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• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
• Food Security Guidance; Availability. 
• National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
• Owners Of Texas Firm Sentenced For Selling Adulterated Meat Products
• Public Meeting To Address Codex Committee On Food Import And Port Inspection And Certification
• Codex Alimentarius: 10th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export
• Letter to Health Care Professionals about FDA Seeking Information on Liver Injury and Kava Products
• Effects of Antimicrobial Drug Residues From Food of Animal Origin on the Human Intestinal Flora
• Cooperative Agreement Between the United States . . and United Mexican States Regarding Safety of Food
• Draft Guidance for Industry: Exemptions from the Warning Label Requirement for ice-Recommendations for Effectively Achieving a 5-Log Reduction

• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page - December 20, 2001
• National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
• Draft Compliance Policy Guide: Filth from Insects, Rodents, and Other Pests in Food

• Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp; Withdrawal of Food Additive Petition
• FSIS Constituent Update: December 14
• 2001 FDA Food Code
• Food Labeling and Nutrition Web Pages
• Codex Alimentarius:  Meeting of the Codex Committee on Meat and Poultry Hygiene
• Food Code; 2001 Revision; Availability
• Statement by Dr. Elsa Murano on the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Public Meeting To Address Codex Committee On Meat And Poultry Hygiene Agenda
• USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline Gives Advice on Sending Food Gifts to U.S. Military
• FSIS to Realign District Offices
• Food Safety and Terrorism

• Frequently Asked Consumer Questions About Food Safety and Terrorism
• Holiday Food Safety
• Bioterrorism (FDA)
• Countering Bioterrorism and Other Threats to the the Food Supply
• Dietary Supplements Claiming Prevent or Treat Anthrax
• Submissions for Food Additive and Color Additive Petitions
• FSIS Reopens Comment Period on Residue Policy
• Oxytetracycline in Fish; Availability of Data
• Residue Policy
• Fumonisin Levels in Human Foods and Animal Feeds
• Anitox Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use); Formaldehyde
• Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan
• Food & Nutrition Research Briefs
• Keeping America's Food and Agriculture Safe
• Food Safety Systems Correlation
• National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
• Apple Juice, Apple Juice Concentrates, and Apple Juice Products
• Food Labeling; Notification on Dietary Supplements
• Apple Juice Products--Adulteration with Patulin
• FSIS Reopens Comment Period on Residue Policy
• Oxytetracycline in Fish; Availability of Data
• Residue Policy
• Fumonisin Levels in Human Foods and Animal Feeds
• Anitox Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use); Formaldehyde
• Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan
• Food & Nutrition Research Briefs
• Keeping America's Food and Agriculture Safe
• Holiday Food Safety
• Food Safety Systems Correlation
• National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
• Apple Juice, Apple Juice Concentrates, and Apple Juice Products
• Food Labeling; Notification on Dietary Supplements
• Apple Juice Products--Adulteration with Patulin
• FSIS to Post Positive E. coli Sampling Program Test Results on the Internet
• Three Year Research Plan - Food Safety
• HHS Biological Incidents: Preparedness and Response
• Veneman Swears in Sub Cabinet Members (October 2, 2001)
• FDA Announces Food Safety Grants
• Questions and Answers for the Juice HACCP Regulation
• Food Safety Progress Report - Fiscal Year 2000

• Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption
• Food For Thought: An Interview With Joseph A. Levitt
• Food Safety A to Z Reference Guide
• U.S. and Mexico to Share Vital Food Safety Information
• FDA and NSTA to Release New Program That Uses Science to Educate Students about Food Safety
• Iowa Firm Recalls Luncheon Meat Because of Undeclared Allergen
• National Food Safety Education Month^SM 2001: "Be Cool -- Chill Out! Refrigerate Promptly"
• National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
• Color Additives
• USDA ANNOUNCES MARKETING SUPPORT FOR EGG INDUSTRY
• FDA Public Meeting on August 13, 2001: The Challenge of Labeling Food Allergens
• FDA Warns Consumers About Imported Jelly Cup Type Candy That Poses A Potential Choking Hazard
• Guidance for Industry: Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance, Third Edition
• Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; FDA Recall Regulations. 
• Guidance on Inspections of Firms Producing Food Products Susceptible to Contamination With Allergenic Ingredients
• Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Food Labeling of Dietary Supplements on a Per Day Basis
• FDA Launches New Dietary Supplement and Food Labeling Newsletter "FDA-DSFL"
• Food Additive Safety Office; regulatory submissions in electronic format
• Guidance on Inspections of Firms Producing Food Products Susceptible to Contamination With Allergenic Ingredients
• FDA Public Meeting on August 13, 2001: The Challenge of Labeling Food Allergens
• Food Safety research reports
• Taking Care of Business: Food Safety Resources for Retail and Foodservice Establishments
• USDA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL PORK BOARD APPOINTMENTS
• FSIS Employee Receives Letter from President Bush
• Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, -07.25.01 PDF ]
• The Food Safety Educator: Time for Chill
• USDA Food Safety Advice On Cooking For Groups, (1:52.5) - Video
• National Food Safety Education Month 2001 Planning Guide for Food Safety Educators
• Survey of Domestic Fresh Produce: Interim Results
• Food Safety and Food Labeling; Presence and Labeling of Allergens in food
• Food Safety and Food Labeling; Presence and Labeling of Allergens in Foods
• FDA Launches New Dietary Supplement and Food Labeling Newsletter "FDA-DSFL"
• Taking Care of Business: Food Safety Resources for Retail and Foodservice Establishments,
• Hematology and Pathology Devices; Reclassification of Automated Differential Cell Counters; Correction\
• Guidance for Industry on Special Protocol Assessment
• USDA Awards $5 Million Multi-State Grant Establishing Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
• Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Change in Specifications for Gum or Wood Rosin Derivatives in Chewing Gum Base
• Guidance for Industry on Refusal of Inspection or Access to HACCP Records Pertaining to the Safe and Sanitary Processing of Fish and Fishery Products
• Program Priorities in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; Request for Comments
• Guidance for Industry: Refusal of Inspection or Access to HACCP Records Pertaining to the Safe and Sanitary Processing of Fish and Fishery Products July 18, 2001
• Guidance for Industry: Food Labeling - Serving Sizes Reference Amount for Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Pectin; Small Entity Compliance Guide July 2001
• USDA Graduate School
• Frequently Asked Questions: Natural Flavorings on Meat and Poultry Labels
• Washington Sweet Cherry Growers Approve Amendments
• Draft Guidance for Industry: Channels of Trade Policy for Commodities with Vinclozolin Residues
• Food Allergies: When Food Becomes the Enemy
• Understanding Vaccine Safety
• Novus International, Inc.; Filing of Food Additive Petition (Animal Use)- Ethoxyquin phosphate
• "Dear Colleague" Letter on August 13, 2001 Public Meeting on the Labeling of Foods Containing Allergens
• USDA Launches New Information-Based Web Site on Food Safety Research Programs (July 2, 2001)
• Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman AgTrade Event
• Rural Utilities Service, Connecting Rural America
• U.S. Export Sales Reports
• Livestock, Dairy and Poultry report
• USDA Announces $2.4 Million in Value Added Grants in Support of President's National Energy Strategy
• Vegetables and Specialties, VGS-283, 04.19.01
• The Food Safety Educator
• Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman on the Introduction of Trade Promotion Authority Legislation
• Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards
• Handle Food Safely for Fourth of July Picnics (June 26, 2001)
• USDA ANNOUNCES NEARLY $10 MILLION IN VALUE ADDED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKET DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
• CDC: Investigation of Human Health Effects Associated with Potential Exposure to Genetically Modified Corn
• Public health impact of vibrio parahaemolyticus in raw molluscan shellfish; draft risk assessment document; availability; reopening of comment period
• Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption
• New Food Chemicals Codex Monographs, Revisions of Certain Food Chemicals Codex Monographs, Revision of General Test Procedure, and New Test Solutions
• USDA ISSUES VOLUME REGULATION TO ASSIST CRANBERRY INDUSTRY
• FDA Issues a Nationwide Alert on the Recall of Thirteen "Treasure of the East" Herbal Products Because of Possible Health Risk
• FDA Corrects Erroneous Media Reports on Egg Safety Guidelines
• FDA Issues Nationwide Alert on the Recall of "Pierre Fabre Physicians Formula Eye Makeup Remover Lotion" Because of Health Risk
• How to Facilitate a Traceback Investigation: Overall Program Evaluation
• How to Safely Handle Refrigerated Ready-to-Eat Foods and Avoid Listeriosis (FDA)
• Remarks by FSIS Officials at the Public Meeting on A Public Health Approach to Processing Inspection, June 7, 2001, Washington, DC
• Redesigned Slaughter Inspection System Improves Food Safety
• More of Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook Now Online
• Search the entire set of CFR databases by keyword (current data)
• Retrieve CFR sections by citation (current and/or historical data)
• Secondary Direct Food Additives Permitted in Food for Human Consumption.
• M/A USDA Secretary Travels to Chicago - Veneman's Visit to Highlight Energy, Trade, and Foot-and-mouth Disease Prevention Efforts
• NCIMS HACCP Proposals May 2001
• For Teachers: Food Science in Middle & High School Classrooms
• Dear Colleague Letter on Allergen Guides
• Questions and Answers on Allergen Guides
• FSIS Technical Conference and Public Meeting to Focus on Proposal to Improve the Safety of Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products
• Veneman Outlines Food Safety Priorities: Releases Data Showing Continued Declines in Salmonella Prevalence in Meat and Poultry/ Salmonella Report Secretary Veneman's Remarks at the Summit
• USDA Set to Improve Nutrition Labeling Compliance for Meat and Poultry Products; Seeks Additional Comments
• National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods to Hold Public Committee Meeting
• Remarks by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman at the Food Safety Summit April 18, 2001 Washington, D. C.
• Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman on School Lunch Contracting
• FDA official seeks broad ban on animal feed
• Country/Allocation Status Reports for the -Export Enhancement Program-Dairy Export Incentive ProgramM/A Update on Foot-and-Mouth Disease Issues from USDA Officials...
• USDA FY2002 BUDGET REQUESTS RESPONSIBLE INCREASES FOR PLANT/ANIMAL DISEASE PROGRAMS, FOOD SAFETY & TRADE Venem...
• White House says USDA to keep salmonella beef testing for schools
• FDA Approves Nuked Pet Food
• Irradiation in the Production, Processing and Handling of Food. 
• Consumer Advisory on How to Safely Handle Refrigerated Ready-To-Eat Foods and Avoid Listeriosis
• Cooking For Groups: A Volunteer's Guide to Food Safety
• Handle Food Safely For Easter and Passover
• Protecting the Public from Foodborne Illness: The Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Consumer Briefing on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE)
• Letter About the Food Allergen Partnership
• Second Joint Symposium on Food Safety and Nutrition: Current Issues in Food Biotechnology - July 11-13, 2001
• Food Addditives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Food Starch-Modified by Amylolytic Enzymes. 
• Premarket Notice Concerning Bioengineered foods; Extension of Comment Period. 
• Foods, Infant Formulas, and Dietary Supplements; Technical Amendments. 
• Mississippi Poultry Plant Employee Sentenced for Adulterating Products
• Ecolab, Inc.; Filing of Food Additive Petition (FAP 1A4728)
• Agency Emergency Processing Under OMB Review; Focus Group Study of Radiation Disclosure Statement Options for Foods Treated With Ionizing Radiation
• United States Department of Agriculture-Foot and Mouth Disease
• Beverages: Bottled Water
• Consumer Questions and Answers About BSE
• Food Allergen Monitoring
• Food Allergen Partnership
• Microbiological Methods including Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online
• Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States Food and Drug Administration and National Fisheries Service, Ministry of Economy, Development, and Reconstruction, Republic of Chile Covering the Sanitary Control of Fresh and Frozen Molluscan Shellfish Exported From the Republic of Chile to the United States. 
• Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of OMB Approval; Food Safety Survey. 
• Letter About Updated Internet Site Regarding Completed Consultations Between FDA and Developers of Foods Derived Through Biotechnology
• The latest issue of The Food Safety Educator
• Cook Corned Beef Safely For St. Patrick's Day
• Quarterly Regulatory and Enforcement Report
• Highlights of FDA Food Safety Efforts: Fruit Juice, Mercury in Fish
• Proposed Rules Issued for Bioengineered Foods
• To Your Health! Food Safety for Seniors
• Updated Consumer Advisory for Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age who may become Pregnant about the Risks of Mercury in Fish
• Termination of Designation of the State of Missouri With Respect to the Inspection of Meat and Meat Food Products and Poultry and Poultry Food Products

