News/Info

• Agriculture Online
• AgWeb.Com
• Farms.Com
• JustFood.Com
• MeatNews.Com

Economic

• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Tariff Database
• Export-Import Bank of the United States
• Oanda.Com – The Currency Site
• The World Bank
• XE.Com -- The World's Favorite Currency Site

University

• Colorado State University - Department of Animal Science
• Iowa State University - Department of Animal Science
• University of Nebraska at Lincoln - Department of Animal Science
• Oklahoma State University – Livestock Virtual Library
• Texas A&M – Meat Science

U.S. Market

• Cattle-Fax
• Chicago Board of Trade
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Kansas City Board of Trade

Beef

Pork

• PorkAndHealth.Org
• PorkScience.Org – Human Nutrition

Other

• Nutrition.Gov
• AMI Meat Matters Consumer Information Center

Biosecurity

• Bioterrorism
  • Countering Bioterrorism and Other Threats to the Food Supply
  • FDA – Bioterrorism
  • National Biosecurity Resource Center for Animals Health Emergencies
• Agroterrorism
  • University of Nebraska – Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • USDA – Homeland Security

Chemical

• Residues
  • FDA – Substances Prohibited for Use in Food or Feed
  • FSIS – National Residue Program
  • FSIS – National Residue Program Residue Data (PDF)

• Food Safety Information Resource (PDF)

Government

• Fight Bac – Partnership for Food Safety Education
• FoodSafety.Gov

• FSIS -Federally Inspected Meat, Poultry, and Egg Facilities

HACCP

• FDA – HACCP
• FSIS – Guidebook for Preparation of HACCP Plans and Generic HACCP Models
• FSIS – HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project (HIMP)
• FSIS – HACCP Hotline Trends, Q&A Set #1
• FSIS – HACCP Hotline Trends, Q&A Set #2
• International HACCP Alliance
  • Generic HACCP Model for Beef Slaughter (PDF)
• Texas A&M – Critical Control Point Decision Tree
• USDA/FDA – HACCP Training Database

Microbiology

• Pathogens
  • CDC – Foodborne Diseases, Pathogens and Toxins
  • FDA – The "Bad Bug Book"
  • FoodHACCP.Com – Food Safety Information
    • FoodHACCP.Com – Pathogen Site
  • FoodSafety.Gov – Foodborne Pathogens
  • Pathogen Modeling Program  

Physical

• Foreign Material
  • FSIS – Detection and Identification of Extraneous Material in Meat and Poultry Products (PDF)
  • FDA – Adulteration Involving Hard or Sharp Foreign Objects

Research

• "Bacteriological/Chemical Safety – Meat as a Food" by Gary C. Smith, Colorado State University (PDF)
• Commercial Evaluation of Multiple-Sequential Interventions for Decontamination of Beef Carcasses, Colorado State University 

Good Manufacturing Practices

Standard Operating Procedures

• FSIS – Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures – SSOP (PDF)
• Guidelines for Developing GMPs and SSOPs for Raw Ground Products (PDF)

Agricultural

• American Farm Bureau
• Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultural Exports

Commodity

• American Soybean Association
• National Corn Growers Association
• U.S. Grains Council
• United Soybean Board

Livestock

• Cattlemen's Beef Board
• International Livestock Congress
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association
• National Pork Board
• National Pork Producer's Council

Meat

• American Association of Meat Processors
• American Meat Institute
• American Meat Science Association
• National Meat Association
• North American Meat Processors Association
• Southwest Meat Association
• International Meat Secretariat

U.S. Government Links

• CIA World Factbook  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
• USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
• USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)
• USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
• USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
• USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
• U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
• U.S. Government Export Portal
• U.S. Trade Representative

Trade Links

• Europa – The European Union Online
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • FAO Statistical Database
• Global Agribusiness Information Network
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Organization of American States – Foreign Trade Information System
• World Trade Organization
• International Food Information Council Foundation

• Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic cooperation, PRC
• Hong Kong Trade Development Council

• UK – Department for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs
• Irish Food Board

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bulgaria
• Czech Republic
• Estonia
• Georgia
• Hungary
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Poland
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Eurasia Research Center
• Central Europe Online

• Tokyo Grain Exchange
• Japan Agricultural Cooperatives
• Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council
• Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

• U.S. Embassy In Mexico
• SAGARPA - Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (In Spanish)

Russia

• Russia
• Russia Today
• Moscow Times
• The St. Petersburg Times
• Itar-Tass News