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Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report
Summary of
Notifiable Diseases, United States
Emerging Infectious Diseases
(EID)
An electronic Journal Published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases,
CDC
Addressing Emerging Disease Threats: A Prevention Strategy for the United States
Addressing Emerging
Infectious Disease Threats: Slide Set and Information Packet.
The Slide Set and Technical Notes for Addressing Emerging Infectious Disease
Threats: A Prevention Strategy for the United States illustrate the threat of emerging infections
and outline CDC's proposed prevention strategy. These slides can be used for stand-alone
presentations, as supplements to existing or planned presentations, and as an introduction to a
presentation on a specific disease or condition.
CDC Travel Information
Graphical Travel Map and Reference material for International Travel
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases. CCD, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
Botulism, Brainerd Diarrhea, Campylobacter, Cholera, E. coli O157:H&, Helicobacter pylori, Listeriosis, Salmonella (Non-typhoid), Shigella, typhoid, and Vibrio vulnificus
The Communicable Disease
Surveillance Center of the Public Health Laboratory Service for England and Wales.
The Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) of England and Wales is a national
network comprising public health laboratories, reference laboratories and the Communicable
Disease Surveillance Center . CDSC is the major national resource for communicable disease
epidemiology in England and Wales.
University of Cambridge Public Health Page.
Useful World Wide Web, Telnet, and ftp sites for people working in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and
Evidence Based Health. United Kingdon.
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FOOD
SAFETY
The National Food Safety
Database
The National Food Safety Database (NFSD) has been produced to educate food
handlers about ways to prevent foodborne illness. This Database contains comprehensive food
safety information authored by numerous academic, government and private organizations, and
designed to be applicable across the United States. Resources were designed to be used by
educators, state and federal public health agencies, consumers, and food service and food
processing industries. The University of Florida in cooperation with the USDA.
AIDS and the Food Handler
Fact sheet prepared by the Institute of Food Science & Technology, UK.
Eating Defensively: Food Safety
Advice for Persons with Aids
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service/Food and Drug Administration/HFI-40,
DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 92-2232
American's Food Safety Team: A
Look at the Lineup
US FDA/Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition. FDA Consumer: July/August
1988
Food Safety and Hygiene: a Bulletin for
the Australian Food Industry
Bulletins containing various topics relating to food safety and hygiene. CSIRO
Division of Food Science & Technology
Food Safety and
Handling
Various topics related to food safety for the consumer.
Handling Food in the Home
CSIRO, Division of Food Science and Technology Consumer Information Service.
Food Safety tips for the consumer.
A Quick
Consumer Guide to Safe Food Handling
This booklet tells you what to do at each step in food handling--from shopping through
storing leftovers-to avoid food poisoning. Home and Garden Bulletin No. 248, September
1990, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
Food Safety and Nutrition
Information
International Food Information Council Foundation
Food Allergy/Asthma
International Food Information Council Foundation
Food
Allergies - Rare but Risky
A Reprint from FDA Consumer Magazine
Food Additives, Pesticides &
Chemical Contaminants
FDA/Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
Fresh Look
at Food Preservatives
An article by Judith E. Foulke
Consumer information leaflets and Fact
Sheets
CSIRO, Division of Food Science and Technology.
The Safety of Microwave Ovens
CSIRO Division of Food Science and Technology.
Small Scale Commercial Preservation of Acid Foods
CSIRO Division of Food Science and Technology
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FOOD LAW
The Food and
Drug Law Institute
IFT, Food Laws and Regulations Division
Courses related to food law offered by different universities
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FOOD SCIENCE
SITES
Internet
Resources for Food Science and Technology
Institute of Food Science & Technology Home Page
List of organizations in the United Kingdom
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FOODBORNE PATHOGENS
AND FOODBORNE ILLNESS
Bad Bug Book; Foodborne Pathogenic
Microorganisms and Natural Toxins (from the FDA)
Basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. This
handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural
toxins. Some technical terms have been linked to the National Library of Medicine's Entrez
glossary. Recent articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports have been added to
selected chapters to update the handbook with information on later outbreaks or incidents of
foodborne disease. At the end of selected chapters on pathogenic microorganisms, hypertext
links are included to relevant Entrez abstracts and GenBank genetic loci.
