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• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated December 30, 2003
• Export Notice 2003-11:  BSE Restrictions on U.S. Exports
• Export Notice 2003:10:  BSE Restrictions on U.S. Exports to Canada
• Export Notice 2003-9: BSE Restrictions on U.S. Exports
• Export Notice 2003-8: BSE Investigation and Restrictions on U.S. Exports
• BSE Information and Resources
• Government BSE Pages
• FDA Statement on Rendered Products Derived From BSE Cow in Washington State
• USDA Makes Preliminary Diagnosis of BSE
• Statement of Probable Case of BSE in Washington State
• Veneman Announces Additional Protection Measures to Guard Against BSE
• FSIS Training For Inspectors On Target
• FSIS To Hold Public Meeting On Food Safety Technologies
• Codex Alimentarius: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Meat
• Public Meeting on New Technology: The State of Food Safety Technologies
• USDA Makes Preliminary Diagnosis of BSE
• Washington Firm Recalls Beef Products Following Presumptive BSE Determination
• FSIS To Hold Public Meeting On Food Safety Technologies
• FSIS Training For Inspectors On Target
• Public Meeting To Address Codex Committee On Meat Hygiene
• Bulk Over-the-Road Food Tanker Transport Safety and Security Guidelines
• Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated December 18, 2003
• Food and Cosmetic Security Guidances; Availability
• Questions and Answers on the Interim Final Rule on Prior Notice of Imported Food
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated December 16, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated December 12, 2003
• Importing Meat, Poultry And Egg Products To The United States
• Imported Meat, Poultry and Egg Products Remain Under USDA Jurisdiction
• Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
• Small Entity Compliance Guides on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported
• Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers
• Importing Meat, Poultry And Egg Products To The United States
• Imported Meat, Poultry and Egg Products Remain Under USDA Jurisdiction
• FDA Statement Regarding Glofish
• FDA and CBP Define Their Transitional Compliance Policy on Food Imports
• Compliance Policy Guide: Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security
• FDA Update on Recent Hepatitis A Outbreaks Associated With Green Onions From Mexico
• FDA Announces Comprehensive Foods Advisory on Methylmercury
• USDA Suggests, “Give the Gift of Food Safety”
• EL USDA sugiere que “La Inocuidad Alimentaria sea su Regalo”
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated December 10, 2003
• HACCP; Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Juice
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated December 7, 2003
• Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding Registration of Food Facilities
• FDA and CPB Bolster Safeguards on Imported Food
• Speeches Page: Updated December 4, 2003
• Submission of Petitions: Food Additive, Color Additive (Including Labeling), and GRAS
• CFSAN 2003 Program Priorities - Report Card
• Listeria Monocytogenes Risk Management Action Plan; Availability
• Reducing the Risk of Listeria monocytogenes FDA/CDC 2003 Update of the Listeria Action Plan
• Relative Risk to Public Health From Foodborne Listeria Monocytogenes
• Consumers in Oregon Area Advised of Risks Associated with Raw Sprouts
• United States Seizes Contaminated Food Articles at Northeast, Washington, D.C. Food
• Joseph A. Levitt Retires as Director of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• Vulcan Chemicals; Filing of Food Additive Petition
• FSIS Issues Alert On The Importance Of Cooking And Handling Ground Beef
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated November 25, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated November 25, 2003
• Statement on Hepatitis A
• The FDA Today Issued The Following Statement To Clarify Its Actions On Green Onions
• USDA Partners With Food Banks On Thanksgiving Food Distribution Efforts
• Tests Show Salmonella in Meat and Poultry Products Declines 66 Percent
• FSIS’ top research priorities, grouped by research category
• News Release: USDA Announces Unified Food Safety Research Agenda
• FDA guidance on food ingredient safety assessment
• USDA Announces Unified Food Safety Research Agenda
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated November 19, 2003
• Toxicological Principles for the Safety of Food Ingredients: Redbook 2000
• Questions and Answers on Hepatitis A Outbreaks
• USDA Hotline: A Food Safety Resource for Millions
• USDA Hotline: A Food Safety Resource for Millions [Español]
• Food Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
• FDA Advises Consumers That Recent Hepatitis A Outbreaks Have Been Associated With Onions
• USDA Announces New Food Safety And Security Guidelines For Consumers
• Food Safety and Security: What Consumers Need to Know
• Inocuidad Alimentaria y Seguridad Alimentaria: Lo que Deben Saber los Consumidores
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated November 13, 2003
• The Joy of Giving Food Safely
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated November 13, 2003
