Food Safety

A Consumer's Guide to Food Safety. Severe Storms & Hurricanes
(Department of Agriculture)
How do you know if your food is safe after a disaster: flood, loss of power, fire, or other event? This guide helps you make the right decisions about food safety. Tips on how to prepare and what to do after a weather emergency to keep your food and water supply safe.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-
answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/emergency-preparedness/a-consumers-guide-to
-food-safety-severe-storms-and-hurricanes/CT_Index#.Ub8HZ-CK8dI
Botulism
(MedlinePlus)
Botulism is a rare but serious illness caused by a nerve toxin that causes paralysis. It can be a public health threat if the toxin is contained in commercial products and is also considered a bioterrorism agent. The links on this page were selected by librarians at the National Library of Medicine. They include general information about the disease and food safety advisories. Select espanol from the menu bar for Spanish links.
https://medlineplus.gov/botulism.html
E.Coli Infections
(MEDLINEplus)
Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine. Topics include News, General/Overviews, Clinical Trials, Prevention/Screening, Research, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Directories, Law and Policy, Organizations, Statistics, Children, and more. Learn how to prevent this common type of food poisoning. Select espanol from the menu bar for Spanish links.
https://medlineplus.gov/ecoliinfections.html
Food Safety
(MEDLINEplus)
Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine.
https://medlineplus.gov/foodsafety.html
Foodborne Illness
(MEDLINEplus)
Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine. Topics include News, General/Overviews, Clinical Trials, Prevention/Screening, Diagnosis/Symptoms, Pictures/Diagrams, Specific Conditions/Aspects, Directories, Law and Policy, Organizations, Children, Seniors, Women, and more. Covers toxins, foodborne illness, keeping food safe during an emergency, and much more. Select espanol from the menu bar for Spanish links.
https://medlineplus.gov/foodborneillness.html
FoodSafety.gov
(FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
FoodSafety.gov is a gateway website that provides links to selected government food safety-related information. Not every government web site is listed. When more than one government web site provides similar information, links will be provided to only one or two of those sites. Topics covered include News and Safety Alerts, Consumer Advice, Kids, Teens, and Educators, Foodborne Pathogens, and more. If you have a problem with a food product, look at Report Illnesses & Product Complaints for help.
https://www.foodsafety.gov/
Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency
(Department of Agriculture)
Knowing how to determine if food is safe and how to keep food safe will help minimize the potential loss of food and reduce the risk of foodborne illness. This fact sheet will help you make the right decisions for keeping your family safe during an emergency. Includes answers to questons about floods, power outages, fire, etc. and a chart of regfrigerated foods that shows when to save and when to throw out.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-
answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/emergency-preparedness/keeping-food-safe-du
ring-an-emergency/CT_Index#.Ub8G9OCK8dI
Listeria Infections
(MEDLINEplus)
Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine.
https://medlineplus.gov/listeriainfections.html
Harmful algal blooms
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Read about the kinds of chemicals that occur in the oceans and seas and contaminate certain seafood. This is a series of questions and answers about the most common diseases caused by marine toxins in the United States. Learn about symptoms, treatments, long-term effects, and prevention of scombrotoxic fish poisoning, ciguatera poisoning, paralytic shellfish poisoning, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning.
https://www.cdc.gov/habs/index.html
Recall Information Center
(Food Safety and Inspection Service)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides a list of foods being recalled, their production dates, identifying codes, and contact information.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-
alerts
Salmonella Infections
(MEDLINEplus)
Links to sites which have been reviewed by librarians at the National Library of Medicine.
https://medlineplus.gov/salmonellainfections.html

Last Modified: Thursday February 09, 2017 12:02 PM