Sep 11 2009

Food safety information: all in one place!

If you are trying to keep up with food safety information – and trust me, this is not for the faint-hearted – it has just gotten a little bit easier.  The government has launched a new site at http://www.foodsafety.gov/index.html.  If we can’t have a single food agency, we can at least have a single food safety site.  It’s got a widget to track outbreaks, links to regulatory information, and plenty of advice for consumers.  Now, if Congress would just pass some decent food safety laws….

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  • Parke
  • September 12, 2009
  • 7:50 pm

Does the new site have information about any food safety issue other than foodborne illness? For example, does it — and should it — draw information from EPA about pesticides or chemical contaminants?

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