• Guidance for Industry: Expedited Review for New Animal Drug Applications for Human Pathogen Reduction Claims
• USDA/FSIS Perspective on Retained Water
• Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption
• Guidance for Industry on Levothyroxine Sodium; Questions and Answers; Availability
• Public Health Impact of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus in Raw Molluscan Shellfish; Draft Risk Assessment Document; Availability; Extension of Comment Period
• Relative Risk to Public Health From Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods; Draft Risk Assessment Document and Risk Management Action Plan; Availability; Extension of Comment Period
• Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Dimethyl Dicarbonate
• Proposed Rules Issued for Bioengineered Foods
• Trying to Keep "Mad Cow Disease" Out of U.S. Herds
• HIGHLIGHTS OF FDA FOOD SAFETY EFFORTS: FRUIT JUICE, MERCURY IN FISH
• FSIS Constituent Update
• Library of Export Requirements
• Public Meeting To Address Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force On Animal Feeding Agenda
• Risk Management
• BSE: Background, Current Concerns, and U.S. Response
• European Union (EU) Export Certificates
• A New Kind of Fish Story: The Coming of Biotech Animals FDA Consumer, January - February 2001
• Performance Standards for the Production of Processed Meat and Poultry Products; Proposed Rule
• FY 2001 CFSAN Program Priorities: Progress to Date on "A" List Goals
• Guidance on Applying the Structure/Function Rule; Request for Comments Federal Register Notice, February 22, 2001
• USDA Resubmits Proposed Food Safety Regulations to Federal Register (February 20, 2001)
• Federal Register Final Rules Issued bu the Office of Premarket Approval: Year 2000 Approvals
• Food Safety Initiative Constituent Update: FDA Broadens Use of Packaging Materials for Irradiation of Prepackaged Foods February 16, 2001
• FDA Issues Health Warning About Avocado Pulp in Southern California Because of a Possible Health Risk
• Public Meetings To Address Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force On Foods Derived From Biotechnology Agenda (February 12, 2001)
• USDA Strategic Plan 1997-2002 - Food Safety Mission Area: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
• Federal Agencies Take Special Precautions to Keep "Mad Cow Disease" Out of the United States
• The National Shellfish Sanitation Program - A Protocol for International Participation
• Report on the Certification of Color Additives - First Quarter Fiscal Year 2001
• Methods of Making Sanitation Ratings of Milk Supplies - 1999 Revision, Corrected Edition
• FDA Issues Health Warning About Avocado Pulp in Southern California Because of Possible Health Risk
• A Description Of The U.S. Food Safety System
• Food Safety, from the 2000 USDA Agriculture Factbook

