Clearinghouse Priorities for Microbial Risk Assessment Data
The Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) hosted an open meeting on September 1, 1999, at the APHIS Conference Center, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD to present information on on-going risk assessments and models for accessing and collecting data. The meeting was attended by 120 participants.
Agenda
The focus of the meeting was to improve our understanding of the data needs for the successful conduct of microbial risk assessments. This information was to be utilized in the further development of the Risk Assessment Clearinghouse as it moved into the implementation phase.
| 8:00-9:00 | Badge Pick-up and Check-in. Coffee will be served |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome and Introduction. David Lineback, Director, JIFSAN |
| 9:15-9:30 | How we got here. Where we are going? William Hueston, University of Maryland, Clearinghouse Senior Advisor, VA/MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine |
| 9:30-10:15 | A Quick Risk Assessment Primer. Charles Yoe, College of Notre Dame of Maryland |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| Session I | Experiences of Risk Assessors, Identification of Data Gaps |
| 10:30-10:45 | Are there common threads between the data needs of current risk assessments? Setting the stage for Session I. Will Hueston |
| 10:45-11:00 | Salmonella Enteriditis in Shell Eggs and Egg Products. Roberta Morales, Research Triangle Institute |
| 11:00-11:15 | E. coli in ground beef. Margaret Coleman, Food Safety Inspection Service, USDA |
| 11:15-11:30 | Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods. Richard Whiting, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), FDA |
| 11:30-11:45 | Vibrio parahaemolyticus in raw molluscan shellfish. Marianne Miliotis, CFSAN, FDA |
| 11:45-12:00 | Cryptosporidium parvum in drinking water. Christine Moe, University of North Carolina |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch (on your own) |
| Session II | Models for Accessing and Collecting Data |
| 1:30-1:45 | Introduction to Afternoon Session. Will Hueston |
| 1:45-2:00 | On farm data collection for Campylobacter jejuni. Norm Stern, Russell Agricultural Research Center |
| 2:00-2:15 | Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods. Dave Gombas, National Food Processors Association |
| 2:15-2:30 | The NAHMS Experience. Nora Wineland, National Animal Health Monitoring System |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-4:00 | Panel Discussion by Risk Assessors (includes opportunity for audience participation) Chaired by Will Hueston. Panel includes today's speakers, and international representation by Arpad Somogyi, Fritz Kaferstein, and Roger Skinner |
| 4:45-5:00 | Wrap up- where do we go from here? David Lineback, JIFSAN |
