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Food and Drug Administration

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www.fda.gov/Food/default.htm
The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) provides services to consumers, domestic and foreign industry, and other outside groups regarding field programs; agency administrative tasks; scientific analysis and support; and policy, planning, and handling of critical issues related to food and cosmetics.
cover Bad Bug Book
www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook
This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the FDA, the CDC, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health. Appropriate for High School and College Level.
cover FDA/CFSAN Education Resource Library
www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm239035.htm
FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Education Resource Library is a compilation of printable educational materials on topics related to food safety, nutrition (including labeling and dietary supplements), and cosmetics.
cover Food Irradiation
https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irradiation-what-you-need-know
FDA Fact Sheet – Food Irradiation: What You Need To Know
cover Learn About the Nutrition Facts Label
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/interactivenutritionfactslabel/#intro
FDA’s educational materials to help your students understand and use the Nutrition Facts Label to make informed food choices.

Other Government Agencies

USDA

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Education Campaigns
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/teach-others/fsis-educational-campaigns
This FSIS site describes 11 food safety campaigns/programs

CDC

cover CDC and Food Safety
https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/cdc-and-food-safety.html
CDC's role in food safety.
cover Teacher Roadmap
http://www.cdc.gov/careerpaths/k12teacherroadmap/index.html
CDC's Teacher Roadmap is a collection of resources for educators wishing to teach classes, units, or entire courses in epidemiology and public health sciences (EPHS).

Other Resources

cover National Agriculture in the Classroom
https://www.agclassroom.org
The National Agriculture in the Classroom website provides K-12 educators with engaging resources to increase agricultural literacy among their students.
cover The Partnership for Food Safety Education – Fight Bac!
http://www.fightbac.org
This site has links to food safety curricula for grades K – 3 and 4 – 6.
cover Pathogen Tracker
game.pathogentracker.net
The Pathogen Tracker Game, based on Cornell University’s Pathogen Tracker, is a fun challenge for students interested in learning more about the spread of foodborne illnesses and how online databases can help track down the source of the organisms that cause them.
cover Fact Monster - Food
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0882305.html
This site has links to interesting facts about food. Fact Monster is part of the Family Education Network (FEN) Learning family of educational and reference sites for parents, teachers and students.
cover Food Insight Your Nutrition and Food Safety Resource
http://www.foodinsight.org
This website is provided by the International Food Information Council Foundation and is dedicated to the mission of effectively communicating science-based information on health, food safety and nutrition for the public good.
cover Food Safety News
http://www.foodsafetynews.com
Food Safety News is presented as a daily online newspaper dedicated to reporting on issues surrounding food safety.
cover Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigations
http://ag.udel.edu/foodinvestigation
Case studies, games, and more from the University of Delaware Food Science Program.
cover National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)
http://www.nsta.org
Partnered with FDA in 1999 to develop the original Professional Development Program in Food Science.
cover Discovery Education
https://www.discoveryeducation.com/programs/science/
Discovery Education is a global leader in standards-based digital curriculum resources for K-12 classrooms worldwide.