Selected
Publications About Foodborne Illness -Specific Pathogens
This gopher resource list contains materials primarily from 1991-1994 which are
indexed in the AGRICOLA database.
Selected
Publications about Foodborne Illness - General Topics
This gopher resource list contains materials primarily from 1991 -1994 which are
indexed in the AGRICOLA database.
Fact Sheets about
Foodborne Illness
New York State Health Department's Gopher site with fact sheets on various
foodborne illnesses
Foodborne Illness Information
Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition home
page for links to Foodborne Illness related topics.
Foodborne Campylobacteriosis and
How to Safeguard Against It
Fact sheet prepared by the Institute of Food Science & Technology, UK.
The E. coli Index.
These pages contain a comprehensive guide to information relating to the
bacterium Escherichia coli on the WWW.
E. coli as
Pathogens
This page is designed to bring together views and comments about E. coli
as both human and animal pathogens.
What Food Companies Should Know About
Food-Borne Listeriosis
Fact sheet developed by The Food Institute of Canada for food industry
personnel.
Listeria monocytogenes in
Cheese
Fact sheet prepared by the Institute of Food Science & Technology, UK.
E coli 0157:H7 (VTEC)
Food Poisoning and How to Safeguard Against It
Fact sheet prepared by the Institute of Food Science & Technology, UK.
Mettwurst and Escherichia
coli O111
From CSIRO Division of Food Science & Technology.
The Microbial
Underground's Salmonella Page
Contains links to various sites containing information related to
Salmonella
Salmonella
enteritidis Infection
CDC, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
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HACCP
Imports, Exports, Inspections and
HACCP
FDA/Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
HACCP-EASY
HACCP-EASY developed by Performance Management Systems Pty Ltd, Australia is designed to be used by any business involved in the production, manufacturing, transport, preparation and sale of food products.
Hazard Analysis of Critical Control
Points in Foods
FDA/Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
HACCP Implementation Manual
As part of FSEP, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has prepared Guidelines and
Principles for the Development of Generic HACCP Models. They orient the reader to the
concepts of HACCP, identify the steps required to conduct a hazard analysis, identify critical
control points, and explain what is required to implement a HACCP system. The manual
contains four volumes: Volume One - General Policy; Volume Two - Development of
Generic HACCP Models; Volume Three - Application of Generic HACCP Models; Volume
Four - Food Safety Enhancement Program Operational Guidelines (Not yet available --
currently being developed.)
TOTALHACCP System
Food Institute of Canada's computerized HACCP management tool. The Food
Institute of Canada has developed a computerized system to support the introduction and
management of plant-wide HACCP programs in food processing establishments, regardless of
the type of food products being processed. If you are serious about HACCP management,
TOTALHACCP is a serious solution. The TOTALHACCP system with its accompanying
graphics and database modules, provides all the necessary tools a serious HACCP manager
needs.
Fish and Fishery Products
Hazards and Controls Guide
Critical Control Point Decision
Tree
From Texas A&M Univ.
What HACCP Really Means
One-on-one with Russell Cross, industry guru HACCP. s reprinted from BEEF,
September 1994
Generic HACCP Models
USDA Models for Fresh Ground Beef, Refrigerated Foods, Swine Slaughter, Cooked
Sausage, and Poultry Slaughter are presented. Adobe Acrobat required to view these
models.
FSIS Pathogen Reduction/HACCP
Proposal
USDA/FSIS Backgrounder, January 1995
MICROBIOLOGY
Computers in Teaching Microbiology
Excellent information on the use of computers in teaching from the University of
Newcastle. This site includes Computer Setup, Netscape and molecular visualization, Cell
walls, Bioenergetics, Basic Immunology, Fundamental Virology and Virus Biology, Viral
epidemiology, Molecular Virology, Biotechnology and Enzyme technology, Biotechnology,
Public Health Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Gene Expression, Bacterial growth,
Ecology, Pathogenicity, Protozoa. Many of these topics have images or links to related sites.
