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Offers information about E.Coli and food safety (E. coli O157:H7). Access to news, information, books and literature searches.
http://www.MedNews.Net/bacteria/

Answers to some common environmental health questions from NIEHS, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/qafood.htm

Part of the US Department of Health, this committee makes recommendations on the safety of food and commercial products. The site is very dry reading, but contains quite a bit of good information.
http://www.doh.gov.uk/cot.htm

American Council on Science and Health's food safety page.
http://www.acsh.org/food/index.html

A public interest and environmental advocacy organization which works to address the impacts of our food production system on human health, animal welfare and the environment.
http://www.foodsafetynow.org/

The UK's leading independent watchdog on food issues.
http://www.foodcomm.org.uk/

Articles intended to educate and raise awareness of the issues of food safety.
http://www.pure-food.com/

Anna Lappé and Frances Moore Lappé travel the world in search of answers about how societies create inequalities and environmental devastation via food production.
http://www.dietforasmallplanet.com/

Introduction to a range of issues currently affecting food and farming such as genetic modification, organic food, food miles and pesticides.
http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/real_food/

Information about pesticides and other toxic chemicals in food. Project of the Environmental Working Group.
http://www.foodnews.org/