Gateway to Government Food Safety Information : www.foodsafety.gov.
National
Agricultural Library - The
National Agricultural Library (NAL) is a major source for agriculture and
related information. http://www.nal.usda.gov/
National Agricultural Law Center
- agricultural and food law information center
affiliated with the National Agricultural Library.
http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/research/
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
the world's largest medical library at
National Institutes of Health.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nlmhome.html NLM hosts a number of valuable
websites, such as:
PubMed a free online archive of citations and
research papers in the life sciences.
http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
Virtual Livestock Library
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/
World
Agricultural Information Centre: http://www.fao.org/waicent/index_en.asp
databases and information systems of the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
university courses
Food and
Agricultural Standards
- web-based course
http://ifas.msu.edu/intro.htm; and graduate specialization in food and
agricultural standards http://ifas.msu.edu/downloads/specialization.pdf.
International Food Law Certificate Program
-
sponsored by the Institute for
Food Laws & Regulations at Michigan State University offers an Internet distance
education program that consists of a series of region-specific food law courses
taught completely over the Internet by an international network of food science
academic and legal professionals:
http://vu.msu.edu/preview/anr-ifl/2002/.
Online Professional
Master of Science in Food Safety (ProMS) Program
http://foodsafe.msu.edu/proms_about.htm. The ProMS in Food Safety Program at
Michigan State University is designed to fill need the food industry,
government, and public health for their employees to be specifically educated in
the many aspects of safeguarding our food supply.
OTHER Training
Food Safety Training & Education Alliance
http://www.fstea.org/
Associations & Trade Groups
American Institute of
Baking
(AIB)
http://www.aibonline.org/
American Association of Cereal Chemists
http://www.aaccnet.org/
American Meat Science Association
http://www.meatscience.org/
American Society of Baking
http://www.asbe.org/
Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO)
www.afdo.org
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
www.bio.org
Grocery Manufacturers Of America
(GMA)
www.gmabrands.com/index_flash.cfm
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
www.ift.org
Institute of Thermal Process Specialists
http://www.iftps.org/
International Association for Food Protection
(800)
369-6337.
http://www.foodprotection.org
International Dairy Foods Association
http://www.idfa.org/
National Automatic Merchandising Association
(312) 704-4140
National Cattleman's Beef Association
http://www.beef.org/
National Environmental Health Association
(303) 756-9090.
http://www.neha.org/
National Food Processors Association (NFPA)
www.nfpa-food.org
National Restaurant Association (202)
331-5986.
http://www.restaurant.org/
North Central
Association of Food and Drug Officials
(NCAFDO)
http://www.ncafdo.org/
Research
Chefs Association
http://www.culinology.com/
Standards Organizations
NSF International (800) NSF-MARK.
http://www.nsf.org/
Underwriters Laboratories
(847) 272-8800.
http://www.ul.com/
Encyclopedias
Britannica.com
www.britannica.com
CIA World Factbook 2000
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html.
Encarta Concise Encyclopedia Online
encarta.msn.com/default.asp?
Virtual Reference Desk
www.refdesk.com A source for links to fact and reference websites.
Virtual Reference
Encyclopedias
www.virtualfreesites.com/reference.encyclopedias.html
More than 2,500 links to some of the most popular reference locations on the
Internet.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
About People
Anywho.com
www.tollfree.att.net/tf.html
A nationwide search
facility for finding toll-free numbers by company name, city, state, or category.
Biographies
www.s9.com/biography A searchable database of more than 28,000 people from the past
and present.
Langenberg Directory
http://www.langenberg.com/ A comprehensive online
directory containing phone and fax numbers of people and
businesses.
Other general references
Measurement Converter
www.convert-me.com/en
Translations
http://world.altavista.com
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