutrition education. Teaching materials listed include: food models, games, kits,
videocassettes, and lesson plans. Textbooks and other resources offer ideas for training staff.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/edu/preschool.html
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16/25
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Food Safety
This site provides several links to government sites. Topics include current news, safety alerts, consumer advice, industry assistance, and foodborne pathogens.
http://www.foodsafety.gov/
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17/25
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Food Safety and Inspection Service
This site has food safety resources for consumers, educators, and health professionals. It also offers many links to other sites (e.g., FDA) and files you can download (pdf files).
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/consedu.htm
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21/25
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Food Safety Teaching Materials for Child Care Providers
The Food and Nutrition Information Center developed this database of food safety materials. Gives description, cost, ordering information, and website for each title.
http://peaches.nal.usda.gov/foodborne/fbidb/childcare.asp
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22/25
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Food Safety Throughout the Food System
Information for food service, retail, processing and production professionals, as well as researchers, consumers and extension educators. Information provided includes a food safety database, food preservation database, news, food safety contacts, courses, events, and education resources.
http://foodsafety.cas.psu.edu/
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24/25
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Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
This web site provides information about foodborne illness prevention to educators, trainers, and organizations developing education and training materials for food workers and consumers. The topics include Food Safety Education (Stories, Solutions & Strategies), Food Safety Education & Training Materials, Food Safety Links, Foodsafe Discussion Group, and HACCP Training Materials.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodborne/
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16/25
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FoodSafe Program
This site is put out by the University of California-Davis. It includes several links and resources to food safety issues. It also includes information about their school/faculty working in that area.
http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/
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23/25
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Foundation for Food Irradiation Education
Provides factual and informative information to improve communications about food irradiation to the public, the industry, media and academia.
http://www.food-irradiation.com/
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24/25
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International Food Information Council (IFIC)
Information for opinion leaders, consumers, reporters, and educators on food safety and nutrition, food news, FAQs, publications, teaching materials, and additional resources.
http://ific.org/food/
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18/25
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Iowa State Food Safety Project
This site was developed by the Iowa State University Extension Service. Its theme is Food Safety from Farm to Table.
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/
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22/25
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Kid's Sites - Activities for Children
This Kid's web site provides links about Food and Nutrition Fun, Games and Activities, Government Related Sites (e.g., Food Safety for Children), and Other Resources.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000100.html
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18/25
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National Food Safety Database
This site has a lot of good information, geared towards consumers, educators, and industry. However, this site has not been updated since August 22, 2000 as their funding has been dropped.
http://foodsafety.ifas.ufl.edu/indexNFSDB.htm
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18/25
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National Network for Child Care
Publications and resources on several nutrition-related topics such as meals and snacks, food safety, breastfeeding, and food-related activities are available.
http://www.nncc.org/
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18/25
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North Carolina State Cooperative Extension
This site is focused on the North Carolina State Extension Service and provides information on food safety. It also links to the North Carolina State University homepage.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/food/safety/
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20/25
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Nutrition.gov
NUTRITION.GOV, a federal resource, provides easy access to all online federal government information on nutrition. This national resource makes obtaining government information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety, easily accessible in one place for many Americans.
http://www.nutrition.gov/home/index.php3
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22/25
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Parasites and Foodborne Illness
This fact sheet covers information on several commmon parasites such as Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium parvum, and beef and pork tapeworms. Information includes how people get it, symptoms, who is at risk, and how to prevent infections.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/pubs/parasite.htm
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16/25
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porkandhealth.org
This website is provided by the National Pork Producers Council. Among its topics of interest are healthy recipes, nutrition research, nutrition education materials, food safety, hot topics, and more.
http://www.porkandhealth.org/
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15/25
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Sources of Free or Low-Cost Food and Nutrition Materials
Developed by the FNIC, this website alphabetically lists sources for obtaining materials in the following sections: (1) Nutrition, medical and health organizations; (2) Food-related associations; (3) Food companies; and (4) Food service-related organizations.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/freelow.html
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17/25
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Teacher Conferences/Continuing Education
This web site provides information on upcoming conferences - Continuing Education Modules for Elementary School Teachers; Online Food and Nutrition Education Programs for Adults Learners, Health Professionals, and Students; and Professional Development Program in Food Science/Food Safety for Middle & High School Science Teachers.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/educatorconf.html
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22/25
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The Child Care Nutrition Resource System
The Child Care Nutrition Resource System provides recipes, resources and information on preparing nutritious meals and food safety.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/childcare/
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18/25
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Thermy
Thermy is the messenger of a campaign developed by the FSIS and USDA that promotes the use of thermometers while in the kitchen. This site also offers Thermy materials for sale (for education purposes).
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/thermy/
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24/25
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University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County
Information for the public on tips on "Mix and Match" Meals; Cook Once, Eat Twice; Time-Saving Kitchen Tools, recipes, newsletter, handling food safety at home, food pyramid game, programs and publications.
http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/sitemap.htm
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22/25
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WIC Works Resource System--Food Safety
This site provides information on food safety including educational materials, materials for kids, newsletters, and other internet resources.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Topics/Food_Safety.html
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