Where can I obtain more information on foodborne illness?

Food and Drug Administration

Visit the "Bad Bug Book" and links about national food safety programs.
Also see www.foodsafety.gov.

Call the FDA's food information line at 1-888-SAFEFOOD (1-888-723-3366). Recorded information 24 hours a day, every day. FDA public affairs specialists are available to answer questions from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

Write to the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Consumer Education Staff (HFS-555), 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740.

Order the FDA's food safety video "Dirty Little Secrets: Kitchen Food Safety" for $8.95. Call 202-861-0500 and ask for the duplication department or write to: Interface Video Systems, P.O. Box 57138, Washington, DC 20037.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Visit www.fsis.usda.gov.

Call the USDA's meat and poultry hotline at 1-800-535-4555 (TTY: 1-800-256-7072). Recorded information in English and Spanish 24 hours a day, every day. Staffed 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

Write to USDA, FSIS, Food Safety Education Staff, Room 2932-S, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20250.