Consumer Behavior
FoodNet Population Survey—A
periodic survey of food safety behavior as part of a multi-state
surveillance of foodborne illness, conducted by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System— A multi-state survey that
includes food safety behavior.
Changes in Consumer Knowledge, Behavior, and Confidence—A synthesis of available survey and focus group data to measure changes in consumer knowledge of safe handling practices, consumers' use of safe handling practices (i.e., behavior), and their confidence in the safety of meat and poultry since the PR/HACCP farm-to-table initiatives were implemented. Sponsored by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. See also other consumer publications...
Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century —This book takes a broad-brush approach to portraying the future direction of U.S. agriculture. The section on food safety (pp. 64-66) emphasizes the use of science-based criteria to rank foodborne risks from multiple sources and the desirability of consolidating Federal responsibility for food safety.
Materials For Food Safety
Educators
Thermy the Thermometer—The
educational campaign encouraging use of meat thermometers to tell
when meat is thoroughly cooked.
Gateway to government food
safety information—Information on the National Food Safety
Initiative, consumer advice, industry assistance, materials for
children, and more.
FightBAC!—A national
media campaign to publicize food safety messages, sponsored by the
Partnership for Food Safety Education, a public-private consortium.
Foodborne
Illness Education Information Center—Includes a database
of food safety education materials.
Information for Consumers
Food and
Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition—
Information for consumers on foodborne illness. [seafood, milk]
Disease
Information: Foodborne Infections—Questions and answers
about foodborne illness.
Consumer
publications available online from USDA's Food Safety and Information
Service.
Information
on Pesticides from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Information on
Seafood from the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition.
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