The
World Wide Web for Delivering Computer-based Learning Resources
Excellent information on the use of computers in teaching from the University of
Newcastle. World Wide Web sources, software, documentation and on-line databases for
preparing teaching material for Microbiology
Cells
Alive!
Cells Alive! is filled with information, movies, and animations about cells (bacteria, parasites, phagocytes, and more). Specializing in infectious diseases and imuune
cells, you will find that this site offers information that cannot be found elsewhere on the Internet.
Yeast (Budding, Fission, and
Candida)
This section of the World-Wide Web Virtual Library - Biosciences describes the yeast
model organisms: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding, bakers' and sometimes brewers'),
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission), and Candida albicans.
Digital Learning Center for
Microbial Ecology?
The Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology (DLC-ME) is a science education
project under development at Michigan State University. The DLC-ME is being developed by
the Comm Tech Lab in collaboration with the Center for Microbial Ecology and the College of
Education at Michigan State. The creation of the DLC-ME is being partially sponsored by the
National Science Foundation. The goal of the DLC-ME is to use computers and network
technologies to provide students and teachers interested in microbiology and microbial ecology
with resources that may aid their learning and teaching. Elements of the DLC-ME will
eventually be distributed in three ways: on line as a World-Wide Web (WWW) site, by
downloading (using ftp) software modules for use on personal computers, and as a CD-ROM
for use on personal computers.
Protist Image Data
Images & data of several genera of organisms.
Electron Micrographs of Animal
Viruses
From the Veterinary Sciences Division at The Queen's University of Belfast.
Microbiology Picture
Gallery
Pictures of anaerobes, fermenters and glove boxes from the University of Nijmegen,
Faculty of Science, Department of Microbiology, The Netherlands
Pictures of
bugs
Raymond Lin's Medical Microbiology. Includes pictures of microorganisms in
clinical samples. These pages are mainly on medical and clinical microbiology and are meant
primarily for hospital doctors practicing in other specialties, medical students and fellow
microbiologists.
Bacterial Nomenclature
Up-To-Date
This is a searchable index for obtaining the most current name of a bacterial species.
BACTERIAL NOMENCLATURE UP-TO-DATE includes all bacterial names which have
been validly published since January 1 1980 and nomenclatural changes which have been
validly published since then. It will be updated with the publication of each new issue of the
IJBS
American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)
Home page for the American Type Culture Collection
Bugs in the News from the
University of Kansas
Microbiological issues in current events
The Microbial Underground's
Guide to Microbiology on the Net
Contains Hot News, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases WWW Sites, Microbiology
Courses on the Web, Microbiology Newsgroups, Listservers & Archives, Microbiology
Bulletin Board Services, Culture & Strain Data Collections, Microbiology & Infectious
Disease On-Line Publications, Search the Web for Matters Microbial, and The Microbial
Weird & Wonderful on the Web
The Microbial Underground from
Great Britain
Collection of Web pages that contain Medical, Microbiological and Molecular
Biological material, with links to other such material on the internet
Emory University School of
Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Home Page
Contains links to various infectious disease sites
The Tulane Univ. Garry
Lab WWW Virology Server
List of all the Virology Servers in the World. This page is brought to you by the
Garry Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the School of
Medicine at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Contained on this page are all the Virology
Related Web Pages that we have collected for the use of our fellow virologists.
Virus News & Views
University of Cape Town. Site includes an electronic "Introduction to Molecular
Virology"; A detailed Molecular Biology Techniques Manual, The Potyvirus Sequence
Database is mirrored here, A new database of Geminiviridae sequence, and an Ebola
page
Virus Ultrastructure
"A collection of images taken from my files" by Linda Stannard, University of Cape
Town. Site contains the Principles of virus architecture, Electron microscopy: How images
are created by negative staining, Electron microscopy images of DNA- and RNA-containing
viruses
Outbreak
An on-line information service addressing emerging diseases. Access is free, but new
users must register before they can access the service.
Halophilic Microorganisms
The home page for "Halophilic Microorganisms and Their Environments". This site is
about microorganisms that both tolerate and/or require elevated levels of salt for
growth.