• FDA Collaborates with AOAC to Gain Approval of Peanut Test Kits for Food Products
• USDA Hotline Shares Turkey Basics For Holiday Meals (Video clip; RealPlayer required)
• Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
• Food and Nutrition Information Center
• Turkey Basics
• Safe Handling of Take Out Foods
• Studies to Evaluate the Safety of Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Human Food: General
• Studies to Evaluate the Safety of Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Human Food: Repeat-Dose
• Holiday Food Safety
• Keep Take-Out and Delivered Foods Safe
• Amber Waves magazine
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy/Ruminant Feed Ban Inspectio
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated November 10, 2003
• Registration of Food Facilities
• Relative Risk to Public Health From Foodborne Listeria Monocytogenes
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated October 29, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated November 5, 2003
• Diseases transmitted through the food supply
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; minimal risk regions and importation of commodities
• Speeches Page: Updated November 4, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated November 3, 2003
• USDA ISSUES PROPOSED RULE TO ALLOW LIVE ANIMAL IMPORTS FROM CANADA
• BSE USDA Actions and Canadian Situation Q&A (pdf)
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated October 29, 2003
• Approving Ingredients Used in the Production of Meat and Poultry Products
• Substantiating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Developed Using Bioengineering
• Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness
• Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Endotoxin Assay; Availability
• Food Safety News Flash: Food Tampering - An Extra Ounce of Caution
• Testing for Rapid Detection of Adulteration of Food
• Food Safety Publications
• Safe Handling of Take-Out Foods
• Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness
• Safety of New Animal Drugs With Regard to Their Microbiological Effects on Bacteria of Human
• Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Registration of Food Facilities
• Request for Nominations to Serve on Four Subcommittees of FDA's Food Advisory Committee
• Public Meeting on Risk Analysis; Notice and Request for Comments
• FSIS To Hold Public Meeting and Seek Comment on Risk Analysis
• National Advisory Committee To Hold Public Meeting
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated October 27, 2003
• Relative Risk to Public Health From Foodborne Listeria Monocytogenes
• Domestic Outreach Meetings: Interim Final Rules for Registration of Food Facilities
• Codex Alimentarius Commission:  Meeting of the Codex Committee on General Principles
• CFL has updated its Course Descriptions and Schedule
• Frequently Asked Questions About Food Safety
• Draft Guidance on Studies to Evaluate the Safety of Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food
• Speeches Page: Updated October 21, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated October 22, 2003
• Listeria monocytogenes Risk Assessment
• Keeping Ready-To-Eat Foods Cold May be the Key to Reducing Listeriosis
• Public Meeting To Address Codex Committee On General Principles
• Quantitative Assessment of the Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria
• National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection; Nomination for Membership
• USDA Seeks Membership Nominations for National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated October 20, 2003
• Cooperative Agreement to Support the National Center for Food Safety and Technology
• FDA Introduces New Technology to Improve Food Security
• Listeria In FSIS Ready-To-Eat Products Shows Significant Decline
• Microbiological Testing Programs for Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Meat and Poultry Products
• Dr. McKee's remarks before the National Chicken Council
• Economic Effects of a Ban on Antimicrobial Drugs Used in Beef Production
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated October 14, 2003
• HHS Issues New Rules to Enhance Security of the U.S. Food Supply
• Bioterrorism Act Regulations Require Facilities Registration, Prior Notice of Food Shipments
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated October 10, 2003
• Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export
• Codex Committee Agenda
• Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness
• Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness
• Risk Assessment for Food Terrorism and Other Food Safety Concerns
• Public Meetings To Address Codex Committee On Food Imports and Exports
• FSIS Increases Efficiency In Detecting Salmonella In Raw Products
• FSIS Directive 10,240.4
• Verification Procedures for the Listeria monocytogenes Regulation and Microbial Sampling
• Recent Speeches
• STATEMENT By Dr. Garry L. McKee, Administrator: OIG Audit Report on ConAgra
• FSIS Initiatives and Policy Changes: OIG Audit Report on ConAgra
• Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; Public Meeting
