Food and Nutrition Information Center
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Resources for Food Safety and Storage in Emergency Situations
September 1999
Table of Contents
Introduction
Brochures and Fact Sheets
Internet Sites
Books/Publications/Cookbooks
Y2K Information
This publication contains resources and information for the general public and individuals who are educating the public about responses to emergency situations. The majority of the information focuses on food and water safety and storage, before, during and after natural disasters.
A section of Internet Resources is provided. Many local public libraries offer internet connections for those who do not have home access.
The last section of this publication includes resources for Y2K. While this is a particularly timely issue, information in these resources can be applied to other emergency situations beyond the year 2000. However, availability of these materials may be limited.
The full text items below can be obtained by contacting the agency listed or
by visiting the web site.
Cupboard Storage
Kansas State University Extension
24 Umberger Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506-3402
Telephone: 785-532-5830
Fax: 785-532-7938
E-mail: orderpub@Oz.OzNet.ksu.edu
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/FNTR2/L806.PDF
Disaster Recovery Publications
Iowa State Extension
Extension Distribution Center
119 Printing and Publications Building
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-3171
Telephone: (515) 294-5247
Fax: (515) 294-2945
E-mail: pubdist@exnet.iastate.edu
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Pages/communications/recovery
Emergency Food and Water Supply
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Contact your Local or State Office of Emergency Management, or write to:
Federal Emergency Management Agency
P.O. Box 70274
Washington, D.C. 20024
http://www.fema.gov/rrr/foodwtr.shtm
Emergency Preparedness Checklist
Contact your local Red Cross listed in the telephone book or call:
Telephone: l-800-787-9282
E-mail: Internet@usa.redcross.org
Emergency Response Fact Sheets
Cooperative Extension
UMCE Communications Office
5741 Libby Hall, Room 110
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5741
Telephone: (207) 581-3269
Fax: (207) 581-1387
http://www.umext.maine.edu/emergency/tblcontent.htm
Food Storage in the Home
Utah State University Extension Publications
Utah State University
8960 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-8960
Telephone: (435)797-2251
http://extension.usu.edu/files/foodpubs/fn502.pdf
Food Storage for Safety and Quality
Cooperative Extension Resource Center
115 General Service Building
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
Telephone: (970) 491-7334
Fax: 970-491-2961
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09310.html
Food and Water in an Emergency
Contact your local Red Cross listed in the telephone book or call:
Telephone: l-800-787-9282
E-mail: Internet@usa.redcross.org
http://www.redcross.org/static/file_cont39_lang0_24.pdf
Home Food Storage Management Plan
Utah State University Extension Publications
Utah State University
8960 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-8960
Telephone: 435-797-2251
http://extension.usu.edu/files/foodpubs/fn500.pdf
If Your Freezer Stops
Cooperative Extension Resource Center
115 General Service Building
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado 80523
Telephone (970) 491-7334
Fax 970-491-2961
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09357.html
Seven Day Food Supply
North Dakota Cooperative Extension
Distribution Center, NDSU Extension Service
Morrill Hall, P.O. Box 5655
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58105-5655
Telephone: 701-231-7882
Fax: 701-231-7044
E-mail: dctr@ndsuext.nodak.edu
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/coping/7dayfood.htm
Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Disaster Resources
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/teacher/teacher.html
Community and Family Preparedness - Resource Information & Materials
American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/foreignmat/epceng.pdf
Consumer's Guide: Preparing an Emergency Food Supply Disaster Fact Sheets Facts About Food and Floods Food Keeper (Food Storage Information) Flood Response Information Food Preservation Food and Water Safety and What to do When the Power Goes Off How to Prepare for Disasters Keep Food Safe - When the Power Is Out Planning for Food After a Disaster What to do After Natural Disasters
The University of Georgia - College of Family and Consumer Sciences Extension
http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/current/FDNS-E-34-CS.html
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Disaster Resources
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/guide/g_facts.html
Kansas State University Extension
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/fntr2/mf2125.pdf
Food Marketing Institute
http://www.fmi.org/consumer/foodkeeper/search.htm
Missouri University Cooperative Extension
http://outreach.missouri.edu/floodinfo/
Delaware Cooperative Extension
http://ag.udel.edu/extension/Information/fnf/fp-list.htm
North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension
http://ag.udel.edu/extension/Information/fnf/fnf-11.htm
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/prep.html
Delaware Cooperative Extension
http://ag.udel.edu/extension/Information/fnf/fnf-11.htm
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension
http://www.uaex.edu/Other_Areas/publications/PDF/FSHED-81.pdf
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/foodsci/agentinfo/hot/natdis.html
Emergency Disaster Survival Guidebook. Doug King. ABC Preparedness
Company, 1999. 100p.
