Links on Law

Regulation

Food Code
Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Food Code. Washington, DC: FDA, 1999. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fc99-toc.html

Section 2-301 Personal Cleanliness: Hands & Arms http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fc99-2.html#2-3

Section 5-202.12 Handwashing Facility, Installation. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fc99-5.html#5-2

Public Health Reasons (rationale for regulations) http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fc99-a3.html

Health authority contacts
Contact links for federal, State and Local authorities; many link to local regulations http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsggov.html

International
Codex Alimentarius & FAO/WHO Food Standards Program, Basic Texts on Food Hygiene. Rome: FAO, 1997. http://www.codexalimentarius.net/STANDARD/standard.htm

World Health Organization (WHO) Food Safety Program http://www.who.int/fsf/

Canada: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/index/fssae.shtml

UK/Great Britain: http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/.

BSE (“Mad Cow Disease”) Inquiry http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/

Europe: European Community: http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/index_en.html

Latin America: PAHO (Pan-American Health Organization/WHO) http://www.paho.org/Selection.asp?SEL=TP&LNG=ENG&CD=HNUTRNSFT

Australia & New Zealand: http://www.anzfa.gov.au/

Buzby, Jean C., Paul D. Frenzen, and Barbara Rasco, Product Liability and Microbial Foodborne Illness. ERS Agricultural Economic Report No. 799. 45 pp, April 2001
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer799

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