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Food Safety
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Medical/Chemical Databases
PubMed
Contains over 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Web of Science: Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics)
Current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage to 1900. Content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings.
SciFinder (CAS)
A research discovery tool for the CAS databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.
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Biological Science Collection (ProQuest)
This database offers abstracts and citations to research in biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology and ecology, and aspects of agriculture and veterinary science monitoring literature from over 8,000 serials, as well as conference proceedings, technical reports, monographs and books and patents.
TOXLINE (ProQuest)
Provides bibliographic citations and abstracts in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants and mutagens and teratogens. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.
Food/Agriculture Databases
Agricola (ProQuest)
AGRICOLA, produced by the National Agricultural Library, is a catalog and index of literature pertaining to all aspects of agriculture. Contains information on journal articles, books, conference proceedings, theses, patents, technical reports, and more. Includes or links to full-text when possible.
PubAg (USDA/National Agricultural Library)
PubAg is a portal to USDA-authored and other highly relevant agricultural research. At launch it delivers over 40,000 full-text journal articles by USDA staff and citations to an additional 340,000 articles. The initial release also previews its directions for intended functionality and will serve as the foundation for further enhancements.
CAB Abstracts (CAB Direct)
Covers the significant research and development literature in the applied life sciences, including agriculture, forestry, human nutrition, veterinary medicine and the environment. Coverage dates back to 1913.
CRIS - Current Research Information System (USDA)
This database provides documentation and reporting for agricultural, food science, human nutrition, and forestry research, and extension activities for the US Department of Agriculture; has a focus on National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant programs.
Information from NDSU
Food safety information provided by NDSU Extension.
Homepage for the Great Plains Institute of Food Safety, located at NDSU.
Provides food safety and nutrition information in multiple languages. Links under "Food Safety" provide valuable information for cooking at home or at food service establishments. Includes videos for consumers in multiple languages.
Food Safety Information for Consumers
A list from USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service.
Information from the CDC about food safety in the aftermath of disasters.
Consumer health resources and information, from Medline Plus.
Searchable database of government information on all aspects of food safety. "Gateway to government food safety information."
The PFSE saves lives & improves public health through research-based, actionable consumer food safety initiatives that reduce food-borne illness.
Consumer oriented site with information, and ask-an-expert features.
Other External Resources
Information on Specific Topics
Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of food-borne diseases.
Food-related diseases affect tens of millions of people and kill thousands. Tracking single cases of food-borne illness and investigating outbreaks are critical public health functions in which CDC is deeply involved. Search or browse the convenient Foodborne Illness A-Z list to find descriptions of food-borne illnesses from Amebiasis through Yersinia enterocolitica.
General Food Safety Websites
ERS food-safety research examines how markets, consumers, and regulators interact to provide safe food, analyzes the economic efficiency of these interactions, and informs public sector food-safety policies.
Extension Service publications from U.S. Land Grant universities. A publicly available searchable database with links to full text. Covers a broad spectrum of agricultural topics.
Includes news fact sheets, documents and links. Topics include biotechnology, consumer advice, food additives, pesticides, food-borne illness, food labeling, nutrition information, imports, inspections, HACCP, and more.
FSIS is responsible for ensuring the safety of meat, poultry and egg products in the U.S. FSIS conducts food inspections, furnishes information on testing protocols and food safety analysis. The FSIS site is browsable and searchable.
Current food recalls from USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service.
Collects, organizes and disseminates food safety research information.