Resources - Links
FOOD SAFETY FIRST FAVORITE SITES (back to top of page)
Gateway
to Government Food Safety Information
http://www.foodsafety.gov/
Food Safety Information Center
http://foodsafety.nal.usda.gov/
USDA
Food Safety Education and Consumer Information
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Food_Safety_Education/index.asp
US
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html
Massachusetts
Partnership for Food Safety Education
http://www.umass.edu/umext/nutrition/programs/food_safety/partnerships/index.html
US
Health and Human Services - Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/
FightBAC!™
The Partnership for Food Safety Education
http://www.fightbac.org
Food
Safe Schools
http://www.foodsafeschools.org/
Food Safety
and Biosecurity Program
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/ProgView.cfm?prnum=6662
Food Safety Web
http://www.foodsafetyweb.info/index.php
Food Marketing Institute
www.fmi.org
Food Chemical News
http://www.foodchemicalnews.com
Food Safety and Food Preservation
http://www.foodpres.com
Home Food Safety - It's In Your Hands
http://www.homefoodsafety.org
International
Food Information Council Foundation
http://www.ific.org
INQUIRY
BASED LEARNING (back to top of page)
BIOPOINT
http://www.biopoint.com/
The
BSCS 5E Model
http://www.bscs.org/page.asp?pageid=0%7C31%7C95%7C96&id=0%7Cbscs_5es
Center
for Inquiry-based Learning at Duke University
http://www.biology.duke.edu/cibl/
Inquiry
Based Learning Workshop
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html
The Inquiry
Page
http://inquiry.uiuc.edu/
Using
the Internet to Promote Inquiry Based Learning
http://www.biopoint.com/inquiry/ibr.html
The
Webquest Page at San Diego State University
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
YouthLearn
- An Introduction to Inquiry Based Learning
http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/approach/inquiry.asp
FOODBORNE ILLNESS (back to top of page)
Bad
Bug Book
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
Bad Bug Book for Kids
http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/foodsafe/badbug/badbug.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Disease
Disease
Information - Foodborne Illness
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Food Safety Office
http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
PulseNet
http://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet/
HANDWASHING (back to top of page)
Alcohol
based hand gels (FDA/CFSAN)
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/handhyg.html
An Ounce of Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/op/
Current
Trends Community Outbreaks of Shigellosis -- United States
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001700.htm
Food
Safety Education - Clean
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/f02clean.html
Gross ... You Didn't Wash Your Hands http://www.microbeworld.org/know/wash.aspx
Guideline
for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5116a1.htm
Handwashing
for Life
http://www.handwashingforlife.com/
Henry the Hand
http://www.henrythehand.com
Kids
Health for Parents - Why is handwashing so important?
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/hand_washing.html
Kids
Health for Kids - Why do I need to wash my hands?
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/wash_hands.html
Test Your Handwashing Know-How
http://www.microbeworld.org/know/quiz.aspx
Soapy
Solutions Experiment from the FightBAC!TM Program
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/f02exp1.html
WashUp.org
(Press Release)
http://www.washup.org/page03.htm
Why is Handwashing Important?
http://www.microbeworld.org/know/important.aspx
Why
is handwashing important? (CDC Media Relations)
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r2k0306c.htm
LABORATORY
SAFETY - Microbiological Procedures
http://www.microeguide.com/safe_ml_intro_frame.htm
MICROBIOLOGY (back to top of page)
Bacteriology
303
http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact303/Bact303mainpage (On this
site, scroll down to find The Overview of Bacteriology. It
is a thorough resource.)
Cells
Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com
(to
focus just review the section on microbiology):
http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm#microbiol
E.
coli O157:H7 article on PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list
_uids=12929844&dopt=Abstract&itool=iconabstr
Guarding
Against the Most Dangerous Emerging Pathogens
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol2no4/ewald.htm
Introduction
to Bacteria
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteria.html
Medical
Microbiology
http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/toc.htm
The
Microbe Zoo
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/
MicrobeWorld’s
How Do They Do That? http://www.microbeworld.org/know/how.aspx
MicrobeWorld's Every Day Roles http://www.microbeworld.org/know/everyday.aspx
National Center for Biotechnology Information
National
Library of Medicine
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Resources for Educators on Microbiology
http://www.microbeworld.org/resources/educate.aspx
SAFE FOOD
HANDLING (back to top of page)
Critical
Steps Toward Safer Seafood
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdsafe3.html
Food
Safety For Your Family
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/food_safety.html
FSIS
- Color of cooked ground beef as it relates to doneness
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fact_sheets/color_of_cooked_ground_beef/index.asp
FSIS
- The Thermy Page
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/food_safety_education/thermy/index.asp
HACCP:
A State-of-the-Art Approach to Food Safety
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/bghaccp.html
HACCP Portal
http://www.haccpportal.com/
Hazard
Analysis And Critical Control Point Principles And Application
Guidelines
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/nacmcfp.html
How
to Size Up a Restaurant
http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/fpcs/how_to_size.html
Information
from your family doctor - E. coli
http://familydoctor.org/handouts/242.html
Resources
for National Food Safety Education Month from the National
Restaurant Association
http://www.nraef.org/nfsem/
Safe
Food: It’s Your Job Too!
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/Lesson/homepage.html
What
are consumer control points?
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/Lesson/L2/L2p9.html
RISK ASSESSMENT
& PERCEPTION
(back to top of page)
Are
You At Risk for Foodborne Illness?
http://www.lifesteps.com/gm/Atoz/hl/sp/info/hfoodquiz.jsp
Avian Flu Lesson Plan (PDF)
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/avianlessonplan.pdf
Center
for Science in the Public Interest - Outbreak Alert (PDF
490Kb)
http://www.cspinet.org/reports/outbreak_report.pdf
Food-Related
Illness and Death in the United States
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no5/mead.htm
Food
Risks: Perception vs. Reality
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/risk-toc.html
Myths
About Foodborne Disease
http://www.stop-usa.org/Foodborne_Illness/fbi_myths.html
Risk
Perception Factors
http://www.psandman.com/articles/cma-appc.htm
Foundation for Food Irradiation Education
http://www.food-irradiation.com/
CAREERS RELATED TO FOOD SAFETY
(back to top of page)
American
Dietetic Association:
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/career.html
Centers
for Disease Control Global Health Odyssey
http://www.cdc.gov/gcc/exhibit/virtualtour/field2.htm
Food
and Drug Administration - Careers
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/careers.html
Institute
of Food Technologists:
http://www.ift.org/cms/?pid=1000410
Microbe
World
http://www.microbeworld.org/scientists/do.aspx
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