• FSIS Proposes To Revise Classes Of Poultry, Provide Consumers With More Accurate Labeling
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated September 30, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated September 29, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated September 29, 2003
• Investigations Operations Manual
• Perchlorate: Questions and Answers
• FDA Offers Food Safety Information for Expected Power Outages and Flooding From Hurricane Isabel
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated September 22, 2003
• Food Safety in a Disaster
• FDA Offers Food Safety Information for Expected Power Outages and Flooding
• USDA CONSUMER ALERT Keeping Food Safe During An Emergency
• FSIS Sampling For Ground Beef Shows E. coli O157:H7 Downward Trend
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated September 17, 2003
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
• Disaster Investigations
• Comment Request; Threshold of Regulation for Substances Used in Food-Contact Articles
• Guidance for Industry on Use of Material From Deer and Elk in Animal Feed
• Preparing a Claim . . . for Submission to the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• FDA Warns Milk Producers to Remove "Hormone Free" Claims From the Labeling of Dairy
• Keeping Food Safe During An Emergency
• Cómo Mantener los Alimentos Sanos Durante una Emergencia
• Surveillance of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated September 12, 2003
• Food Safety Publications
• FDA Issues Advisory on Star Anise "Teas"
• Imaging System Detects Contaminants on Poultry
• Former Miss America Helps USDA Promote Food Safety
• Video News Release: USDA Celebrates National Food Safety Education Month
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated September 9, 2003
• Reminder: Listeria Workshops Begin September 13
• Food Biotechnology Subcommittee of the Food Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
• Guidance for Industry on Part 11, Electronic Records; Electronic Signatures
• 2001 Food Code Supplement
• 2001 Food Code Errata Sheet
• FSIS Pre-harvest E. coli O157:H7 Symposium September 9, 2003 Meeting Agenda
• Food and Nutrition Resources for Teachers
• FSIS Public Meeting on Pre-Harvest Food Safety Issues and Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated September 2, 2003
• The Food Safety Educator: Updated September 02, 2003
• September is National Food Safety Education Month
• ADVANCED MEAT RECOVERY USING BEEF VERTEBRAL RAW MATERIALS
• Food Safety Regulatory Essentials
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated August 27, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page; Updated August 25, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated August 25, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated August 25, 2003
• Listeria monocytogenes Workshops for Small and Very Small Plants
• Joint Advisory for Methyl mercury-containing Fish Consumption for Women and Children
• Methyl mercury- Fish Consumption Advisory – Slide Presentation
• Methyl mercury- Fish Consumption Advisory – List of Attendees
• FSIS Announces Series Of Workshops To Discuss Implementation Of Listeria Rule
• USDA Creates Regional Training Centers For Meat Inspectors; Names Coordinator for Initiative
• FDA Unveils 5-Part Strategic Plan to "Protect and Advance America's Health"
• FDA's Strategic Action Plan Protecting and Advancing America's Health: Responding to new
• Foodborne Illness: What Consumers Need To Know
• Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption
• Reminder: Listeria Workshops Begin September 13
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated August 19, 2003
• USDA and Olivia Newton-John Team Up for Back-to-School Food Safety
• September is National Food Safety Education Month
• Food Safety Regulatory Essentials Training
• Murano Announces Office of New Technology At Food Inspection Agency
• Combined Database of Predictive Microbiology Information
• Food Security and Emergency Preparedness
• Import Permit Applications for Certain Ruminant Products from Canada will be Accepted
• Permit Process for Importing Certain Ruminant Products from Canada
• National Advisory Committee On Microbiological Criteria For Foods To Hold Public Meeting
• HHS Memorandum between FDA and the Ministry of Health of the United Mexican States
• USDA Creates Food Safety Risk Assessment Committee
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated August 8, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated August 7, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated August 4, 2003
• Listing of Accredited Laboratories: Updated August 1, 2003
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated July 29, 2003
• National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
• FSIS Safety and Security Guidelines for the Transportation and Distribution of Meat, Poultry,
• FDA and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Public Workshop
• Guidance for Industry on How to Use E-Mail to Submit a Notice of Intent to Slaughter
• Food Labeling; Notification Procedures for Statements on Dietary Supplements
