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Here are some resources: 'Organic' outcry heeded: Feds withdraw changes allowing more pesticides (sfgate.com) ORGANIC FOOD FIGHT Outcry over rule changes that allow more pesticides, hormones (sfgate.com) Organic label muddies the waters (sfgate.com) National Organic Program (ams.usda.gov) Organic Farming Production & Marketing (usda.gov) Organic Consumers Association (organicconsumers.org) Farming and Organic Food National Resources Defense Council (nrdc.org) Hot Topic: Mad Cow Disease   BSE and CJD Information & Resources CDC: Center for Disease Control & Prevention (cdc.gov) Mad Cow Disease Organic Consumers Association (organicconsumers.org) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) FDA: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (fda.gov) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Food Safety and Inspection Service -- United States Department of Agriculture (fsis.usda.gov) Mad Cow Disease: Counting the Cost CNN.com (cnn.com) Food Politics Blogs, Books & Films   Food Museum Blog: Food Safety (foodmuseum.typepad.com) The Future of Food (film trailer) (thefutureoffood.com) Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health by Marion Nestle (amazon.com) Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism by Marion Nestle (amazon.com) Diet for a Dead Planet: How the Food Industry Is Killing Us by Christopher D. Cook (amazon.com) Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser (amazon.com) Super Size Me (DVD) directed by Morgan Spurlock (amazon.com) Fat Land : How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Critser (amazon.com) How We Eat: Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food by Leon Rappoport (amazon.com) Food and Culture: A Reader by Carole Counihan (amazon.com) General Resources   World Health Organization Food Safety (who.int) United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (fsis.usda.gov) U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (fda.gov) Food Labeling and Nutrition (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (cfsan.fda.gov) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Food Safety Office (cdc.gov) Organic Consumers Association Campaigning for Food Safety, Organic Agriculture, Fair Trade & Sustainability (organicconsumers.org) Home Food Safety (homefoodsafety.org) Food News Environmental Working Group (foodnews.org) Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 (healthierus.gov) Home Food Safety (homefoodsafety.org) Center for Informed Food Choices (informedeating.org) National Food Processors Association (NFPA) (safefood.org) Medline Plus U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (nlm.nih.gov) Fight Bac Partnership for Food Safety Education (fightbac.org) Food Safety Network (foodsafetynetwork.ca) The Center for Food Safety (centerforfoodsafety.org) www.foodsafety.gov (foodsafety.gov) FoodSafe Program (foodsafe.ucdavis.edu) North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Hot Topics in Food Safety (ces.ncsu.edu) Iowa State University Extension: Food Safety Project (extension.iastate.edu) Hot Topic: Food Safety and Bioterrorism   The California Report: Health Dialogues: Food Safety KQED (kqed.org) U.S. Food & Drug Administration: Counterterrorism FDA (fda.gov) Countering Bioterrorism and Other Threats to the Food Supply (foodsafety.gov) Frequently Asked Consumer Questions About Food Safety and Terrorism FDA: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (cfsan.fda.gov) Food Safety Threats CDC: Center for Disease Control (bt.cdc.gov) Terrorism Q & A: Food & Agriculture Council on Foreign Relations (cfrterrorism.org) Hot Topic: Genetically Modified Food (GMO)   Super Organics Wired Magazine (wired.com) Genetic Engineering The Sierra Club (sierraclub.com/biotech) Biotechnology U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) (vm.cfsan.fda.gov) USDA's Agricultural Biotechnology Website U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (usda.gov) Genetically Engineered Food Organic Consumers Association (organicconsumers.org) Seeds of Doubt The Sacramento Bee (sacbee.com) Genetically Engineered Food The Center for Food Safety (foodsafetynow.org) Harvest of Fear NOVA/Frontline Special Report (pbs.org/wgbh/harvest) Genetically Modified Foods Social Issues Research Center (SIRC) (sirc.org) Genetically-modified food National Centre for Biotechnology Education (NCBE) (ncbe.rdg.ac.uk) Genetically Modified Food SCOPE Forum (scope.educ.washington.edu) Hot Topic: Mercury in Fish   2004 FDA/EPA Consumer Advisory: What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (epa.gov) Guide to Mercury in Sushi Natural Resources Defense Council(nrdc.org) Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish FDA: Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (cfsan.fda.gov) 2004 EPA and FDA Advice For: Women Who Might Become Pregnant Women Who are Pregnant Nursing Mothers Young Children FDA: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (cfsan.fda.gov) Seafood Information and Resources FDA: Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (cfsan.fda.gov) Mercury Calculator Sea Turtle Restoration Project (seaturtles.org) Monterey Aquarium's sustainable seafood wallet-sized card Download and print! (mbayaq.org) ToxFAQs for Mercury ATSDR: Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (atsdr.cdc.gov) Methylmercury in Sport Fish: Information for Fish Consumers OEHHA: Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (oehha.ca.gov) Hot Topic: Food Irradiation   Zapped meats headed our way San Francisco Chronicle (sfgate.com) The History of Food Irradiation Public Citizen (citizen.org) Food irradiation -- U.S. Food & Drug Administration articles (FDA) Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (vm.cfsan.fda.gov) Why should I care about irradiated food? Center for Consumer Research (ccr.ucdavis.edu) Irradiation -- Government food safety links (foodsafety.gov) site map | terms of service | privacy policy Copyright © 1994-2008 KQED. All Rights Reserved.		SPONSORED BY: