Part Three: Prevention
Bonus Web Coverage - Online Resources

• GAPsNet: Good Agricultural Practices Network for Education and Training www.gaps.cornell.edu This site, from Cornell University’s Department of Food Science, is home to the "Food Safety Begins On The Farm" training program. It features National GAPs educational materials, a research and Extension publication database, and a long list of links to government and industry resources.
  
• Centers For Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov Provides information on health and safety, with updates on the latest in food safety concerns
  
• Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables http://www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/prodguid.html
  From USDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, this guidance document addresses microbial food safety hazards and good agricultural and management practices common to the growing, harvesting, washing, sorting, packing, and transporting of most fruits and vegetables sold to consumers in an unprocessed or minimally processed (raw) form.
  
• University of California Good Agricultural Practices http://ucgaps.ucdavis.edu/ From this site, you can link to presentations, publications, and other Web sites with information related to the production, harvest, and processing of foods. The emphasis is on microbial food safety but many other subjects related to food such as biotechnology, food quality, and food security are also addressed.