Food Industry
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USDA. NAL. Food Safety Research Information Office.
Information regarding chemical and physical contaminants found in foods and feeds such as acrylamides, ciguatoxins, mercury, mycotoxins, pesticides, antimicrobials, and more.
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Provides food safety information to educators, industry, researchers and the general public.
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Find information and resources related to food standards, microbiology and biotechnology, as well as careers and education in food science.
USDA. NAL. Food Safety Research Information Office.
Provides links to HACCP training resources, web sites, and generic models.
Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria
USDA. NAL. Food Safety Research Information Office.
Learn about bacteria that cause foodborne illness either by infecting the intestinal tissues directly, or by producing bacterial toxins. This section includes food pathogens such as Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes.
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Provides a list of links to food labeling resources such as educational materials, organic labeling, general information, and more.
USDA. Economic Research Service.
Provides analyses of the economic issues affecting the safety of the U.S. food supply, including the effectiveness and equity of alternative policies and programs designed to protect consumers from unsafe food.
Product Tracing
USDA. NAL. Food Safety Research Information Office.
Learn about food traceability from farm to table on topics such as animal electronic identification, product traceback, RFID technology, and more.
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Searches for article citations in the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) on organic foods from January 2005 to the present. Or search for books from 2000 to the present.
Organic Certification
United States Department of Agriculture.
Learn about the USDA's National Organic Program, organic farming production and marketing, organic labeling, and import/export of organic products.
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Searches for article citations in the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) on food additives and preservatives from January 2005 to the present. Or search for books from 2000 to the present.
Sanitation and Pest Control
USDA. NAL. Food Safety Research Information Office.
Includes links to resources on sanitation and pest control in the food industry.
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Searches for article citations in the NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) on food packaging from January 2005 to the present. Or search for books from 2000 to the present.
DHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Provides information on premarket approval for food and color additives as well as notification programs for food ingredients and packaging components.
USDA. National Agricultural Statistics Service
The National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.