• Public Meetings To Address Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force On Foods Derived From Biotechnology Agenda (February 12, 2001)
• Public Meeting To Address Codex Committee On General Principles Agenda (February 12, 2001)
• Nutrition Labeling of Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products and Single-Ingredient Products
• Report on Consumer Focus Groups on Biotechnology and Labeling
• FSIS Extends Comment Period for On-Line Antimicrobial Reprocessing of Pre-Chill Poultry Carcasses
• Letter to Manufacturers Regarding Botanicals and Other Novel Ingredients in Conventional Foods
• FDA Survey of Imported Fresh Produce - FY 2001 Field Assignment
• 9th Annual FDA Dietetics Workshop -- March 26, 2001
• FDA Survey of Imported Fresh Produce, FY 2000 Field Assignment

• Codex Alimentarius Commission: Thirty-Third Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants; Notice of public meeting, request for comments (January 30, 2001)
• Performance Standards for On-line Antimicrobial Reprocessing of Pre-chill Poultry Carcasses; Extension of comment period (January 30, 2001)
• Report on Evaluation of Good Agricultural Practices Training Program
• Frequently Asked Questions About Food Safety from the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
• Termination of Designation of the State of Missouri With Respect to the Inspection of Meat and Meat Food Products and Poultry and Poultry Food Products
• Food Safety Constituent Update: Diagnosis and Management Foodborne Illness: A Primer for Physicians; Federal Food Safety Strategic Plan
• Approximate pH of Foods and Food Products
• Draft Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Developed Using Bioengineering
• Food Safety Constituent Update: Diagnosis and Management Foodborne Illness: A Primer for Physicians; Federal Food Safety Strategic Plan
• Links to the Draft Risk Assessment Document and Risk Management Action Plan referenced in today's Federal Register Notice are available on the Listeria monocytogenes page.
• Food Safety Strategic Plan President's Council on Food Safety, January 19, 2001
• Detection of Salmonella in Environmental Samples from Poultry Houses - New Microbiological Method
• Food Service Safety Facts: Assuring the Safety of Eggs and Egg Dishes Made from Raw, Shell Eggs
• FDA's Evaluation of the Seafood HACCP Program for 1998/1999

• 4 Ways to Make Safer Food Selections -- Your Guide to Safer Eating Out and Taking Out (Consumer Advisory Provision of the FDA Food Code - Sample Brochure)
• The FDA, Food Allergens and You Audio Slide Presentation, November 2000
• Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria Monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods; Draft Risk Assessment Document and Risk Management Action Plan; Availability (January 19, 2001)
• Guidance for Industry (Final): FDA Recommendations for Sampling and Testing Yellow Corn and Dry-Milled Yellow Corn Shipments intended for Human Food Use for Cry9C Protein Residues January 19, 2001
• Federal Register Final Rule: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP); Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Juice January 19, 2001
• FDA Announces Report on Safety of Imported Foods January 19, 2001
• Food Safety Strategic Plan President's Council on Food Safety, January 19, 2001
• Statement by Thomas J. Billy, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service (January 19, 2001)
• USDA Names Members To National Advisory Committee On Meat And Poultry Inspection (January 19, 2001)
• FDA Announces Availability of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Risk Assessment January 18, 2001
• Docket 98-005P - Nutrition Labeling of Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry [and related documents] (January 18, 2001)
• FDA Announces Proposal and Draft Guidance for Food Developed Through Biotechnology January 17, 2001
• FDA Announces Advisory on Methyl Mercury in Fish January 12, 2001
• Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products; Poultry Chilling Requirements; Final Rule [and related documents] (January 9, 2001)
• Glickman Proposes Nutrition Labeling for Meat and Poultry and Backgrounder (January 12, 2001)
• Guidance for Industry: Channels of Trade Policy for Commodities with Methyl Parathion Residues
• The latest issue of FSIS' free quarterly newsletter, The Food Safety Educator (Volume 5, No. 3, December 2000), is now available on the Web site.

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