The Dairy and Plant Products Group provides assurance to consumers of New Zealand's dairy and plant food products that those foods are safe and true to label. The Group also leads a project to establish an organic official assurance programme for organic plant, animal, and dairy produce exported to the European Union.

Food Science Australia - Food Safety and Hygiene Bulletin. Food Science Australia is Australia's largest and most diversified food research organisation and a joint venture of CSIRO and the Victorian Government. We are committed to turning scientific research into innovative solutions for the food industry in Australia and overseas. Through our science we support the health and well-being of consumers.

Food Safety Information Website - requires free registration for full access. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged, as required by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act.

The Nation's Largest Expo and Conference on Food Safety, Quality Assurance & Food Security for Food Manufacturers, Processors, Chain Restaurants and Retailers. Food Safety Summit and Expo occurs March 22-24, 2006 in Las Vegas.

Foodborne illness or food poisoning Is a sepsis caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites. Such contamination usually arises from improper handling, preparation or storage of food. Foodborne illness can also be caused by adding pesticides or medicines to food, or by accidentally consuming naturally poisonous substances like poisonous mushrooms or reef fish. Contact between food and pests, especially flies, rodents and cockroaches, is a further cause of contamination of food.

IFR has developed Bayesian Belief Networks to model complex food safety situations along with web-based tools to deliver the models via the Internet. At IFR we are developing new information handling techniques and sophisticated communication tools to help people to appreciate and understand the complex situations that are involved with food safety on the farm, at the factory, in the supermarket and at home in the kitchen.

The Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). We ensure that pesticides in the UK are safe for users, consumers and the environment.

This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health.

Scientific and technical questions concerning consumer health and food safety associated with the consumption of food products and in particular questions relating to toxicology and hygiene in the entire food production chain, nutrition, and applications of agrifood technologies, as well as those relating to materials coming into contact with foodstuffs, such as packaging.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged, as required by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act.