Fish and Shellfish Products Risk Communication

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Drug Administration	Backgrounder for the 2004 FDA/EPA Consumer Advisory: What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish This document discusses the joint FDA/EPA consumer advisory "What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish," including differences between this and other advisories, a discussion of future actions, and more. (more) Publication Month: March 2004	Mar 24, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Consumer Advice Gives answers to consumers for common questions regarding foodborne illness, food preparation, food away from home, food storage, seafood, produce and fruit juice, dietary supplements, cosmetics, nutrition and weight loss, food labeling, and more. (more)	May 29, 2002
	Advisory Forum, European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Advisory Forum Event Berlin: Abstracts and presentations from this public event on topics related to the risk assessment process. Presentations include "Future perspectives in risk assessment: Key challenges and opportunities"/Jouve, Jean-Louis; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Feron, Victor J.; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Silano, Vittorio; "UK review of risks and benefits of fish consumption"/Benford, Diane; "Position of the French Committee of AFSSA on a risk/benefit analysis of GMOs"/Schwartz, Maxime; "Risk-benefit assessment of micronutrients - folic acid"/Flynn, Albert; and "Risk-benefit evaluation lessons for risk management and communication"/Renn, Ortwin. (more) Event Dates: Monday, November 8, 2004 - Tuesday, November 9, 2004 Publication Date: Friday, November 12, 2004	Aug 6, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	FDA Announces Comprehensive Foods Advisory on Methylmercury FDA Talk Paper regarding the draft FDA/EPA advisory regarding methylmercury and the consumption of fish. Includes links to the draft advisory "Advice For Women Who Are Pregnant, Or Who Might Become Pregnant, and Nursing Mothers, About Avoiding Harm To Your Baby Or Young Child From Mercury in Fish and Shellfish" and an overview of the draft advisory. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2003	Jan 7, 2004
	Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency	Fish Advisories This page links to information related to fish advisories, including the FDA/EPA advisory on mercury in fish and shellfish, links to local fish advisory programs, a national compendium of information on local fish advisories, guidance documents, chemical fact sheets, publications, and more. (more)	Aug 26, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Fresh and Frozen Seafood: Selecting and Serving it Safely Information for consumers on shopping for, storing, preparing, and serving fresh and frozen seafood, including special health notes for pregnant women and other susceptible groups. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Publication Month: August 2006	Aug 15, 2006
	Hites, Ronald A., et al.	Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon Report of a study on the concentrations of organochlorine contaminants in farmed and wild salmon. The cumulative risks of consuming farmed and wild salmon and the resulting consumption advice based on EPA methodology are also discussed. Subscription or purchase are required to access the full text. (more) Publication Date: Friday, January 9, 2004	Jan 13, 2004
	Teutsch, Steven M.; Cohen, Joshua T.	Health Trade-offs From Policies to Alter Fish Consumption Introduction to a series of articles on a Harvard Center for Risk Analysis project to assess potential health consequences of advisories or other policies that influence fish consumption. There is no abstract available for this article, and access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Deadline: Friday, November 11, 2005 Publication Month: November 2005	Nov 11, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Important Message for Pregnant Women and Women of Childbearing Age Who May Become Pregnant About the Risks of Mercury in Fish Consumer advisory about the risks of methylmercury in fish to unborn children. Publication Month: March 2001	May 29, 2002
	Unit D3 - Chemical and Physical Risks; Surveillance, Directorate D - Food Safety: Production and Distribution Chain, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Information Note: Methyl Mercury in Fish and Fishery Products Information note regarding the European Food Safety Authority's recent opinion regarding methyl mercury and fish. Includes discussion of consumer warnings issued by countries regarding fish consumption. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2004	May 17, 2004

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