Library of Selected Non-FDA Sources of Food & Nutrition Information

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Other U.S. Government Food Safety and Nutrition Sites

• HealthierUS.gov - Nutrition
  Executive Office of the President & Department of Health and Human Services
  • President's Healthier US Initiative
  • Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Food and Nutrition Information Center National Agricultural Library
    • Food Guide Pyramid
    • Nutrient Data Laboratory and Database for Standard Reference Release 19 and Food Composition
      Search the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
      (See also Nutrition Analysis Tool below.)
    • Dietary Guidelines for Americans including historical information
  • Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
    • 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (sixth edition)
    • Interactive Healthy Eating Index and the Physical Activity Tool
  • Agricultural Research Service
  • Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
    • Child Nutrition Programs
    • Team Nutrition
    • WIC Program - Women, Infants, and Children
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service
    • Food Safety Publications
    • Meat and Poultry Product Recalls
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Department of Justice
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• National Cancer Institute
  • 5 a Day A National Program to Increase Fruit & Vegetable Consumption
  • Eat 5 a Day for Better Health
• National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements
  • International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• www.FoodSafety.gov - Gateway to Government Food Safety Information

Non-U.S. Government Sources for Food Safety and Nutrition

• American Council on Science and Health
  • Food Safety
  • Nutrition/Lifestyle
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Labelling/Retail Food
  • Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
  • Food Safety Enhancement Program (HACCP)
  • Food Safety Tips and Causes of Foodborne Illness
• European Food Information Council
  • EUFIC Food Students
• Food and Agriculture Organization
• Food and Drug Law Institute
• Food Info Australia Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia
• FoodNet Food Processors of Canada
  • Food Safety
• Food Safety and Handling at EDIS Florida
• Food Safety Authority of Ireland
• Food Safety Network University of Guelph
• Food Standards Agency United Kingdom
• Food Timeline Morris County Library, New Jersey
• IFIC International Food Information Council Foundation
  • Food Safety and Nutrition Information
  • IFIC Food Color Facts - 1994
• Institute for Thermal Processing Specialists
• Institute of Food Research UK
• Institute of Food Science and Technology UK
• Institute of Food Technologists
  • Food Laws and Regulations Division
• International Association for Food Protection
• Human Nutrition, Food and Exercise Resources Virginia Tech Library
• National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine Food and Nutrition Board
  • Food Chemicals Codex
• National Council Against Health Fraud
• National Food Safety and Toxicology Center Michigan State University
  • RUsick2 Foodborne Disease Forum
• Nutrition Analysis Tool v2.0 using USDA database at University of Illinois
• Nutrition, Food Safety and Health University of Vermont
• Nutrition Navigator Tufts University
• Safe Food and Public Health Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Hong Kong
• SafeFood.org National Food Processors Association
• Victorian Food and Nutrition Policy, 1995
  

Nutrition Journals

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and American Society of Clinical Nutrition
• Food Technology IFT
• Journal of Food Science IFT
• Journal of Nutrition of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences
• World of Food Science IFT

Selected food and nutrition listservs
Selected commercial sites and newsgroups