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Food Safety Information - Governmental Agencies - the Information you need - Free

Government Food Safety Agencies

• Food safety network
• U.S. Federal Agencies
• State and Local Agencies
• International Agencies

The Food Safety Network

Many federal, state, and local agencies work together to monitor food safety. The responsibilities of each of the agencies are described in FoodSafety: A Team Approach .

Federal Government Agencies

• Agricultural Research Service, USDA
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service , USDA
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition , FDA
• Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA
• Food Safety and Inspection Service , USDA
• Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases , CDC
• Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) , USDA
• Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA

  For additional federal agencies, see Food Safety: A Team Approach .

Federal Government/Private Sector Partnerships

• Partnership for Food Safety Education (Fight BAC!)
  

State and Local Government Agencies

• Overall Listing of State, County, and Territory Agencies
• State and Territorial Health Agencies
• National Food Safety Contacts
• Extension Agents and Other Food Resource People
• State, County, and City Government Consumer Protection Offices
• State Health Agencies
• U.S. State and Local Government Sites

• Alabama
  • Division of Food, Milk, and Lodging
• Alaska
  • Environmental Sanitation & Food Safety
• California
  • Department of Food and Agriculture Kings County Division of Environmental Health Services California Sea Grant Extension Program
• Colorado
  • Consumer Protection Division Colorado Cooperative Extension Service Food and Nutrition Publications
• Delaware
  • Department of Agriculture Food Products Inspection Delaware Cooperative Extension Food and Nutrition Facts
• Florida
  • Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Food Safety Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants Florida Cooperative Extension Service National Food Safety Database
• Hawaii
  • Environmental Health Administration
• Illinois
  • Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, Division of Environmental Health
• Indiana
  • Indiana Cooperative Extension Service: Foods and Nutrition Marion County Health Department, Foodborne Disease Prevention
• Iowa
  • Iowa Cooperative Extension Service Food Safety Project
• Kansas
  • Bureau of Environmental Health Services Kansas Cooperative Extension Service
• Michigan
  • Department of Agriculture, Food Safety
• Minnesota
  • Department of Health Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service
• Mississippi
  • Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service Food Safety and Quality
• Nebraska
  • Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, Food Safety Website
• North Carolina
  • North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Food Safety Information Retrieval System
• North Dakota
  • North Dakota Cooperative Extension Service Food Safety and Substitutions
• Pennsylvania
  • Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services
• South Dakota
  • Office of Health Protection
• Texas
  • Bureau of Food and Drug Safety
• Virginia
  • Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Food Safety Programs Division of Food and General Environmental Health Services
• Washington
  • Seattle-King County Department of Public Health
• West Virginia
  • Bureau of Public Health
    

International Government Agencies

• World Health Organization
  • Food Safety Program
    

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