• Channels of Trade Policy for Commodities With Residues of Pesticide Chemicals [PDF]
• Channels of Trade Policy for Commodities With Residues of Pesticide Chemicals [HTML]
• HHS Creates Food Security Research Program to Protect Nation's Food Supply
• Progress Report to Secretary Tommy G. Thompson: Ensuring the Safety and Security
• Backgrounder: Ensuring the Safety and Security of the Nation's Food Supply
• FDA to Review Ways to Reduce the Risk of Contamination Involving the Processing of Food
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated July 16, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated July 14, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated July 14, 2003
• Guidance for Dairy Industry: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance
• USDA Announces Initiatives To Improve Food Safety
• ARS Scientists May Bring Relief to Peanut Allergy Sufferers
• NEW DATABASE HELPS CONTROL FOOD PATHOGENS
• Public Meeting to Discuss Agenda Items for Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
• Twenty-sixth Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated July 8, 2003
• Changes in Fees for Federal Meat Grading and Certification Services
• Withdrawal of Food Additive Petitions Subsequently Converted to Food Contact Notifications
• Bioterrorism Act of 2002 - Food Facility Registration
• FSIS Issues Notice On The Importance For Businesses To Keep Proper Records
• Federal Register Dockets: Updated June 26, 2003
• Speeches Page: Updated June 25, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated June 25, 2003
• For an Enjoyable Fourth, Consumers Should Practice Food Safety
• USDA Says"Fight BAC" When Grilling Irradiated Burgers [Video News Release]
• Compliance With Recordkeeping and Registration Requirements Under the Federal Meat and
• Current Good Manufacturing Practice for the Production of Infant Formula
• Food Safety and Security Research--Rapid Methods Development
• Management Changes in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
• Three Executives Indicted after Joint FDA-USDA Inspection of Chicago Food Warehouse
• FDA Warns Consumers Against Taking the Following Dietary Supplements:
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated June 23, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated June 23, 2003
• Australia and NZ Added to the List of Countries Eligible to Import Ratite Poultry Products
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated June 20, 2003
• IKE Scenario Update: Microbiological Testing Program for E. coli O157:H7 in Raw Ground Beef
• The U.S. and Mexico Sign a Memorandum Enhancing the Safety and Quality of Shellfish
• USDA Food Safety Listening Session 
• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
• National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated June 16, 2003
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated June 16, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated June 13, 2003
• Food Safety Employees Honored at Annual Awards Ceremony
• Standardized Training Curriculum for Application of HACCP Principles to Juice Processing
• USDA Seeks Nominations for Second Annual Howard E. Bauman Award for Food Safety
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated June 12, 2003
• Interstate Shellfish Dealers Certificate
• National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection
• Premarket Notification for Food Contact Substances; Public Meeting
• Beverages: Bottled Water; Confirmation of Effective Date
• Exemption for Retail Store Operations
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated June 9, 2003
• USDA Issues Notice On Codex Standard Setting Activities
• Chile Agrees To Accept Exports From All FSIS Certified Plants
• Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products
• Listeria monocytogenes: Related Documents
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated June 6, 2003
• Codex Alimentarius Commission:  26th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex)
• Program Priorities in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; Request for Comments
• National Advisory Committee On Meat And Poultry Inspection To Hold Public Meeting
• Veneman Names Members To National Advisory Committee On Meat and Poultry Inspection
• FDA Workshop on the Notification Process for Food Contact Substances; Chicago: June 25
• FSIS Strengthens Regulations to Reduce L. monocytogenes In R-T-E Meat and Poultry Products
• Backgrounder
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated June 4, 2003
• International Standard-Setting Activities
• Consumer Questions and Answers About BSE
• Change in Disease Status of Canada Because of BSE
• Advice on SARS and Potential for Food Transmission
• Questions and Answers for Food Workers and Managers Regarding (SARS)
• Public Meeting To Address Agenda For 26th Session Of Codex Alimentarius Commission
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated May 30, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated May 29, 2003
• New FSIS Directive Guides Inspectors in Verifying Food Safety Systems
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated May 28, 2003
