URL: http://www.foodrisk.org/IRAC/events/2005-08-18/index.cfm
Food and Waterborne Pathogen Risk Ranking Models: From Theory to Practice
WORKSHOP
August 18, 2005 (day after the IAFP meeting in Baltimore)
FDA/CFSAN Wiley Building Auditorium,
(5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740)
Meeting Presentations and Agenda
Please join us for a “hands-on experience” at ranking different food and waterborne hazards.
Meeting Sponsor: Interagency Risk Assessment Consortium
Audience: Regulators, consumers, industry, and modeling “geeks”
Maximum capacity is 60; if you would like to receive an Evite invitation, please e-mail Sharon Edelson Mammel at smammel@cfsan.fda.gov with the subject line “workshop Evite request” by July 1st, 2005. Once you receive an invitation, please respond by July 29th, 2005.
Contact: Marianne Miliotis FDA/CFSAN: 301-436-1933 or e-mail at mmilioti@cfsan.fda.gov
Cost: Free. Box lunch requires $6.50 cash on-site during registration. See Evite for lunch selection.
Objectives of Symposium
Risk ranking tools support better risk management, inform decision making, engage stakeholders, balance trade-offs, and enhance resource prioritization. Several models have been developed, nationally and internationally, to evaluate and rank microbiological agents, toxins, and chemicals that can contaminate food. These models are at various stages of development. Some are ready to be used. All of the models need visibility, testing, and a feedback from users, policymakers, industry, and consumers affected by these models. From policy makers to practitioners, all food safety professionals, industry stakeholders, and consumers need to know more about them.
The objectives of this workshop are five-fold:
1. To provide a forum for researchers, managers, consumers, and assessors interested in risk ranking models and techniques to share ideas and experiences.
2. To gain a hands-on experience with different risk ranking models.
3. To understand how each model can be used in policy analysis.
4. To improve understanding of the advantages and limitations of different approaches.
5. To identify data needs that are limiting steps in the further development of these models.
The morning session will constitute presentations of specific aspects of the different models, such as purpose model was developed, structure of model, software used, data gaps, and assumptions made to develop the model. An informal panel will critique each model during lunchtime, and in the afternoon, there will be model demonstrations and an opportunity for “hands-on” experience of the different models presented.
Attending this conference will enable you to better understand risk ranking and the matrix of attributes for each of the risk ranking models. The matrix will be posted on the JIFSAN Risk Analysis Clearinghouse at the conclusion of the meeting. The matrix will provide an “at a glance” comparison of the available risk ranking tools.
JOIN US FOR AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION OF RISK RANKING MODELS!!
