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U.S. Government Departments and Agencies

 
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Census
Census 2000 Data
Census Data Access Tools - Create custom extracts and tallies from very large data sets.
2000 Statistical Abstract of the United States -
Ferret - The Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Report of the Surgeon General on Physical Activity and Health
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
World Factbook with information on every country.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics 1998--CIA
Consumer and Product Safety Commission
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Fact Book
Agricultural Research Service
Food Composition Data
Food Consumption Surveys
Phytochemical Database
Digital photos on science, farming, food, and the environment
Agricultural Statistics
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
CRIS Database Search - database on current research
Dietary Guidelines
Economics and statistics databases and reports (at Cornell University)
Extension Service
Food Safety and Inspection Service
National Agricultural Library
Agricola OnLine - Public access catalog and journal article citation index
Food and Nutrition Information Center
Directory of Agriculture-Related Databases, Datasets, and Information Systems
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database
National Agriculture Statistics Service
Department of Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Healthfinder - A HHS consumer information service with links to health information
Adminstration on Aging
Dietary Guidelines
FDA - See Food and Drug Administration
Department of Justice
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Register
Federal Trade Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - Responsible for developing and enforcing regulations regarding food labeling, food safety and other food related areas
FDA Has put a number of their manuals online.  They are:
Defect Action Levels
Action Levels
Regulatory Procedures Manual
Inspectors Operation Manual
Guidelines to Inspections by type of processor
Inspection Guide for Equipment
Foreign Inspection Manual
FDA Consumer Magazine
Enforcement Reports
FDA News releases
Food and Drug Law History
FoodSafety.gov - Provides a gateway to help the public find goverment food safety information.  Developed by FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in consultation with USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service
National Center for Health Statistics
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Standard and Technology
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Science Foundation
National Science & Technology Week Online
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Patent and Trademark Office
Full text database
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
U.S. Code, Title 21 - U.S. Code relating to Title 21, Food and Drugs (at Cornell University) 

This page is maintained by the Food Law and Regulations Division of the Institute of Food Technologists. To submit materials for posting on the Division's home page or to make other comments, contact David Haytowitz

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Last updated: January 15, 2005