• USDA Releases Specifications For Irradiated Ground Beef In The School Lunch Program
• Questions and Answers on Irradiated Ground Beef
• FSIS Notice 18-03: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Surveillance Program
• Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
• FDA and Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Announce Steps to Streamline
• FDA BSE Update - Pet Food from Canadian Manufacturer
• IKE Scenario on Microbiological Testing Program for E. coli 0157:H7 in Raw Ground Beef
• New Tool on Tap for Fighting Listeria
• Statement on BSE Cow in Alberta, Canada
• More BSE Resources
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated May 21, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated May 21, 2003
• Statement by Veneman Regarding Canada’s Announcement of BSE Investigation
• Quarterly Enforcement Report
• Use of Rapid In-Plant Screening Tests for Antibiotic Drug Residues in Mature Swine
• Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Dietary Ingredients and Dietary Supplements
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated May 19, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated May 16, 2003
• Use of Material From Deer and Elk in Animal Feed
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated May 15, 2003
• FSIS En Español
• Food Safety Information For Consumers In Languages Other Than English
• Protecting the Food Supply: FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated May 2, 2003
• U.S. AND COOPERATING COUNTRIES FILE WTO CASE AGAINST EU MORATORIUM
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated May 12, 2003
• FDA Fact Sheet: HHS Announces New Funding Opportunity for State Food Labs
• Food Steris Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition
• Establishment and Maintenance of Records Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
• Administrative Detention of Food for Human or Animal Consumption
• Training Course: Food Safety Regulatory Essentials
• Food Safety from Farm to Fork: The Role of Irradiation
• FDA Issues Final Two Proposed Food Safety Regulations
• Proposed Regulations: Establishment and Maintenance of Records
• Proposed Regulation: Administrative Detention
• Speeches Page: Updated May 7, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated May 8, 2003
• Hand Hygiene in Retail & Food Service Establishments
• PROPOSED REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING TITLE III OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
• Listing of Accredited Laboratories: Updated May 1, 2003
• A Possible New Vaccine To KO Salmonella in Chicken Eggs
• FOOD ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII
• Misbranded Dietary Supplements Destroyed
• Radio Waves Blast Bacteria in Fruit Juice
• The Economics of Sanitation and Process Controls in Meat and Poultry Plants
• Approving Ingredients Used in the Production of Meat and Poultry Products
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated April 29, 2003
• Using Applied Epidemiology and Other Tools To Protect the Public Health
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated April 25, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated April 25, 2003
• FDA Statement on "Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food," a Report by the NAS
• National Academy Of Sciences Concludes Performance Standards Should Be Science-Based
• Guidance on Bulk Transport of juice Concentrates and Certain Shelf Stable Juices
• 2001 Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring Report and Database
• Codex Alimentarius Commission: Intergovernmental Task Force on Fruit and Vegetable Juices
• Performance Standards Should Be Science-Based And Linked To Public Health Objectives
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated April 22, 2003
• Speeches Page: Updated April 23, 2003
• Dietary Supplements; Current Good Manufacturing Practice Proposed Regulation
• 9^th Annual FDA Science Forum - "FDA Science: Protecting America's Health" April 24-25, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update: April 18, 2003
• USDA Increases The Number Of Public Health Service Officers
• FSIS Workforce: Expansion Of Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Program
• Venta de carne a domicilio (Door-to-Door Meat Sales)
• FSIS Requests Comments on Plan to Make Salmonella Testing Results Available on Web Site
• USDA Data Show Incidence Of Salmonella Reduced In Raw Meat And Poultry
• Progress Report on Salmonella Testing of Raw Meat and Poultry Products, 1998-2002
• Public Meeting To Discuss Agenda For Codex Task Force On Fruit and Vegetable Juices
• USDA Teams Up With Wynonna Judd To Help Prevent Foodborne Illness
• Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Examples of Records
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated April 16, 2003
• Comment on FSIS' Tentative Determinations on the Availability of Salmonella Test Results
• The USDA Food Safety Mobile:Photo Gallery Taking Food Safety Education on the Road
• FSIS To Hold Public Meeting On Use Of Epidemiology To Protect Public Health
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated April 11, 2003
• Alcide Corp.; Filing of Food Additive Petition. 
