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U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agencies and Offices A list of all Agencies and Offices within USDA Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health. FoodSafety.gov. Features - Wash Your Hands. Handwashing is easy to do and it's one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of many types of infection and illness in all settings—from your home and workplace to child care facilities and hospitals.

Features - Wash Your Hands

Clean hands can stop germs from spreading from one person to another and throughout an entire community. Learn more about when and how to wash your hands. When should you wash your hands? 10 facts on food safety. February 2015 International Fund for Agricultural Development The great majority of people will experience a food or water borne disease at some point in their lives.

10 facts on food safety

Alaska Food Safety and Sanitation. Florida Department of Health. Please note, none of the state or federal regulatory agencies license food operations from your home.

Florida Department of Health

*Note: This page contains materials in the Portable Document Format (PDF). The free Adobe Reader may be required to view these files. WI DATCP: Programs - Food Safety. The Food Safety Division works to ensure a safe, wholesome and secure food supply.

WI DATCP: Programs - Food Safety

The division enforces Wisconsin’s food safety and labeling laws. The division licenses and inspects over 30,000 food establishments, and supervises local government inspection of others. The Food Safety Division regulates the entire food chain, from the agricultural producer to the consumer. That permits a comprehensive approach to food safety issues affecting producers, processors, distributors, retailers and consumers. Milk and Dairy Products. Food Safety and Sanitation. Clayton County Board of Health - Guidelines for Food Safety and Good Sanitation. According to the U.S.

Clayton County Board of Health - Guidelines for Food Safety and Good Sanitation

Food and Drug Administration's 2005 Food Code, ensuring safe food is an important public health priority for our nation. An estimated 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths are attributable to Foodborne illness in the United States each year. The goal of the Clayton County Health Department is to protect the public's health by preventing food-borne illness, by assuring that foods served to the public are wholesome and free from contamination or spoilage. Database: Dane County restaurant health inspections. Read health inspection results for Dane County food license holders for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 inspection years.

Database: Dane County restaurant health inspections

Every food license holder in Dane County is inspected at least once every licensing year by the Public Health Department, which is jointly operated by the Madison and Dane County governments. During those visits, inspectors follow what's called a guide sheet to make notes of needed improvements and health code violations. Some notes are about serious food safety issues, many are not. Often, violations are fixed immediately and do not result in fines or require reinspections.