RC Databases

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	ACDC Online Database Searchable bibliographic database of resources related to agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural affairs communication. Includes information on risk communication. (more)	Dec 21, 2004
	Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office	Catalog of U.S. Government Publications Database that allows visitors to search bibliographic records of U.S. Government information products.	Aug 31, 2001
	National Institutes of Health/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	CHID Online: The Combined Health Information Database Database allows visitors to search fields for US government literature on various health-realted topics, including risk analysis, risk communication and risk perception. Site contains abstracts. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health	Current Bibliographies in Medicine 2000-7: Health Risk Communication Bibliographies provide citations to publications in risk communication and related areas from 1990-2000. Publication Month: October 2000	Aug 31, 2001
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration/Eastern Research Group, Inc.	Current State of Food Product Open Dates in the U.S. Eastern Research Group, under contract with FDA, conducted this study of food product open dates. The information in this study was sought through literature reviews, multiple in-store surveys of food products and discussions with industry personnel and trade organizations. The survey universe consists of 149 product categories covering baked, dairy, frozen, refrigerated, shelf-stable, and chilled ready to eat food products. In addition to examining the current regulatory and industry framework under which U.S. food manufacturers currently operate, this study also provides quantitative information on the current practices on different types of food labeling in the United States. Furthermore, the study includes a comprehensive analysis of industry practices on shelf life testing and decision criteria used in open dating to better qualify the observed results and to further evaluate the potential consequences of adding or modifying open dates on food products. The last section of this study provides a summary of recent studies on consumer food handling and storage practices, as they are relevant to how consumers may interpret different product open dates. (more) Publication Date: Friday, July 18, 2003	Nov 3, 2003
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration/Research Triangle Institute	Dietary Supplement Sales Database (DSPD) A survey conducted by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) under contract with FDA. The Access database contains labeling and catalogue information of approximately 3,000 dietary supplement products sold in the United States. The database includes information such as the product's name, the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor, the product's ingredients, and claims about the product. Claims may be about the health benefits or nutrient content of the product or may be nutritional support statements. Thus, the database provides information on the range of products available for sale in the United States, where these products are sold, what they contain, and what claims are being made about these products. Also available are the final report of the project, which includes information on the procedures used and a description of the database, and a supplement to the final report, which includes detailed records from the data collection process. (more) Publication Month: October 1999	Aug 16, 2002
	Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration	FIARS: Import Alerts Access to import alerts by country, industry, or number.	Jun 6, 2002
	Food Science Department, College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University	Food Safety Database Database of food safety information, including documents, websites, and guidelines, that can be targeted to producers, processors, retailers or consumers. (more)	Aug 31, 2001
	Leatherhead Food International	FoodlineWeb This site provides news and events related to the food and drink industries. It also hosts several databases containing bibliographic information, abstracts, market research, legislation, news, and reports. The news features are free, but use of the databases requires a subscription. Database coverage includes food additives legislation, food processing, microbiology, nutrition, shelf-life, biotechnology, hygiene, quality assurance, crisis management, novel products, market and sales data, and more. (more)	Oct 21, 2002
	Michigan Department of Agriculture	FPAdvisor (Food Pathogen Advisor): A Food Borne Disease Database Database allows foodborne diseases to be searched by parameters such as symptoms, disease type (e.g., bacterial, chemical toxin) and suspected food. (more)	Aug 31, 2001

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