FSII - Links



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	There are a vast number of government and non-government agencies, institutions, and organizations involved with the collection of food safety data. This listing is not intended to be comprehensive, but does provide a relatively complete set of the major actors.
	Institutions associated with food safety data may be grouped into six primary distinctions: 1. U.S. Federal Government U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Other Federal Programs 2. U.S. State and Local Governments 3. International Programs 4. Food Industry 5. Consumer Advocacy and Education 6. Research Institutions Consortia or Non-Governmental Organizations University Programs

	U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
	Gateway to Government Food Safety Information http://www.foodsafety.gov/
	Healthy People 2010 http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/HTML/Volume1/10Food.htm
	USDA National Agriculture Library (NAL) / Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO) http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/index.php
	U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
		Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) http://www.ams.usda.gov/
		Agricultural Research Service (ARS) http://www.ars.usda.gov/
		Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
		Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
		Economic Research Service (ERS) http://www.ers.usda.gov/
		Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) http://www.fsis.usda.gov/
		Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard Administration (GIPSA) and Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) http://www.gipsa.usda.gov/
		National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) http://www.fsis.usda.gov/About_FSIS/NACMCF/index.asp
		National Agriculture Library (NAL) / Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO) http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/index.php
		National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) http://www.nass.usda.gov/
		National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring Service (NARMS) (see also FDA and CDC) http://ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=6750
		Office of Risk Assessment and cost Benefit Analysis (ORACBA) http://www.usda.gov/agency/oce/oracba/about.htm
	Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
		FDA Food Safety, Defense, and Outreach Constituent Updates http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fsdupdat.html
		Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://www.cfsan.fda.gov
		Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) http://www.fda.gov/cvm/default.html http://www.fda.gov/cvm/FSIOR.htm
		Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) (with the University of Maryland) http://www.jifsan.umd.edu/
		National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring Service (NARMS) (see also USDA and CDC) http://www.fda.gov/cvm/narms_pg.html
		National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST) http://www.iit.edu/~ncfs/
		National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) http://www.fda.gov/nctr/
		Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) http://www.fda.gov/ora/
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
		CDC Food Safety Office http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/
		FoodNet - Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/
		Foodborne Outbreak Response and Surveillance Unit http://www.cdc.gov/foodborneoutbreaks/index.htm
		National Center for Infectious Disease (NCID) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/emergplan/Foodborne/index.htm
		National Salmonella Surveillance Program and National Shigella Surveillance Program http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/phlisdata/
		PulseNet http://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet/
		National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring Service (NARMS) (see also USDA and FDA http://www.cdc.gov/narms/
	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
		Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substance (OPPTS) http://www.epa.gov/oppts/
		Office of Research and Development (ORD) http://www.epa.gov/ord/
		Office of Water (OW) http://www.epa.gov/water/index.html
	National Institutes of Health (NIH)
		National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) / Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/
	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
		National Marine Fisheries Service / National Seafood Inspection Laboratory (NMFS/NSIL) http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
	Other Federal Agencies or Programs with Food Safety Data Activities
		U.S. Army Veterinary Service http://vets.amedd.army.mil/dodvsa/index.html
		The President’s Council on Food Safety http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/ccharter.html
		The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) http://www.cpsc.gov/
		United States Agency for International Development (USAID) http://www.usaid.gov/
		Department of Justice (DOJ) http://www.usdoj.gov

	U.S. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
	National Associations
		Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) http://www.afdo.org/
		Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) http://www.aphl.org/
		Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) http://www.astho.org/
		Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) http://www.cste.org/
	Directories of State and Local Agencies
		FDA Listing of State and Local Agencies http://www.fda.gov/ora/fed_state/directorytable.htm
		State Public Health Agencies http://www.fda.gov/oca/sthealth.htm
		State Departments of Agriculture and Public Health http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/State_Departments_of_Public_Health/index.asp
		State and Local Consumer Protection Offices http://www.consumeraction.gov/state.shtml

	INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
		The International Food Information Council (IFIC) http://www.ific.org/
		The Codex Alimentarius Commission http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp
		U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) / Agriculture, Biosecurity, Nutrition, and Consumer Protection Department / Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/
		World Health Organization (WHO) / Department of Food Safety, Zoonoses, and Foodborne Diseases (FOS) http://www.afro.who.int/des/fos/

	FOOD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
		American Meat Institute (AMI) http://www.meatami.com/
		Beef Industry Food Safety Council (BIFSCO) http://www.bifsco.org/
		Cattlemen's Beef Board (CBB) http://www.beefboard.org/
		Food Products Association (FPA) http://www.fpa-food.org/index.asp
		Food Marketing Institute (FMI) http://www.fmi.org/
		Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) http://www.gmabrands.com/
		International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) http://www.idfa.org/
		International Fresh-Cut Produce Association (IFPA) http://www.fresh-cuts.org/
		International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) http://www.ilsi.org/
		National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) http://www.beef.org/
		National Chicken Council (NCC) http://www.nationalchickencouncil.com/
		National Pork Board (NPB) http://www.pork.org/
		National Turkey Federation (NTF) http://www.eatturkey.com/
		Produce Marketing Association (PMA) http://www.pma.com/
		United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association (UFFVA) http://www.uffva.org/
		U.S. Poultry and Egg Association (USPOULTRY) http://www.poultryegg.org/

