Ways to Approach Food Safety
Read the fact sheets on different areas of food safety. What approachese are recommended to ensure safe food preparation and storage? Choose five fact sheets and note the major points. Do you follow these approaches to food safety?
Visit the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service web site
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Genetically Modified Food
What was the first whole food produced by biotechnology that the FDA evaluated? What benefits did genetic engineering add to this food? How did the FDA go about evaluating its appropriateness for the market? What is the FDA’s overall policy about genetically modified foods? What sort of initiatives are they launching?
Visit the U. S. Food and Drug Administration web site
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Irradiated Food
What is the status of food irradiation? What do you know about food irradiation and radioactivity? Does food irradiation change the nutritional quality of foods? How does irradiation affect food safety? What is the safety of irradiation facilities? What are the costs of food irradiation? What future trends are projected?
Visit the Frequently Asked Questions about Food Irradiation web site
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What's Swimming with Your Seafood?
What are the main sources of seafood-related illnesses? How safe is eating sushi? What is the prevalence of food poisoning due to seafood? Should you be concerned about methyl mercury? What food borne pathogens and natural toxins are associated with seafood?
Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency web site
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