U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Healthy People 2000
National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives
September 1995

STATUS REPORT FOOD SAFETY OBJECTIVES HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000

Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives is a statement of national opportunities. This prevention initiative presents a national strategy for significantly improving the health of the American people in the decade preceding the year 2000. Food safety is one of the 22 priority areas of Healthy People 2000. The following is a status report on progress toward meeting the proposed goals.

1. Current Status
2. Nature and Extent of Foodborne Disease
3. Strategies for Reducing Foodborne Diseases
4. Linkages with other Organizations
5. Barriers and Challenges
6. Key Initiatives Taken to Implement Strategies

Other resources

FDA Foodborne Illness information

• Healthy People 2000: Food Safety Objectives
• Bad Bug Book -- Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins
• Foodborne Illness Education Information Center FDA/USDA

Hazard Analysis of Critical Control Points

• FDA Backgrounder on HACCP
• FDA Press Release - FDA Announces Food Safety Pilot
• HACCP Press Release Seafoods
• Regulatory Impact Analysis - Seafoods (168Kb)
• Other Federal Agency HACCP Activities -FSIS Backgrounder
  

USDA/FSIS Food Safety Brochures and Background Documents

• On Salmonella -- a Background Document
• On Campylobacter -- a Background Document
• On Listeria FSIS/FDA -- a Background Document

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Information

• Addressing Emerging Disease Threats: A Prevention Strategy for the United States
• CDC home page