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Food Safety

Workers pack lettuce in the Salinas Valley.

Articles

• University of California seeks answers to E. coli, advises growers on preventing contamination (March 2007)
• Safe food handling helps keep holiday guests healthy (Nov. 2006)
• Scientists to begin looking for the sources of E. coli in the Salinas Valley (Oct. 2006)
• UCCE shows how to pack safe, nutritious lunch for preschool children
• Making sense of rules governing chlorine contact in postharvest handling of organic produce PDF (2006)
• Key points of control and management for microbial food safety: Edible landscape plants and home garden produce PDF (2003)

Video

• E. coli research in the Salinas Valley

Experts

• UC Cooperative Extension food safety experts and contact information

Resources

• Scientific Status Summary on organic foods -- A review that discusses the differences between organic foods and conventional foods with respect to food safety and nutritional composition.
• Western Institute for Food Safety and Security
  WIFSS is bringing together multi-institutional strengths to assure California food is safety and secure.
• FoodSafe Program
  Food safety consumer advice, food industry resources, and information on food safety "hot topics."
• Center for Consumer Research
  Research focusing on consumer attitudes toward food safety and quality. The center has Web sites with detailed information on biotechnology and food irradiation.
• Seafood Network Information Center
  Comprehensive food safety and nutrition information about seafood.
• UC FoodSafety
  Presentations, publications, and other websites with information related to the production, harvest, and processing of foods. The emphasis is on microbial food safety but many other subjects related to food such as biotechnology, food quality and food security are also addressed.