Food under the Microscope: Special Report
Scientists have the power to take a gene from one organism and put it into an entirely different species. It is already having a dramatic impact on the production of new drugs and researchers are now altering the crops ..18 May, 1999 BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/food...

2007 Food & Nutrition FDA Press Releases
FDA Warnings
Important Food Risks and Warnings
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~lrd/press.html

5 a Day Recipes
The 5 A Day program endorses recipes that promote fruit and vegetables and are low in fat and cholesterol. The use of whole grains and minimal use of salt and sugar are strongly encouraged in all 5 A Day recipes.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/5aday/recipes/

About the Calories Burned Estimator
Find out how many calories you burn doing your favorite activities. Enter your weight, then enter the number of minutes you do each different activity, click on calculate at the bottom of the form for your personal report.
http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

All About Virginia Apples
Warm days, cool nights and a rich deep soil nurtured by consistent rainfall makes Virginia's climate ideal for growing many apple varieties.
http://www.virginiaapples.org/facts/index.html

Apples
Apples are the most popular backyard tree fruit for this area. A number of varieties are available (see following table), with variation in time of ripening and best use (cooking, eating, or both).
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/fruit/apple.html

Artichokes
It's not really clear where artichokes originated, but the best guess is that they are from the central and western Mediterranean..Virtually every fresh artichoke sold in the US now comes from California, with 80 percent coming from Castroville, a town...
http://www.mmdtkw.org/VArtichokes.html

Avocado
Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable
Avocados are sodium- and cholesterol-free and have only five grams of fat per serving, most of it the monounsaturated kind
and More
http://www.avocado.org/about/fun_facts.php

Bees and Honey
All about Bees and Honey: Composition of Honey;Cooking and Baking with Honey; Catching a Swarm;Diseases and Afflictions of Honey Bees;and MORE
http://www.kohala.net/bees/

Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
Recent News
Recent Food Recalls
Food Safety Programs
Produce Safety
and Much More Important Information for Food Safety
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html