Microscapes World Wide Web home
page
This site claims to be going where no microscope has gone before by offering one of
the Web's largest collections of color photographs taken through an optical microscope
(commonly referred to as "photo-micro-graphs").
Candida albicans
Information about Candida albicans molecular biology
The E. coli Index
These pages contain a comprehensive guide to information relating to the bacterium
Escherichia coli on the WWW
E. coli Genetic Stock Center
Database
Fungal Genetics Stock Center
The Fungal Genetics Stock Center is a resource available to the Fungal Genetics
research community and to educational and research organizations in general. The FGSC is
funded largely by the National Science Foundation of the United States of America and to a
lesser extent by the payments made by researchers who use our services. Located at the
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
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NUTRITION
Healthy Eating For Healthy Living
International Food Information Council Foundation's World Wide Web Server
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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OTHER
WorldWideWebMeat
Meat and meat related Web links
National Marine Fisheries Service
Fishmeat?
Welcome to Dairy Science
and Technology
From the University of Guelph. Includes Milk Production and Biosynthesis, Milk
Grading and Defects, Dairy Chemistry and Physics, Dairy Microbiology, Dairy Processing,
Dairy Products, and Glossary of Terms
SEAFOOD LIST
Contains market, scientific and common names of Fish and Shellfish
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Professional
Societies
American Society for Microbiology
Institute of Food Technologists' home page
International Association of Milk, food and Environmental Sanitarian's home page
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QUALITY
ASSURANCE/QUALITY
CONTROL
Quality Assurance/Total Quality
Management
ISO
9000 Online (International Organization for Standardization)
Home page for ISO and links to Other Web servers providing standards
information
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REGULATIONS (FDA,
USDA,
Agri-Food
Canada)
FDA Home Page
Electronic Source of Information about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Code of Federal Regulations
Compilation of the Federal regulations of a general applicability and legal effect, that
are currently in force - unofficial compilation of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice
(CGMP) regulations.
Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food:
21 CFR Part 110
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (FDA)
FDA/CFSAN WWW Home Page. Electronic Source of Information about the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration.
FDA Recall Polices Explained For
Industry
This site provides a discussion of the policies of the Food and Drug Administration and
the procedures that are to be used by firms in conducting recalls of violative products that are
regulated by the Agency
FDA Food
Code
Food Code. The Food and Drug Administration has published the 1993 edition of the
Food Code, a reference that guides retail outlets such as restaurants and grocery stores and
institutions such as nursing homes on how to prepare food to prevent food-borne illness.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Home Page
Home page for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's World Wide Web
server
U.S. Department of
Agriculture
USDA internet sites
Agriculture Network
Information Center
AgDB: Agriculture-Related Information Systems, Databases, and Data sets
Regulatory Fish
Encyclopedia
The Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE) is a compilation of data in several formats
that assists with the accurate identification of fish species. It was developed to help federal,
state, and local officials and purchasers of seafood identify species substitution and economic
deception in the marketplace. The RFE includes for each of a number of commercially
relevant fish species for sale in the U.S. market high-resolution photographs as their scanned
digital images (jpeg format) of whole fish and their marketed product forms (such as fillets)
which may be used for visual comparison to a whole fish in question (or its marketed product
form). The RFE also includes unique taxonomic characteristics (physical properties such as
size, shape, color, etc.), usually in a "checklist" format, to aid in identification. In addition
there is chemical taxonomic information consisting of species-characteristic biochemical
patterns which may be compared quantitatively to patterns obtained by an appropriate
laboratory analysis of the fish in question. These patterns include data from IEF (isoelectric
focusing) and RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) studies
FoodNet (Canada).
News and information on various TOPICS, links to other food sites. FoodNet, an
information network for the food industry, is a joint pilot project of the Food Institute of
Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
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WWW VIRTUAL
LIBRARY
The World Wide Web Virtual
Library - Agriculture
Contains links to various sites related to many areas of agriculture.
World Wide Web Virtual Library:
Microbiology and Virology
Links to many WWW sites related to microbiology and biology. Good starting point
for exploring these topic areas.
World Wide Web Virtual Library:
Biosciences
A list of links to sites related to biosciences. Information is categorized by provider
and subject
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