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• A Consumer Guide to Safe Handling and Preparation of Ground Meat and Ground Poultry. Developed by: Food Marketing Institute and American Meat Institute in cooperation with National Livestock and Meat Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Food and Drug Administration.

• American Egg Board The Incredible Edible Egg World Wide Web Site. Egg lovers will find egg recipes, answers to FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions), egg facts, egg nutrition information, and egg industry information.

• "Bad Bug Book" (from the FDA) Excellent resource! This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Some technical terms have been linked to the National Library of Medicine's Entrez glossary. Recent articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports have been added to selected chapters to update the handbook with information on later outbreaks or incidents of foodborne disease.

• Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test? This article originally appeared in the October 1995 FDA Consumer.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Contains some good information on disease prevention.

• The Egg Nutrition Center Food Safety program provides scientifically accurate information on food safety issues related to eggs.

• Egg University Handbook on Egg Safety By: Gail Disney, Food, Nutrition and Health, University of Tennessee.

• Partnership for Food Safety Education's Fight BAC!® education site. The Partnership, a public-private organization, is committed to being a key resource for education programs, ideas and fun activities for kids on food safety issues.

• Foodborne Illness Education Information Center (FDA/USDA) provides information about foodborne illness prevention to educators, trainers, and organizations developing education and training materials for food workers and consumers.

• Food Safety Fact Sheets by U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). For Further Information Contact:
• FSIS Food Safety Education and Communications Staff Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-800-535-4555
• Poultry Preparation Fact Sheets Excellent series of Fact Sheet for Poultry.

• Handling Eggs Safely at Home

• International Meat and Poultry HACCP Alliance The International Meat and Poultry HACCP Alliance was developed to provide a uniform program to assure safer meat and poultry products. The Alliance is comprised of interested industry associations and is affiliated with several federal agencies, universities, and professional societies. The Alliance membership is taking the initiative of developing and disseminating appropriate standardized training materials for the meat and poultry industry.

• MeatPoultryNutrition.org Gives good information on nutrition, diets, recipes and other facts about poultry and meat production and consumption.

• Penn State Food Safety Home Page is designed to deliver current food safety information and resources to extension educators, the food industry, and consumers. Utilization of the latest database technologies has allowed us to create a user-friendly environment for quick retrieval of information on the latest food safety issues as well as activities and resources available at Penn State University.

• Poultry Consumer Publications These poultry related consumer publications have been broken down into categories and listed.  Publications are from the USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)-Meat and Poultry Hot-line, The International Food Information Council (IFIC), Various Universities, Cooperative Extension Services, related organizations and many other sources. Compiled by North Carolina State Dept. of Food Science.

• Talking Turkey How To Buy, Store, Thaw, Stuff, and Prepare Your Holiday Bird.

• Texas A&M Extension Publications on food safety (requires Acrobat Reader 3.01)
• Enjoy Easter Eggs Safely
• Carving the Family Turkey
• Freezing Poultry for Home Use
• Irradiation of Raw Poultry
• Minimizing Pesticide Residues on Homegrown Produce

• Virginia Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Quality Task Force Home Page
• Food safety tips Excellent Resource
• Food poisoning