The Food Safety Network

Many federal, state, and local agencies work together to monitor food safety. The responsibilities of each of the agencies are described in Food Safety: A Team Approach and in the U.S. Food Safety System Country Report.

Federal Government Agencies

• Department of Agriculture
  • Agricultural Research Service
  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  • Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
  • Economic Research Service
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service
  • Food and Nutritional Service WIC Program
  • National Agricultural Library
• Food and Drug Administration
  • Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
  • Center for Veterinary Medicine
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
  • Environmental Health Services
  • National Center for Infectious Diseases
• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996
  • National Center for Environmental Assessment
  • Office of Pesticide Programs
  • Office of Water

  For additional federal agencies, see Food Safety: A Team Approach.

Federal Government/Private Sector Partnerships

• National Food Safety Education Month
• Partnership for Food Safety Education (Fight BAC!)
• Texas Partnership for Food Safety Education

State and Local Government Agencies

• Overall Listing of State, County, and Territory Agencies
• State and Territorial Health Agencies
• National Food Safety Contacts
• State, County, and City Government Consumer Protection Offices
• State Health Agencies
• State Departments of Public Health and Agriculture
• U.S. State and Local Government Sites

• Alaska
  • Department of Environmental Conservation

• Arizona
  • Maricopa County Environmental Health Services Division

• Arkansas
  • Department of Health

• California
  • Department of Food and Agriculture
  • Kings County Division of Environmental Health Services
  • Seafood Network Information Program

• Colorado
  • Consumer Protection Division
  • Colorado Cooperative Extension Service Food and Nutrition Online

• Connecticutt
  • Department of Public Health, Food Protection Program

• Delaware
  • Department of Agriculture Food Products Inspection

• District of Columbia
  • Bureau of Food, Drug, and Radiation Protection

• Florida
  • Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Food Safety

• Georgia
  • Georgia Cooperative Extension Food Safety and Preservation Publications

• Hawaii
  • Environmental Health Administration Food and Drug Branch

• Illinois
  • Department of Public Health Division of Food, Drus and Dairies

• Indiana
  • Indiana Cooperative Extension Service: Foods and Nutrition
  • Indiana Department of Health
  • Marion County Health Department, Foodborne Disease Prevention

• Iowa
  • Iowa Cooperative Extension Service Food Safety Project

• Kansas
  • Department of Health and Environment
  • Kansas Cooperative Extension Service

• Kentucky
  • Food Safety Program (KY Department of Health)

• Louisiana
  • Office of Public Health Retail Food Program

• Maine
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources

• Maryland
  • Division of Food Control, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program

• Massachusetts
  • Department of Public Health Food Protection Program

• Michigan
  • Department of Agriculture, Food Safety
  • Michigan Cooperative Extension

• Minnesota
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service
  • Minnesota Food Safety Center (MN Department of Health)
  • Department of Health Food Supply Safety and Security

• Mississippi
  • Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service Food Safety
  • Mississippi Department of Health

• Montana
  • Department of Public Health and Human Services Food and Consumer Safety

• Nebraska
  • Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service, Food Safety Website

• New Hampshire
  • Watershed Management Bureau Shellfish Program

• New Jersey
  • Department of Health and Senior Services, Food and Milk Program

• New York
  • Cornell Food and Water Safety Program

• North Carolina
  • North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Food Safety Information Retrieval System

• North Dakota
  • North Dakota Cooperative Extension Service Food, Food Safety and Nutrition Website
  • North Dakota Cooperative Extension Service Food Safety and Substitutions

• Ohio
  • Department of Agriculture, Division of Food Safety

• Oregon
  • Department of Human Services, Environmental Health, Food Safety

• Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Bureau of Food Safety

• Rhode Island
  • Department of Health Office of Food Protection
  • Rhode Island Cooperative Extension Food Safety Education Site

• South Dakota
  • Department of Health (South Dakota)

• Texas
  • Bureau of Food and Drug Safety
  • Consumer Health - Food Safety (Houston Department of Health and Human Services)

• Utah
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
  • Food Safety and Environmental Health

• Virginia
  • Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Food Safety Programs

• Washington
  • Seattle-King County Department of Public Health
  • Washington Cooperative Extension Consumer Food Safety Resource Page
  • Department of Health Food Safety and Shellfish Programs

• Wisconsin
  • Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

• Wyoming
  • Consumer Health Services, Department of Agriculture

  International Agencies

  • US Government International Web Sites
    Other International Organization Web Sites
    Other Country's Food Safety Web Sites

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