
USDA Launches
New Information-based Web Site on Food Safety Research ProgramsBy Susan McCarthy,
(301) 504-5834 July 2, 2001WASHINGTON, July 2, 2001The U.S. Department of Agriculture today
launched a new Web site (http://www.nal.usda.gov/fsrio) aimed
at providing a database of food safety research projects to the research
community and the general public. The Web site provides detailed information on
food safety research projects, spending, and accomplishments by U.S. Federal
agencies, along with links to other important food safety research information.
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: - Program and planning information, as well as various food safety reports,
- 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 USDAs National
Agricultural Library with information from related government food safety
agencies. The National Agricultural Library, part of the Agricultural Research
Service, is the worlds largest and most accessible agricultural research
library, and the principal resource in the United States for information about
food, agriculture, and natural resources. U.S. Department of Agriculture | |