Food and Drink

General

BBC Food
Links to BBC food programmes, recipes, food glossary, what's in season and news.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ food/

BBC Food Glossary
Food and drink terms explained - acidulated water to zucchini.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ food/ glossary/ a.shtml

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 traditional food, 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 food, farms, fisheries and growing and crops.
http://www.defra.gov.uk

Department of Health
Use the search facility to find articles and reports about diet, nutrition, food and drink.
http://www.dh.gov.uk

Food and Agriculture Organization
Find here country profiles and a link to the FAOSTAT database 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: nutrition, hygiene, labelling and GM foods plus an A-Z Food Directory and food science/research news and reports.
http://www.food.gov.uk/

WHO World Health Organization
Information and full-text reports on all aspects of food safety: microbiological and chemical risks, biotechnology (GM foods) and food borne disease.
http://www.who.int/ en/

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Page last updated: 2 September 2010