NIFA has funded numerous food safety education and extension resources, including fact sheets, webinars, and curricula. Some materials have been produced in cooperation with the Food Safety Extension Service in various universities.
This is a "One Stop Shop" for food safety education and extension materials. The page is constantly evolving as we add resources that you share with us.
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Factsheets
Foodborne Viruses on Various Foods Factsheets
These instructions provide a guideline to teach consumers about food safety issues related to foodborne viruses on various foods.
- NoroCore - Norovirus Outbreak Attribution
- NoroCore - Building Collaboration: Information and Reagent Exchange
- NoroCore - Consumer Awareness of Norovirus
- NoroCore - Don't Poo in the Blue
- NoroCore - Noroviruses More Heat Resistant Than We Thought?
- Minnesota Department of Health Fact Sheet - Norovirus
- Hand Hygiene for Farm Management
- Harvesters Keeping Your Hands Clean
- Infographic: Norovirus Cultured
- Norovirus Paper Model
- A Reference Guide for Foodborne Pathogens
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Bacillus cereus
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Campylobacteriosis
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Clostridium botulinum
- Preventing Foodborne Illness Associated with Clostridium perfringens
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Cyclospora cayetanensis
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: E. coli "The Big Six"
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Listeriosis
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Norovirus
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Salmonella Typhi
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Shigellosis
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- reventing Foodborne Illness: Vibrio vulnificus
- Preventing Foodborne Illness: Yersiniosis
- Shiga Toxin E. coli Detection Differentiation Implications for Food Safety
Foodborne Viruses on Various Foods Curricula
These factsheets provide information about food safety issues related to dairy products.
These factsheets and resources provide information about meat and poultry food safety.
- Alaska's Game is Good Food-Rabbit
- Biosecurity and Biological Risk Management for Livestock
- Canning Meat Poultry and Game.pdf
- Food Safety and Risk Reduction for Deer Processors
- Food Safety for Hunters
- Grilling Season
- Home Produced Chicken Eggs
- Making Jerky
- Safe Handling of Venison
- Salmonella Control and Molting of Egg-Laying Flocks
- Serving Turkey Safely
These factsheets provide information about produce and nut food safety.
- E. coli Prevention Control in Fresh Produce
- Fight BAC Veggies
- Food Safety and the Farmer's Markets
- Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices - Field Sanitation
- Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices - Manure and Municipal Biosolids
- Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices - Packing Operation Sanitation
- Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices—Sanitary Facilities
- Food Safety on the Farm Good Agricultural Practices-Water
- Food Safety Herbal Vinegars
- GAPs for the Florida Citrus Grower: Understanding the Principles of Good Agricultural Practices
- Good Agricultural Practices-Cucumbers
- Good Agricultural Practices-Lettuce
- Good Agricultural Practices-Melons
- Good Agricultural Practices-Tomato
- Good Agricultural Practices-Spinach
- Good Agricultural Practices-Sprouts
- Guide to Washing Fresh Produce
- Impact of Tomato Varieties and Maturity State on susceptibility to Salmonella
- Microbial Safety of produce after flooding
- Produce safety after a flood
- Safely Fermenting Food at Home.pdf
- Sassy Safe Salsa at Home
- The Role of Crop Production Practices and Weather safety of tomatoes and pepper
- Tomatoes and Other Seed-Bearing Vegetables Safe Handling Practices for Consumers
Curricula
These instructions provide a guideline to teach consumers about food safety issues related to produce and nuts.
These factsheets provide information about food safety in seafood.
- Canning Fish in Quart Jars
- Canning Smoked Fish at Home
- Ciguatera
- Canning seafood
- Molluscan Shellfish Safety And Quality
- Pickling Fish and other aquatic foods for home use
- Lionfish: Is It Safe to Eat?
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