	CONSUMER ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION
		Center for Science in the Public Interest http://www.cspinet.org/foodsafety/
		Consumer Federation of America http://www.consumerfed.org/
		Consumers Union http://www.consumersunion.org/
		National Alliance for Food Safety and Security http://www.nafssfoodsafety.org/
		National Consumers League http://www.nclnet.org/food/
		Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) http://www.fightbac.org/
		Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP) http://www.safetables.org/index.shtml

	RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
	Consortia and Non-Governmental Organizations
		The Center for Food Safety http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/
		The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank http://www.farad.org/
		Food Safety Consortium http://www.uark.edu/depts/fsc/
		Food Safety Research Consortium (FSRC) http://www.rff.org/fsrc/about.htm
		Institute of Food Technologists http://www.ift.org/
		New England Extension Food Safety Consortium http://www.hort.uconn.edu/IPM/foodsafety/index.htm
		Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) http://www.phii.org/
		National Academies of Science (NAS) / Institute of Medicine (IOM) / Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) http://www.iom.edu/board.asp?id=3788
	University Programs
		Alabama A & M University Department of Food and Animal Sciences Food Safety and Nutrition Research Center http://webspace.aamu.edu/fas/index.htm
		Auburn University Detection and Food Safety Center (AUDFS) http://www.auburn.edu/audfs/
		University of Arkansas Department of Food Science http://foodscience.uark.edu/index.html Institute of Food Science and Engineering http://www.uark.edu/depts/ifse/
		University of California, Davis The California Animal Health and Food Safety (CAHFS) Laboratory System http://cahfs.ucdavis.edu/ Food Safe Program http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/homepage.html Western Institute for Food Safety and Security (WIFSS) http://wifss.ucdavis.edu/
		Clemson University Clemson University Experiment Station / Food Safety and Nutrition Research http://www.clemson.edu/agforestryresearch/index.htm
		University of Connecticut Food Marketing Policy Center http://www.fmpc.uconn.edu/
		Cornell University Institute of Food Science / Food and Water Safety Program http://www.foodscience.cornell.edu/fws/fws.htm New York State Agriculture Experiment Station (NYSEAS) / Food Science and Technology http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/fst/depprog.html
		University of Georgia Center for Food Safety http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/cfs/homepage.shtml
		Georgia Tech University Research Institute Health and Environmental Systems Laboratory http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/eoeml/fpt/index.html
		University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Food Safety Program http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/research/FoodSafety/research.htm
		Iowa State University Institute for Food Safety and Security http://www.ifss.iastate.edu/ Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) / Food and Nutrition Policy Division http://www.card.iastate.edu/research/fnp/
		Harvard University Harvard Center for Risk Analysis http://www.hcra.harvard.edu/food.html
		Kansas State University Food Sciences Institute http://www.foodsci.k-state.edu/
		University of Maryland School of Medicine / Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine http://medschool.umaryland.edu/Epidemiology/ Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) (with FDA) http://www.jifsan.umd.edu/
		University of Massachusetts-Amherst Department of Resource Economics / Food Marketing Economics http://www.umass.edu/resec/index.html
		Michigan State University Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station: Research Projects http://www.maes.msu.edu/index.htm National Food Safety and Toxicology Center http://www.foodsafe.msu.edu/
		University of Minnesota Center for Animal Health and Food Safety http://www.cvm.umn.edu/cahfs/ Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station http://www.maes.umn.edu/
		Mississippi State University Food Safety Program http://www.dafvm.msstate.edu/foodsci/academics.html
		University of Nebraska - Lincoln Department of Food Science and Technology http://foodsci.unl.edu/Graduate/gradResearch.shtml
		North Carolina State University Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/food_science/sdfrc/sdfrc.html College of Agriculture and Life Sciences / Seafood Laboratory http://www.seafoodlab.cmast.ncsu.edu/research.html
		North Dakota State University Great Plains Institute of Food Safety (GPIFS) http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/foodsafety/index.htm
		Ohio State University Food Science and Technology Department http://fst.osu.edu/
		Pennsylvania State University Food Science Department / Food Safety Programs http://foodsafety.cas.psu.edu/default.html
		Purdue University Center for Food Safety Engineering http://www.cfse.purdue.edu/index.cfm
		University of Rhode Island Food Science and Nutrition Research Center http://www.uri.edu/cels/fsn/FSNCenter/
		Rutgers University Food Policy Institute http://www.foodpolicyinstitute.org/
		South Dakota State University Food Safety Programs http://extfcs.sdstate.edu/foodsafetysite/index.cfm
		Tennessee State University Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research http://www.tnstate.edu/iager/teams/foodsafety/fs_overview.htm
		University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture / Food Safety Center of Excellence http://www.foodsafe.tennessee.edu/
		Texas A&M University Institute for Food Science and Engineering / Center for Food Safety http://ifse.tamu.edu/centers/cfs.html
		Texas Tech University International Center for Food Industry Excellence http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/icfie/index.htm
		Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Food Science and Technology http://www.fst.vt.edu/index.html
		University of Wisconsin-Madison Food Research Institute http://www.wisc.edu/fri/index.html Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research http://www.cdr.wisc.edu/

		If there is a website that you would like added to the above list, please email fsrc@rff.org


This is a project of the Food Safety Research Consortium, with funding support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [This page was last edited on June 27, 2006]