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These fact sheets and materials can be downloaded as PDFs. Interactive versions of some activities are accessible through this course.

Fact sheets

Posters

Activities to do with Children

  • Feed My Friend - PDF

Additional materials from UMass Extension
http://www.umassextension.org/nutrition/index.php/publications/food-safety

 

Websites and Other Online Resources

National Agencies and Organizations

Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
http://www.foodsafety.gov/

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Healthy Meals Resource System
http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov

Foodsafety Information Center
National Agricultural Library
Room 304 10301 Baltimore Boulevard
Beltsville , MD 20705-2351
http://foodsafety.nal.usda.gov/

Food Safety and Inspection Service
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington , D.C. 20250
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/

USDA Food Safety Education and Consumer Information
Maildrop 5268
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Beltsville , MD   20705
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Food_Safety_Education/index.asp

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Administration for Children and Families
Child Care Bureau
400 Sixth St., S.W.
Washington , D.C. 20013
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccb/

Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
200 C St., S.W.
Washington , D.C. 20204
http://www.fda.gov/

National Foodservice Management Institute
The University of Mississippi , P.O. Drawer 188
University of Mississippi 38677-3054
http://www.nfsmi.org/

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care
Caring for Our Children, 2nd ed.
UCHSC at Fitzsimons
Campus Mail Stop F541
PO Box 6508
Aurora , CO 80045-0508   http://www.fda.gov/
http://nrc.uchsc.edu/

Partnership for Food Safety Education
http://www.fightbac.org/

Massachusetts Food Safety and Education Organizations

Massachusetts Department of Education, Child Nutrition Programs
http://www.doe.mass.edu/cnp/

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Food Protection Program
http://www.mass.gov/dph/fpp/

Massachusetts Partnership for Food Safety Education
http://www.mafoodsafetyeducation.info/

University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program
http://www.umassextension.org/nutrition/

Online staff development
UMassONE: Online Nutrition Education for Professionals
http://www.umassone.net

Fighting Foodborne Illness in Child Care Settings – Independent Study Course for Early Childhood Professionals
http://nerec.unl.edu/nutrition/studycourses/lgraphicfoodborneillness/main.htm

Other Food Safety Resources

Dr. Carl Winter’s Food Safety Music
University of California Food Science & Technology Dept.
http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/music.html#slides

Food Safety Web
http://www.foodsafetyweb.info/index.php

Preventing Foodborne Illness in Preschoolers and Senior Adults:
A Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point Approach to Food Safety
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubs/PDF/FDNS-E45.pdf

Safe Food for Children
Washington State University Extension
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1868/eb1868.pdf

The SOPE Project
Wendy Wakefield Ferrin, Knoxville , TN 37919-5026
http://www.sope.net/index.html

Other Health and Education Resources

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/

American Dietetic Association
http://www.eatright.org/

American Public Health Association
http://www.apha.org/

American Red Cross Health and Safety Services http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/

National Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health
http://www.ncemch.org/

 

Toll Free Numbers

USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline
1.800.535.4555

Food Information Line
1.888.SEAFOOD

Child Care Clearinghouse
1.800.616.2242

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