Government Bodies/Institutions/Agencies

• British Pharmacopeia
• European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare
• FDA USA, Food and Drug Administration.
• Food Standards Agency UK
• MCAUK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• MiDAS UK, Microbiological Diagnostics Assessment Service part of the Evaluation and Standards Laboratory at the Health Protection Agency.
  
• UK, Royal Society for Public Health
• The Society of Food Hygiene Technology UK
• US Government Food Safety Information
• US Pharmacopeia reference site

Interest Groups

• American Society of Microbiology features audio web conferences from their annual meetings
• Pharmaceutical Quality Group a group for professional quality practitioners within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Society for Industrial Microbiology UK
• The Microbiology Network USA, a communication resource for microbiologists, includes user groups and forums and FDA sponsored mail lists
• The Pharmaceutical Microbiology Interest Group (PharMIG)UK
• www.21cfrpart11.com as the name says a site totally dedicated to part 11

Journals/Publications

• Food Quality monthly journal, site contains useful A-Z reference of Rapid Microbiological Methods
• International Food Hygiene carries stories, features and articles about food safety and hygiene.
• Institute of Validation Technology details of Journal of cGMP Compliance and Journal of Validation Technology. Also has range of training videos relating to laboratory validation.

Microbiology Links

• icademic.org online resources in the microbiology field, covering lists of microbiology departments, websites, journals, books and reviews, employment opportunities and events. Site provides useful resources about microbiology and other life sciences fields
• Microbiologyprocedure.com good general overview of microbiology terms and procedures
• Cells Alive lots of bug pictures some of them animated
• Microbes.info a wide range of links and information about microbiology
• The Microbe Zoo you can explore the microbe life of 22 different habitats such as inside of humans and snacks

Reference

• The "Bad Bug Book" this useful handbook provides basic facts regarding foodbourne pathogenic microorganisms, data is pooled from the FDA, CDC, USDA and National Institutes of Health
• The British Library provides wide range of information services, photocopies or loans of original material which can be ordered on-line
• United Kingdom National Culture Collection
• WFCC-MIRCEN World Data Centre for Microorganisms provides a comprehensive directory of culture collections, databases on microbes and cell lines.