Botulism Hotline Lab
Public Inquiries: 404-639-3534
1-800-311-3435
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd
Atlanta, GA 30333
404-639-3311
http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec8027202b
E.Coli Reference Center (College of Ag
Sciences) Penn State University
814-863-2167
http://ecoli.cas.psu.edu/
Food and Drug Administration
Main FDA Phone #: 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332)
http://www.fda.gov
Institute of Food Science
(Food Venture Center)
New York State Ag Experiment Station
630 West North Street
Geneva, NY 14456
315-787-2273
Fax: 315-787-2284
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/fst/fvc/
Booklet on food processing for new businesses.
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Office of the Director
P.O. Box 630
1616 Missouri Blvd.
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573-751-4211
aginfo@mda.mo.gov
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Pesticide Control
P.O. Box 630
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573-751-5504
Fax: 573-751-0005
http://www.mda.mo.gov/WhoWeAre/overview.htm
Missouri Department of Health
Bureau of Communicable Disease
Deputy Division Director
930 Wildwood Drive
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570
573-751-6079
Fax: 573-526-5220
http://www.dhss.mo.gov/CommunicableDisease/index.html
National Food Safety Database
University of Florida
http://foodsafety.ifas.ufl.edu/indexNFSDB.htm
National Pesticide Information Center
Oregon State University
333 Weniger
Corvallis, OR 97331-6502
1-800-858-7378
Fax: 541-737-0761
Email: npic @ace.orst.edu
http://npic.orst.edu/index.html
Callers can receive health and environmental information about
specific pesticides used around the house and garden as well as on
supermarket produce.
Ohio State University
Food Safety and Technology Hotlines
1-800-752-2751
http://medina.osu.edu/fcs/fdhtline.html
Seafood Hotline
Food and Drug Administration
1-800-FDA-4010 (1-800-332-4010)
Recorded messages 24 hours a day. Consumer educators available to answer
questions Monday to Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Eastern time.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/seafood1.html
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Meat and Poultry Hotline
Room 1165, South Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20250
1-800-535-4555 (9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST)
www.fsis.usda.gov/Food_Safety_Education/usda_meat_&_poultry_hotline/index.asp
(The Hotline is closed on Federal government holidays, with the
exception of Thanksgiving Day. Hours of operation on Thanksgiving are
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time.)
Inspection Operations Office (MO)
P. O. Box 5080
Jefferson City, MO 63115
573-635-0258
USDA/FSIS Midwestern Lab - St. Louis
314-263-2680
U.S. EPA Office
EPA Hotlines
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/hotline.htm
U.S. EPA Office
1-800-SOS-RADON
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/radon/pubs/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Safe Drinking Water Hotline
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
1-800-426-4791
http://www.epa.gov/safewater
U. S. Environmental Publications &
Information National Center
P. O. Box 42419
Cincinnati, OH 45242-2419
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/publications.htm
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Consumer Affairs Office
Kansas City District Office
11630 W. 80th St., Box 15905
Lenexa, KS 66285-5905
913-752-2142
Fax: 913-752-2111
USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education
Information Center
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Blvd., Room 304
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
301-504-5719
foodborne@nal.usda.gov
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodborne/foodborn.htm
USDA/FSIS Food Safety Education Office
202-690-0351
(For bulk publication orders.)
http://www.usda.gov/agency/fsis/homepage.htm
USDA/FSIS HACPP Hotline
1-800-233-3935
(press 2 to connect to the hotline)
www.fsis.usda.gov/science/hazard_analysis_&_pathogen_reduction/index.asp
University of Florida
Food Safety Program
http://foodsafety.ifas.ufl.edu/indexNFSDB.htm
http://enafs.ifas.ufl.edu/
