How safe is the food we eat? Are there any safety guidelines or standards?
The USDA has been protecting the Nation’s food supply for nearly a century. The Food Safety and Inspection Service has developed the infrastructure, including security guidelines, needed to confront new biosecurity challenges. There are over 7600 inspectors and veterinarians in meat, poultry, and egg product plants every day and at ports-of-entry to prevent, detect, and act in response to food safety emergencies. The USDA Food Security & Emergency Preparedness Program provides consumers and those in industry with publications on biosecurity and the food supply, as well as food safety. The National Agricultural Library has a Food Safety Information Center. This center contains information on three resources: The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), consists of active surveillance for foodborne diseases and related epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States. The Food Saf
