Government Bodies/Institutions/Agencies

• British Pharmacopeia
• European Pharmacopeia
• FDA USA, Food and Drug Administration.
• Food Standards Agency UK
• MCA UK, Medicines Control Agency
• MiDAS UK, Microbiological Diagnostics Assessment Service part of the Evaluation and Standards Laboratory at the Health Protection Agency.
  
• The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene
• The Royal Society for the Promotion of 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
• Hygienic Coatings Special Interest Group a networking and research group managed by The Paint Research Association
• Pharmaceutical Microbiology Forum USA, a forum for pharmaceutical microbiologists to exchange information on microbiological issues
• 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 Scientific suppliers Association of Australia industry association for companies supplying products and services to laboratories
• The Pharmaceutical Microbiology Interest Group (PharMIG)UK
• www.21cfrpart11.com as the name says a site totally dedicated to part 11

Journals/Publications

• Food Industry News source of business intelligence for the UK food and drink industries. Only available by subscription so not funded by advertising revenues
• Food Safety ExpressUK, a quarterly independent newsletter which aims to improve awareness of food safety issues throughout the world, written and read by food safety professionals.
• 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

• 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
• Name That Bug! a test of your basic knowledge of bug identification
• 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
• theagarplate broad overview of microbiology with particular reference to food microbiology and Nottingham Trent University
• 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.