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USDA conducts human nutrition and food safety research at several research centers across the United States. This research helps provide a safe and nutritious food supply as well as provide the public with dietary recommendations.

Research, Studies, and Evaluations for USDA Food and Nutrition Programs
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Provides research study reports and evaluations for USDA Food and Nutrition Programs such as WIC, Food Stamp, Food Distribution, Child Nutrition, and more.

Economic Research Service Reports and Studies
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Provides reports and studies for five major areas of research that define the scope of ERS activity. Two areas of emphases include providing "a safe food supply" and a "healthly well-nourished population".

Dietary Habits, Customs and Attitudes
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Searches for article citations in the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) on eating habits, customs and attitudes from January 2005 to the present. Or search for books and audiovisuals from 2000 to the present.

Food and Nutrition Research Projects and Reports
NAS. Institute of Medicine.
Strives to provide scientific, research-based advice in areas such as food safety, dietary supplements, adequate nutrition, and guidelines for nutrient intake.

Food Safety Research Publications
USDA. NAL. Food Safety Research Information Office.
Provides online information on research topics including BSE, Salmonella, HACCP, E. Coli and more.

Food and Nutrition Research Briefs
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
A quarterly published newsletter available online that briefly summarizes the food and nutrition research conducted by the Agricultural Research Service.

Agricultural Research Magazine
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
Summarizes research information from food, nutrition, plant, and animal studies conducted by the USDA. Agricultural Research Service.

Human Nutrition Research News and Events
USDA. Agricultural Research Sevice.
Provides recent human nutrition news, events, research data and programs at USDA Agriculture Research Service.

Food Surveys Research Group
USDA. ARS. Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center.
Provides dietary survey data about food consumption patterns in the United States. Articles regarding USDA dietary intake research methods are also available.

Research at the United States Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory
USDA. Agricultural Research Service.
The USPSNL was established to study the relationship between the soil-plant system and the nutritional quality of plant foods. A central research theme is the mechanisms for and the control of movement of nutrients through the soil-plant-animal food chain.

Consumer and Opinion Leader Research
International Food Information Council
IFIC bridges the gap between science and communications by collecting and disseminating scientific information on food safety, nutrition and health.

Last Modified: Sep 24, 2008


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