• FDA's Advisory on Methylmercury in Fish
• Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act: Satellite Downlink
• FDA - INFORMATION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated April 7, 2003
• Entity Compliance Guide: Juice HACCP; Availability
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated April 3, 2003
• Inocuidad de la carne de cerdo… desde el criadero hasta la mesa del consumidor
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated April 1, 2003
• Listing of Accredited Laboratories: Updated April 1, 2003
• Spring Is Time For Sprucing Up Food Safety Habits
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated March 31, 2003
• Food Safety Publications
• "FDA CONSUMER MAGAZINE" IS AVAILABLE ONLINE
• Dietary Supplements; Current Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations
• International Meat and Poultry Food Safety Conference
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated March 26, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated March 26, 2003
• FSIS Increases Efficiency In Detecting Salmonella
• FSIS Constituent Alert: March 26, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated March 25, 2003
• Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids
• Speeches Page: Updated March 25, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated March 21, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated March 21, 2003
• Food and Cosmetic Security Guidances
• Food Security Preventive Guidances
• Fact Sheet - Guidance for Industry: FDA Issues Security Preventive Measures Guidance
• USDA Takes Food Safety Message "On the Road"
• Homeland Security Threat Condition Response-Food Security Monitoring Procedures
• Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman Regarding the Change in the Threat Level
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated March 18, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated March 18, 2003
• Veneman Presents Options To Modernize Meat Inspection Authorities
• USDA Names Members To National Advisory Committee On Microbiological Criteria For Foods
• FDA Issues New Security Guidance as Part of Operation Liberty Shield
• Allergenic Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meetings
• USDA Gives Tips on Sending Food Gifts to U.S. Military
• CFSAN 2003 Program Priorities
• Dietary Ingredients & Supplements: Federal Register Proposed Rule
• Codex Alimentarius: 31st Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labeling
• Public Meeting To Address Codex Committee On Food Labeling
• Testimony by Dr. McKee
• Testimony by Dr. Murano
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated March 14, 2003
• Beam Applications; Filing of Food Additive Petition
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated March 12, 2003
• FSIS To Hold International Meat And Poultry Food Safety Meeting
• Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing, or Holding Dietary Ingredients
• Exploratory Data on on Acrylamide in Foods - March 12, 2003 Update
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated March 12, 2003
• FSIS To Hold International Meat And Poultry Food Safety Meeting
• FDA Proposes Labeling and Manufacturing Standards for All Dietary Supplements
• FDA Proposes Labeling and Manufacturing Standards for All Dietary Supplements: Fact Sheet
• FDA Proposes Labeling and Manufacturing Standards for All Dietary Supplements: Backgrounder
• FSIS Withdraws Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on ‘Cattle’ and ‘Beef’ Definitions
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated March 8, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated March 8, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated March 7, 2003
• Food Safety Information Center
• Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness
• USDA Begins Sampling Program for Advanced Meat Recovery Systems
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated March 4, 2003
• Dietary Supplement Subcommittee of the Food Advisory Committee
• Effects of Antimicrobial Drug Residues From Food of Animal Origin on the Human Intestinal
• Beverages: Bottled Water; Companion Document to Direct Final Rule
• Beverages: Bottled Water
• HHS Acts to Reduce Potential Risks of Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra
• FSIS Constituent Update: February 28, 2003
• Protecting the Food Supply: FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation
• Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3
• Acrylamide Questions & Answers
