Food Safety

• FoodSafety.gov
  Gateway to government food safety information.
• CDC.gov: Foodborne Infections
  Look here for information on E. coli, Listeriosis, Salmonella, and Shigellosis.
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
  Check out their June 2008 report on food safety in restaurants: Dirty Dining: Have Reservations? You Will Now. Pittsburgh is included in the survey.
• FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
  US Food & Drug Administration site includes news on the latest regulations and covers the programs that they administer.

• Allegheny County Health Department: Food Safety
  The ACHD is responsible for food and restaurant inspection in Allegheny County
• Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture: Food Safety
  Includes restaurant inspections database.
• Pennsylvania Department of Health
  Their website will often include links to relevant information when there are outbreaks of foodborne illnesses.
• Pennsylvania State University: Food Safety
  Includes a Food Safety and Home Food Preservation Databases.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazetter: The county needs to beef up food inspections
  An editorial in response to "Dirty Dining: Have Reservations? You Will Now", a report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Food and Drug Administration--Recalls

For library materials on this topic, browse these subject headings in the library catalog:
Food Safety Measures
Food Storage