Food & Agriculture

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Associations

• American Farm Bureau Offers farming news, backgrounders, analysis papers and more.

Government Resources

• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Includes industry news, forms, publications, regulations and more.
• Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition From the Food and Drug Administration. Features food safety information on canned foods, food additives, dietary supplements and more.
• Federal Reserve Board Beige Book Features anecdotal information on current economic conditions, including consumer spending, manufacturing, construction and real estate, banking and finance, labor markets, wages, and prices, and agriculture and natural resources.
• FoodSafety.gov Gateway to government food safety information.
• Industrial Technologies Program From the U.S. Department of Energy. Features information on the agriculture, aluminum, chemicals, forest products, glass, metal casting, mining, petroleum, and steel industries.
• Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS) From the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Includes information on USDA agencies, services and programs.
• United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Provides information about the FAO, its mission, publications and services; includes information about global food and agriculture issues.

Laws

• Agriculture Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 7.
• Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 27.
• Animals and Animal Products Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 9.
• Food and Drugs Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 21.

Web Sites

• Alcohol Industry Information From the Marin Institute. Contains citations and abstract of articles and news stories about the alcohol beverage industry, alcohol policy and prevention efforts.
• BeverageNet Features online publications and news on the beverage industry.
• Tobacco Control Archives Provides access to papers, unpublished documents and electronic resources on tobacco control issues in California.
• Tobacco Documents Online Features tobacco industry documents.
• Yahoo! Finance - News By Industry Includes food industry news.
• Food and Drug Law Institute Publications Publications for attorneys practicing in the food and drug area of law..

Westlaw Databases

• Agriculture Industry News (WNS-AG)
• Foods, Beverages & Tobacco Industry News (WNS-FD)