• Exploratory Data on Acrylamide in Foods
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated February 26, 2003
• Speeches Page: Updated February 27, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated February 26, 2003
• Listeria Risk Assessment Technical Meeting-Notice of Availability and Meeting; Correction
• Detection and Quantitation of Acrylamide in Foods
• Irradiation of Meat and Poultry Products
• FSIS Constituent Update: February 21, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated February 20, 2003
• FSIS Reaches Out to Small and Very Small Plants
• Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee of the Food Advisory Committee; Meeting
• Risk Analysis
• FSIS Releases Draft Risk Assessment on Listeria
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated February 14, 2003
• FDA Seizes Dietary Supplements
• CFSAN's Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements and Contacts
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated February 11, 2003
• Veneman Honors USDA's Top Scientists of 2002
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated February 11, 2003
• Speeches Page: Updated February 11, 2003
• FSIS Procedures for Notification of New Technology
• Speeches Page: Updated January 10, 2003
• FSIS Food Security Initiatives Report to the Secretary
• STATEMENT Dr. Garry L. McKee, Administrator Food Safety And Inspection Service
• PATENT APPLICATION CONCERNING METHOD FOR ENTEROTOXIGENIC
• PROPOSED DATA COLLECTIONS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND
• U.S. Seeks Injunction Against a Baltimore, Maryland Food Processing and Distribution Facility
• Listeria Risk Assessment Technical Meeting--Notice of Availability and Public Meeting
• FSIS to Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Listeria Risk Assessment (
• Statement by FSIS Administrator Dr. Garry L. McKee - E. coli O157:H7 Reassessment
• Remarks by Deputy Commissioner on Food Security
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated February 6, 2003
• LISTERIA RISK ASSESSMENT TECHNICAL MEETING
• FDA's Budget Proposal for FY 2004
• Food Advisory Committee, Notice of Meeting on February 24, 2003
• Newsletters and Listservs
• Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness
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• Food Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated January 31, 2003
• 25th (Extraordinary) Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
• Meeting of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods
• Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated January 29, 2003
• FDA Proposes Regulation for Registering Food Facilities
• Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments Proposal
• Protecting the Food Supply: FDA Actions on New Bioterrorism Legislation
• Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002; Meeting
• Statement by FSIS Administrator Dr. Garry L. McKee
• Positive E. coli Test Results: Updated January 27, 2003
• Juice HACCP Small Entity Compliance Guide
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated January 24, 2003
• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
• President Bush To Propose Record-level Funding For USDA Food Safety Programs
• Turning Up the Heat on Acrylamide
• Risk reduction strategies for potential BSE pathways involving downer cattle and dead stock
• Positive E. coli O157:H7 Test Results: Updated January 17, 2003
• Public Meeting To Address Agenda For Codex Alimentarius Commission
• USDA Marks Progress On BSE Prevention Action Steps;
• Questions and Answers about Dioxins
• Public Meeting To Address Codex Committee On Food Additives And Contaminants
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated January 15, 2003
• Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
• Library of Export Requirements: Updated January 14, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated January 14, 2003
• 35th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants
• FSIS Constituent Update/Alert: Updated January 10, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated January 10, 2003
• Speeches Page: Updated January 10, 2003
• Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
• Infant Formula Web Pages
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated January 7, 2003
• OPPD (Policy) What's New Page: Updated January 6, 2003
• FSIS Constituent Update: January 3, 2003
• U.S. Codex Office "What's New" Page: Updated January 2, 2003

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