To order, write to:
Doug King
ABC Preparedness Company
P. O. Box 795
Sandy, UT 84091
Food Storage Cooking School: "Use It or Lose It"
The intent of the book is to assist individuals in practical acquisition and
use of food storage. It is designed for personal use or as a teaching tool for
non-profit groups. Available from the Extension Bulletin Room, 8960 Old Main
Hill, Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-8960. Cost is $6.50 for the book
and $3.15 postage for mail in USA (or $9.65 for single copy). Call 435-797-2251
for postage costs on multiple copies. The entire book is available on the world
wide web at: http://extension.usu.edu/publica/foodpubs/fn503.pdf
Keeping Food Fresh: How to Choose and Store Everything You Eat. Revised
Edition. Janet Bailey. Harper & Row Publishers, 1995. 378 p.
Wright's Complete Disaster Survival Manual. Ted Wright. Hampton
Roads Publisher, 1993. 285 p.
To order, call:
Hampton Roads Publisher
Charlottesville, VA
1-800-766-8009 (orders only)
Catastrophic Cooking. Carol
Reid. 1999. 232 p. (P.O. Box 7445, Northridge, CA 91327)
Cookin' with Home Storage. Peggy
Layton. Digest Printing, 1998. 275 p. (Write to: Peggy Layton, P.O. Box
44, Manti, Utah 84642, Telephone No.: 435-835-0311)
Consumers Guide to Y2K
To order printed copies of this publication in English or Spanish, call
1-888-261-6214. This document is also available online in Spanish and Portuguese
from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Other Preparedness materials are available by calling FEMA at 1-800-480-2520,
or writing: FEMA, P.O. Box 2013, Jessup, MD 20794-2012
Consumers and the Year 2000 (Y2K)
Pennsylvania State Cooperative Extension (Full text available on web site) or
order hard copies from: The Publications Distribution Center, 112 Agricultural
Administration Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
PA 16802, Telephone 814-865-6713.
Food Supply Working Group/USDA (Internet only)
The Food Supply Working Group (FSWG) provides information via this web site
as a public service.
http://www.usda.gov/aphis/FSWG/
President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion
This organization, established by President Clinton, has an Internet site http://www.y2k.gov/
and a toll-free line for general Y2K information (888-USA-4-Y2K or 888-872-4925).
The Complete Y2K Home Preparation Guide.
Ed Yourdon, Robert Rokind, 1-800-382-3419,
Prentice Hall Computer Books, New Jersey, 1999. 389 p.
The Y2K Survival Guide and Cookbook. Second Printing. Dorothy
and Albert Bates. The Book Publishing Company, P. O. Box 99, Summertown, TN
38483. Telephone 931-964-3571. 124 p.
Y2K Citizen's Action Guide: Preparing yourself,
your family, and your neighborhood for the year 2000 computer problem and beyond.
Eric Utne. 1-800-878-7323. Minneapolis: Utne Reader Books, 1998. 120 p.
Y2K Emergency Preparedness Handbook. Darlene Jan and Frank Wong.
Ten Speed Press Publishing, P. O. Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707,
1999. 52 p.
Y2K Resource Tip Sheet: Food Safety and Storage for Emergency Preparedness
Colorado Cooperative Extension (Internet only)
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/SITE/y2kfdsf.html
Y2K Resource Tip Sheet: Three-Day Emergency Supply of Shelf-Stable Food
for One Person (Internet only)
Colorado Cooperative Extension
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/SITE/y2k3day.html
This publication was developed in part through a Cooperative Agreement between the Food and Nutrition Information Center and the Department of Nutrition and Food Science in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland
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