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SAFEFOOD NEWS - Winter/Spring 1999 - Vol 3 / No. 2

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Resources

Listeria monocytogenes Resources

Listeriosis Factsheet from CDC available at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/fact/lister.htm

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) offers several Listeria publications at their web site: http://www.fsis.usda.gov. Check under "What's New" for the following items:

US FDA, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) has a section in the Bad Bug Book on Listeria monocytogenes. This information is available at: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap6.html

Multi-lingual Food Safety Materials

Three Fight BAC! fact sheets have been translated into seven languages (Chinese traditional, Chinese simplified, French, German, Korean, Russian, and Spanish). The fact sheets include: Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens, Organisms That Can Bug You, and Everyone Can Fight BAC!™ The fact sheets are available at: http://www.FoodSafety.gov/~fsg/fsgpath.html#bac

Hand Puppets

Educational BAC hand puppets are now available. The puppets can provide a fun twist to your food safety presentations targeted towards children and even adults. A limited supply is available, and the puppets will not be delivered until mid-to-late July. You can order the puppets at the Fight BAC!™ web site at: http://www.fightbac.org.

Pest Information

Need some pest materials to liven-up your pest management presentation? Ants to termites, including rodents, are some of the critters you will find "Incredible Facts" and pictures to help with your presentations. For example, did you know that rats can gnaw hard substances such as bone, aluminum and even lead? The information is available at: http://www.netside.net/~jb/images/research.html

Food Safety Training and Education Alliance (FSTEA)

FSTEA has representation from the government, consumers, academia and industry. The mission is to reduce the risk of foodborne illness by coordinating efforts of government, industry and educators to change behaviors of food workers, managers, and regulators through training and education based on current science as reflected in the Food Code. Some of the objectives of the alliance include:

To learn more about the alliance check out their web site at http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fstea.html or, in Colorado, check with your local county Extension office to borrow the copy of the teleconference aired on April 13, 1999, entitled "Food Safety Training and Education Alliance." The video is 120 minutes in length. Note to Colorado Extension agents, this video is available to agents through the Office of Instructional Services at the CSU campus (970-491-5466). Refer to film #6540 and bin#B8352 with your video loan request.

NEW: Food Safety Gateway Web Site

A new "gateway" web site designed to help the public find government food safety information more readily on the web can be found at- http://www.FoodSafety.gov This site provides links to food safety-related web sites from federal, state, and local government agencies. The site was developed by the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) in consultation with USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS).

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