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"This Web site is a tool that researchers and policy makers can use
to examine research needs and priorities in food safety," said Agriculture
Secretary Ann M. Veneman. "The goal is to measure the progress of our food
safety research and continue efforts to educate the public about these
important issues."
The searchable database provides information on nearly 500 food
safety research projects dating from 1998 to the present including research
done or funded by: USDA Agricultural Research Service; USDA Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service; the Food Safety Consortium
(researchers from the University of Arkansas, Iowa State University, and
Kansas State University); and the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services' Food and Drug Administration.
Also on the Web site are:
food safety news and information,and more than 100 links to Web-based food safety research information
provided by U.S. and foreign governments, and educational and professional
organizations.
The new Web site was created by the Food Safety Research Information
Office at USDA's National Agricultural Library with information from related
government food safety agencies. The National Agricultural Library, part of
the Agricultural Research Service, is the world's largest and most
accessible agricultural research library, and the principal resource in the
United States for information about food, agriculture, and natural
resources.
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