Chapter 12 Further Reading
Information Sources on the Internet
The Internet is a huge and valuable resource with many sites of interest
to food microbiologists. Here we have listed a few, many of which will
lead you on to other related sites.
Food safety Resources on the Internet: http://bubl.ac.uk/link/f/
foodsafety.htm
Food Standards Agency (UK):http://www.food.gov.uk/
International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)http://europe.ilsi.org
Health Protection Agency (UK):http://www.hpa.org.uk/
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
(UK):http://www.defra.gov.uk/
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, USA:http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/
—particularly useful is the ‘Bad Bug Book’: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/
B mow/intro.html
Mycotoxicology Newsletter: an international forum for mycotoxins,
especially useful for summaries of recent symposia:
http://www.mycotoxicology.org/mtnl2c.html
Institute of Food Science and Technology, UK:http://www.ifst.org/
––particularly the hot topics section:http://www.ifst.org/hottop.htm
World Health Organisation (WHO), Geneva:http://www.who.ch/
—particularly the food safety programme:http://www.who.int/fsf/
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:http://www.cfia-acia.agr.ca/
Foodnet, Canada:http://foodnet.fic.ca/
National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST) is a consor-
tium of industry, academia and government organized to address the
complex issues raised by emerging food technologies:http://www.
iit.edu/B ncfs/
CSIRO, Australia:http://www.dfst.csiro.au/
Australian Office of Food Safety:http://www.dpie.gov.au/ocvo/ofs.html