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Help For Students Writing A School Report
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Get Information from Multiple Sources
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Approach Provides an overview of the responsibilities of the different government agencies responsible for monitoring the safety of the food supply and links to the agencies web sites. Other Non-Government
Food and Nutrition Web sites | Provides a list of selected non-government web sites related to food and nutrition topics. Selected
Sources On The History Of FDA | Provides an extensive bibliography of public affairs on the history of FDA and the regulation of foods in the US.
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Assure that the Information you get is reliable
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Line Provides tips and links for finding information on the web as well as advice to help you determine the reliability of different web sites. Recognizing Good
Research | Provides guidance for evaluating a research study's scientific standards (from International Food Information Council). Understanding
and Interpreting Scientific Studies | Provides an overview for understanding and interpreting food and health-related scientific studies (from International Food Information Council). A
Guide to Finding Reliable Information | Advice from the World Health Organization to help internet users obtain reliable, independent, and comparable information on the internet.
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Use the facts to write your own report, don't copy word-for-word
Selected Topics for School Reports
History of Food and Cosmetic Regulation in The USA
| Milestones in U.S. Food
and Drug Law History Provides a chronological summary of key FDA events. The Long Struggle for
the 1906 Law | Provides the story of the events that led to the enhancement of the 1906 Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act. The
"C" in the Food Drug & Cosmetic Act | Shows biographies of FDA commissioners and their predecessors.
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Current Food and Cosmetic Program
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of the Food and Drug Administration Provides an overview of the agency, which regulates food ,drugs and medical devices. Overview of Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition | Provides an overview of the FDA organization whose responsibility for ensuring that food is safe, nutritious and wholesome, and cosmetics are safe; and that they are honestly, accurately and informatively labeled.
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Specific Food & Cosmetic Topics
| Cosmetics
| Foodborne Pathogens
| Food Additives
| Food Labeling
| Health Fraud
| Losing Weight and
Maintaining Healthy Weight
| Nutrition
| Pesticides
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Crosscutting Topics
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Laws Are Made Provides a brief overview from the House of Representatives on how federal laws are made. Food Law and
Regulation | Provides access to the full text of federal government regulations and laws. Consumer Research on Food
Labels and Food Safety | Provides brief summaries of consumer research conducted by FDA and USDA
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Conducting Your Own Research
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Sources on the History of FDA A bibliography of interpretive secondary sources with ample reference to additional literature What is the
Scientific Process and Ideas for Science Projects | Provides an explanation of the scientific process and suggests ideas for agricultural science projects. Science Fair
Projects: Food & Nutrition, Animals, Plants, Environment, and General
Science | Books, articles, internet resources, and educator's resources for science fair projects Requesting
Information From FDA | Provides guidance on how to request information from FDA. Requesting
Records from FDA | Provides guidance on how to use the Freedom of Information Act to request FDA records. How an
Outbreak Investigation is Conducted | Provides an overview of the procedures followed in conducting an investigation of an infectious disease outbreak.
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Being a Good Consumer and Citizen
| Consumer Advice Provides Food Safety advice in a question and answer format. How to Report Illness
and Product Problems | Provides links to the government agencies that follow-up on problems with food products. Making Your Voice
Heard | Provides guidance for how you can comment on FDA regulations. Become A Food
Scientist | Provides information from the University of California about What is Food Science, and answers questions about making Food Science your career. |
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| EPA Student Center
| NIH Office of
Science Education
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