Useful Links

UK Sites

Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
www.defra.gov.uk/

Department of Health
www.doh.gov.uk

Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST)
http://www.ifst.org/

FSA – Food Standards Agency
www.food.gov.uk/

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development – Northern Ireland
www.dardni.gov.uk/

European Sites

European Food Safety Authority
www.efsa.europa.eu

World Health Organization – Regional Office for Europe
www.euro.who.int/

Scientific Committee on Food, DG XXIV European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/index_en.html

DG XII Biotechnology, European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/biotechnology/index_en.htm

EC Evaluation of Food Control Systems in Member States
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/controls/foodfeed/index_en.htm

European Food Information Council
www.eufic.org

European Union
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

Other Worldwide Sites

Codex Alimentarius
www.codexalimentarius.org

Consumers International
www.consumersinternational.org

Dept. of Plant Agriculture,
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
www.plant.uoguelph.ca/

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)
www.fao.org

Food Standards Australia New Zealand
www.foodstandards.gov.au/

International Standards OrganiZation (ISO)
www.iso.ch/

New Zealand Food Safety Authority
www.nzfsa.govt.nz

World Health Organisation (WHO)
www.who.int

US Sites

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (CDC)
www.cdc.gov

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
www.epa.gov/

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
www.fda.gov/default.htm

Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)
www.fsis.usda.gov

Iowa State University Extension, including a Food Safety Project
www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/

Institute of Food Technologists – a non-profit scientific society
www.ift.org

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
www.usda.gov/