Mega Sites 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 Back to Top