Choosing Safe Foods
Most foods look good in the grocery store, but are they good for you? Stay informed about pesticides, genetically modified foods, clean water, and food and drug interactions.
UF/IFAS Sites
UF/IFAS Publications
- Drinking Water
- Food/Drug Interactions 1: Are You at Risk for Drug Interactions?
- Food/Drug Interactions 2: Food Can Affect Your Medicines
- Food/Drug Interactions 3: Grapefruit Juice and Prescription Drugs
- Genetically Modified Food
- Home Water Quality and Safety
- How Nutrition Affects Oral Health
- Identifying Accurate Internet Resources for Nutrition, Food Safety, and Health Demonstrations
- Sulfites: Separating Fact from Fiction
- Toxicity of Pesticides
Other Sites & Publications
- Food & Water Safety --American Dietetic Association (ADA)
- Foodborne Illness & Contaminants--FDA
- Food Irradiation--CDC
- Food Safety--MedlinePlus
- Food Safety and Irradiation: Protecting the Public from Foodborne Infections--CDC
- Food Safety for Moms-to-be
- Harvest of Fear--PBS
- Joint Federal Advisory for Mercury in Fish--EPA
- Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish--FDA
- Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Fluorinated Telomers--EPA
- Pesticides and Food: What the Pesticide Residue Limits are on Food EPA
- Pew Initative on Food and Biotechnology--University of Richmond
- Seafood Safety--Florida Sea Grant
- What You Need to Know about Mercury in Fish and Shellfish--EPA/FDA
- Return to Food Safety
General Resources
UF/IFAS Sites
- Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
- Family Album Radio
- Food Safety and Quality Program
- Food Science and Human Nutrition Department
- National Food Safety Database
UF/IFAS Publications
State & Federal Agencies
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- FDACS Division of Food Safety
- FoodSafety.gov
- USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)