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National Programs Food Safety, (animal and plant products)
Program Summary:
Program Direction

Mission Statement:

The mission of Food Safety Program is to provide the means to ensure that the food supply is safe for consumers and that food and feed meet foreign and domestic regulatory requirements. To decrease the hazards of both introduced and naturally occurring toxicants in foods and feed, including pathogenic bacteria, viruses and parasites, chemical contaminants, mycotoxins produced by fungi growing on plants, and naturally occurring toxins produced by plants.

Vision Statement:
Safe food available to every American at home, when eating out, or in institutional settings, and the knowledge needed to keep that food safe until consumption.

The research components of this program include:

  • Microbial Pathogens
  • Chemical Residues
  • Mycotoxins
  • Toxic Plants

Projects in this Program - by State
MD NY PA IN IL IA CA AZ WA UT NE ND TX AR MS LA GA NC
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Program Summary
   Program Direction
   Program Rationale
   Program Component Definitions
   Projected Outcomes

Action Plan
  Action Plan

Program Annual Reports
  FY 2003
  FY 2002
  FY 2001
  FY 2000
  FY 1999
  FY 1998


Project Information
   List of Projects in this Program
   List of Project Annual Reports in this program

Program Team
  Lindsay, James A
(co-leader)
  Robens, Jane F
(co-leader)
 
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