Food and Drink

General

BBC Food
Links to BBC food programmes, recipes, techniques, list of ingredients, what's in season and the BBC food blog.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ food/

BBC Food: Ingredients
Food and drink terms explained - acidulated water to zest.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ food/ ingredients/ by/ letter/ a

Food and Drink Federation
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) represents the food and drink manufacturing industry in the UK. Select 'The Industry' and then 'Food Sectors' for information about different the types of manufacturers.
http://www.fdf.org.uk/ home.aspx

The British Food Trust: The Great British Kitchen
Lots of information about regional specialities, feast day specialities and the history of food as well as a food glossary and a huge collection of recipes.
http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/

Government Departments and Official Bodies

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Sections on the environment, food and farms, rural and countryside matters and wildlife and pets. The website incudes information about food labelling.
http://www.defra.gov.uk

Department of Health
Use the 'Search' to find reports and articles about diet and nutrition.
http://www.dh.gov.uk

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Find here country profiles and a link to statistical databases for statistics on land use, food production and trade. Click on 'Publications' for a link to the FAO Corporate Document Repository for full-text FAO papers, reports and other publications.
http://www.fao.org

Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) was set up by the government to safeguard the public's interests in food matters. It has links to information on all the major current food issues: safety and hygiene, enforcement of food law, food industries and GM foods plus food science/research news and reports.
http://www.food.gov.uk/

World Health Organization (WHO)
See under 'Health Topics' for information and reports on all aspects of food safety: chemical safety, GM foods, food borne disease and more...
http://www.who.int/ en/

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