Knowing what to feed your kids has always been a struggle for parents, but the many reports of food related illnesses this year has left even more parents wondering what's left that is safe to feed their children.

The incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is monitored in the UK by the National CJD surveillance unit based at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. The unit brings together a team of clinical neurologists, neuropathologists and scientists specialising in the investigation of this disease. This document is intended to summarise the research in progress at the CJD unit and also provide some background information about CJD and other human spongiform encephalopathies.

CGFI promotes free trade in agricultural products for both economic efficiency and environmental conservation; combats efforts to limit technological innovation in agriculture, the foundation for continued agricultural sustainability; and heightens awareness of the connection between agricultural productivity and environmental conservation.

The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is a non-profit scientific professional society focusing on the science of meat safety, production and processing.

The FQH association encourages, co-ordinates and disseminates research in the field of organic food and health. Offically registered as an international research association in January 2003 in the Netherlands, the FQH Association was founded by 4 European Research Institutes with the support of stakeholders from the Organic Food Trade and Industry.

GrainGenes is a compilation of molecular and phenotypic information on wheat, barley, rye, triticale, and oats. The project is supported by the USDA-ARS Plant Genome Research Program, and by the community of scientists who are providing the information and the reasons to be interested in it.

The Cereal collections at NGB comprises about 4 000 accessions in the ordinary collection, whereas the different special collections have more than 15 000 samples. The special collections are the results from various comprehensive research works and are thus well documented. There is one database available for downloading for each of the four species Barley, Oat, Ryeand Wheat. The databases are in dBASE IV format. The Nordic Wheat database has also been made available as a WAIS database, directly searchable from the internet.