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General

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  		Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization Atlas of Health in Europe
Publication of health-related statistics for the WHO European Region Member States. Data are compiled from a variety (more)
Publication Year: 2003 		Jul 7, 2003 Summary
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  		Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Biosafety Clearing-House
Portal to information related to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Includes national contacts, laws and (more)
Jul 16, 2005 Summary
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  		Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer Cancer Mondial Fees may apply
This site provides access to several databases with downloadable datasets on cancer incidence, mortality, and (more)
Jun 23, 2003 Summary
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Comma-Separated Values Text File
  		Codex Alimentarius Commission Codex Alimentarius: Veterinary Drug Residues in Food
Database of Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The database is (more)
Publication Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 		Jul 23, 2002 Summary
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  		American Economic Association EconLit Fees may apply
This site provides information about EconLit, an electronic bibliography of international economics literature. It (more)
Sep 30, 2002 Summary
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  		Karlsson, Sune EconPapers
This database provides access to RePEc, a collection of on-line economics papers, journal articles, and software. (more)
Aug 21, 2002 Summary
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  		Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization European Health For All Database
Online access and the ability to download the European Health For All Database. Includes data for demographic and (more)
Feb 26, 2003 Summary
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  		Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization European Health Report 2002
This report presents public health information about the Member States. It is designed to be of use to decision (more)
Publication Year: 2002 		Feb 27, 2003 Summary
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  		Food Marketing Institute Food Marketing Institute Fees may apply
Organization of food retailers and wholesalers that researches consumer trends, new technology, improving management (more)
Jun 12, 2002 Summary
Lotus Notes Spreadsheet
  		Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Food, Beverages, and Tobacco Expenditures, 1970-1988
Data on total expenditures of food, beverages, and tobacco for many countries. Expenditures are computed as a percent (more)
Publication Month: April 1991 		Jun 7, 2002 Summary

Trade Data

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  		Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau Country by 1-digit SITC Commodity Trade Data
Products traded with the U.S., listed in tables by month for each country. Data available beginning 1996.
Jun 7, 2002 Summary
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  		Gillin, Edward FAOSTAT: The Statistical Database of FAO
This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne (more)
Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002 		Aug 16, 2002 Summary
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  		Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture FAS Online
FAS provides information and data about imports and exports, commodities, trade policy, buying US products, and more.
Jun 12, 2002 Summary
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  		Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration FIARS: Import Alerts
Access to import alerts by country, industry, or number.
Jun 6, 2002 Summary
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  		Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration Import Refusal Reports for OASIS
Import refusal reports by country or product. Includes introduction and code translation.
Jun 6, 2002 Summary
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  		International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations IPFSAPH - Labeling
Resources on labeling from the International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health. Includes (more)
Dec 5, 2005 Summary
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  		Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Statistics Portal Fees may apply
Portal to OECD statistics on such topics as agriculture and fisheries, demography and population, development, (more)
Feb 13, 2004 Summary
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  		Journal of Commerce PIERS Imports (U.S. Ports) Fees may apply
Collection of manifests of vessels discharging international cargo at U.S. ports. Available import data include (more)
Jun 13, 2002 Summary
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  		Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Production, Supply and Distribution Online
Database of USDA data on production, supply, and distribution of agricultural commodities for the U.S. and other (more)
Feb 22, 2008 Summary
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  		American Soybean Association Soy Stats 2002
This site provides statistical information about "the U.S. soybean industry and its relationship to world oilseed (more)
Publication Year: 2002 		Oct 1, 2002 Summary

Nutrition

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  		Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission Diet, Physical Activity and Health - EU Platform for Action Database
Database of action plans of members of the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health. The database is (more)
Deadline: Monday, December 19, 2005
 Dec 19, 2005 Summary
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  		Gillin, Edward FAOSTAT: The Statistical Database of FAO
This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne (more)
Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002 		Aug 16, 2002 Summary
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  		Leatherhead Food International FoodlineWeb Fees may apply
This site provides news and events related to the food and drink industries. It also hosts several databases (more)
Oct 21, 2002 Summary
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  		Food and Nutrition Programme, United Nations University International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS)
Resources on the nutrient composition of foods. Includes links to regional data centers, publications including the (more)
Aug 31, 2001 Summary
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  		Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health
Portal to access official information from countries and international organizations related to food safety, animal, (more)
Jun 3, 2004 Summary
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Comma-Separated Values Text File
  		World Health Organization WHO Global InfoBase: InfoBase Online
Database of survey data for risk factors for noncommunicable diseases from many countries worldwide. The database may (more)
Jan 27, 2004 Summary
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  		World Bank Group World Bank Group
Information about the activities of the World Bank as well as statistics on distribution of wealth, nutritional (more)
Aug 31, 2001 Summary

