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Consumer Resources

While FoodRisk is aimed at providing academics and professionals with relevant food safety risk analysis resources, we offer some basic consumer-driven references below that can help consumers find more information about a food safety topic of interest.

If You Believe You or Someone You Know Became Ill from Eating a Certain Food

• Contact your local (county or city) health department
• Report a Problem with Food (including pet food and restaurant food)
• How to Report a Foodborne Illness

If You Want to Check Recent Recalls

•  FDA and USDA Food Recalls and Alerts
• Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts
• FSIS Recalls

If You Have General Questions About Food Safety

• Ask the Experts
• USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
• Ask a Food Safety Question

General Information on Diseases Caused by Food

• Food Poisoning: sources and symptoms of the most common causes of foodborne illness
• Foodborne Illness FAQ
• Chart: Bacteria That Cause Foodborne Illness
• Chart: Viruses That Cause Foodborne Illness

Keeping Your Food Safe

• Keep Food Safe: guidelines for different foods, specific groups of people, special occasions, and emergencies
• Safe Food Handling
• Be Food Safe

Nutritional Information

• Nutrition.gov
• Food Labeling and Nutrition
• Food and Nutrition
• Eat Right

Consumer Advocacy Groups

• Safe Tables Our Priority  
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Consumer Federation of America, Food and Agriculture Section
• Hot Topics in Food: National Consumer League