Meat and Poultry Products

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  		British Food Standards Agency BSE Incidence Worldwide
Confirmed cases of BSE for many European countries. Data begins in 1999.
Jul 10, 2002 Summary
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  		Binfield, Julian, et al. FAPRI-Ireland 2002 EU Baseline Briefing Book
Baseline agricultural projections for the EU. Includes discussion of policy assumptions, macroeconomic assumptions, (more)
Publication Month: May 2002 		Jul 12, 2002 Summary
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  		Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission Monthly Reports of Member States on BSE and Scrapie
Tables of monthly testing data for BSE in cattle and scrapie and sheep and goats in the EU.
Jan 14, 2003 Summary
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  		European Union Risk Analysis Information Network Risk Assessment Database
Database of data and study outcomes related to food safety risk assessment. Includes information on Salmonella, (more)
Oct 8, 2004 Summary
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  		European Commission Statistics
Statistics on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Includes data on number of cases, data from tests, a related (more)
Aug 21, 2002 Summary
Lotus Notes Spreadsheet
  		Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture World Red Meat and Poultry Consumption, 1975-1991
Annual consumption, population, and per capita consumption data for red meat and poultry for selected countries.
Publication Year: 1997 		Jun 7, 2002 Summary

Other Animal Products

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  		Bailey, Ken Dairy Outlook Web Site
This site provides access to a variety of data on the dairy industry. There is Pennsylvania dairy market information (more)
Jul 29, 2002 Summary
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  		Binfield, Julian, et al. FAPRI-Ireland 2002 EU Baseline Briefing Book
Baseline agricultural projections for the EU. Includes discussion of policy assumptions, macroeconomic assumptions, (more)
Publication Month: May 2002 		Jul 12, 2002 Summary
ASP
  		European Union Risk Analysis Information Network Risk Assessment Database
Database of data and study outcomes related to food safety risk assessment. Includes information on Salmonella, (more)
Oct 8, 2004 Summary

Plant Products

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  		European Commission Annual EU-wide Pesticide Residues Monitoring Reports
Reports and data from the European Union on exposure to pesticides through residues on plant products from 1996-2002. (more)
Aug 13, 2002 Summary
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  		Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Database for Products Derived Using Modern Biotechnology
Prototype database of information on products of modern biotechnology that have been approved or are in the process (more)
Apr 4, 2005 Summary
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  		Gillin, Edward FAOSTAT: The Statistical Database of FAO
This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne (more)
Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002 		Aug 16, 2002 Summary
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  		Binfield, Julian, et al. FAPRI-Ireland 2002 EU Baseline Briefing Book
Baseline agricultural projections for the EU. Includes discussion of policy assumptions, macroeconomic assumptions, (more)
Publication Month: May 2002 		Jul 12, 2002 Summary
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  		AGBIOS GM Database
Database of information about approved GM products. Includes event name, company, and description of approvals for (more)
Jan 13, 2003 Summary
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  		Red Book Credit Services Red Book Marketing Fees may apply
Website for professional produce marketers. The site includes business headlines, an industry database, marketing (more)
Jun 12, 2002 Summary
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  		European Union Risk Analysis Information Network Risk Assessment Database
Database of data and study outcomes related to food safety risk assessment. Includes information on Salmonella, (more)
Oct 8, 2004 Summary
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  		American Soybean Association Soy Stats 2002
This site provides statistical information about "the U.S. soybean industry and its relationship to world oilseed (more)
Publication Year: 2002 		Oct 1, 2002 Summary
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  		International Association for Cereal Science and Technology Who is Who in the World of Cereal Science and Technology Fees may apply
Searchable database of professionals in the field of cereal science and technology. Includes contact information, (more)
Jun 10, 2003 Summary

Chemical Hazards

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  		Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization Acrylamide Analytical Database
Database of data on acrylamide levels in food and the total diet. The database is searchable by country, year, food (more)
Jun 16, 2004 Summary
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  		World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Acrylamide Infonet
Website of the WHO/FAO Acrylamide in Food Network, which was established following the FAO/WHO Consultation on the (more)
Nov 25, 2002 Summary
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  		Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission Acrylamide Information Base of Research Activities in the EU
Directory of acrylamide activities in the EU. Information about study activities are given for studies in 10 areas: (more)
Mar 5, 2003 Summary
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  		European Commission Annual EU-wide Pesticide Residues Monitoring Reports
Reports and data from the European Union on exposure to pesticides through residues on plant products from 1996-2002. (more)
Aug 13, 2002 Summary
HTM
Comma-Separated Values Text File
  		Codex Alimentarius Commission Codex Alimentarius: Veterinary Drug Residues in Food
Database of Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The database is (more)
Publication Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 		Jul 23, 2002 Summary
MS PowerPoint
  		Gillin, Edward FAOSTAT: The Statistical Database of FAO
This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne (more)
Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002 		Aug 16, 2002 Summary
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  		Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD Database on Pesticide/Biocide Reviews
Database of when pesticides or biocides were reviewed by countries or international bodies. The database is (more)
Apr 25, 2005 Summary
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  		United Kingdom Food Standards Agency Summary of Known Activity on Acrylamide in Food
Listing of activities related to acrylamide in food. Projects are classified into the following categories: (more)
Mar 5, 2003