Fish and Shellfish Products Exposure Assessment

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition/Committee on Toxicity	Advice on Fish Consumption: Benefits & Risks Report that weighs nutritional benefits against toxicological risks of fish, especially oily fish, consumption and develops dietary advice regarding fish consumption. Includes discussion of fish consumption in the UK, LC PUFA, fish consumption and cardiovascular disease, dioxins and PCBs, mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium, and more. Annexes include "Fish consumption in the UK," "DHA requirements in pregnancy and lactation," "Updated COT statement on a survey of mercury in fish and shellfish," "COT statement on brominated flame retardants in fish from the Skerne Tees rivers system," and "COT statement on the tolerable daily intake for dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls". (more) Publication Year: 2004	Sep 3, 2004
	Huss, H.H.; Ababouch, L.; Gram, L.	Assessment and Management of Seafood Safety and Quality Report on risk assessment and management issues associated with seafood. Includes discussion of world seafood production and consumption, food safety systems, hazard identification and characterization, and risk management strategies such as HACCP, FSOs, microbiological criteria, traceability, and more. Appendices include "Assessment of Food Safety Programmes," "Hazard Analysis Worksheet," "HACCP Plan Form," and "Generic HACCP Plan for the Production and Processing of Oysters". (more) Publication Year: 2003	Nov 18, 2004
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Brominated Chemicals in Farmed and Wild Fish and Shellfish and Fish Oil Dietary Supplements Report of analysis levels of brominated dioxins, polybrominated biphenyls, and brominated flame retardants present in 48 species of farmed and wild fish and shellfish as well as fish oil dietary supplements in the UK. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Publication Date: Friday, February 17, 2006	Feb 22, 2006
	International Programme on Chemical Safety	Coal Tar Creosote Concise International Chemical Assessment Document (CICAD) on coal tar creosote. Includes discussion of hazard identification, hazard characterization, and exposure considerations. (more) Publication Year: 2004	Jan 3, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration/Anderson, Donald W.; Lindrooth, Richard C.; Murray, Brian C.; Teague, Jackqueline L./Center for Economics Research, Research Triangle Institute	Cost of Restrictions on Gulf Oyster Harvesting for Control of Vibrio vulnificus-Caused Disease Report of a study conducted by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the costs of various control plans for Vibrio vulnificus in Gulf of Mexico oysters. It includes an estimate of the compliance costs of the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) interim control plan for Vibrio vulnificus in oysters. Data is provided in tables and charts on oyster harvests, oysters bound for raw consumption, number of harvesters, processing plants, and shippers, baseline prices, and more. (more) Publication Month: October 1996	Sep 30, 2002
	Data Gaps Working Group, Risk Assessment Consortium	Data Gaps for Selected Microbial Risk Assessments This document contains lists of data gaps identified in published microbial risk assessments by the US Food & Drug Administration, US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety & Inspection Service, and the World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Each data gap is identified by exposure assessment category, the type of information needed, and a brief explanation of the specific data gap. For discussion of needs and gaps in microbial risk assessment as a whole, see Fazil, Aamir, et al. 2005. Microbial risk assessment as a foundation for informed decision-making: a needs, gaps and opportunities assessment (NGOA) for microbial risk assessment in food and water. Available here. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, December 2, 2004	Apr 6, 2004
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Dioxins and Dioxin-like PCBs in Farmed and Wild Fish and Shellfish Report of analysis levels of dioxins and PCBs present in 47 species of wild fish and shellfish in the UK. Deadline: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Publication Date: Friday, February 17, 2006	Feb 22, 2006
	Institute of Food Science and Technology	Dioxins and PCBs in Food This document provides an overview of dioxins and PCBs, including sources, dioxins and PCBs in the food chain, and dioxins and PCBs in human milk. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998	Aug 9, 2002
	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA's Roadmap for Mercury Report describing the Environmental Protection Agency's "progress to date in addressing mercury issues domestically and internationally, and outlines EPA's major ongoing and planned actions to address risks associated with mercury." Includes chapters on "Addressing Mercury Releases," "Addressing Mercury Uses in Products and Processes," and "Communicating to the Public about Mercury Exposure Risks." Covers risks related to mercury exposure in fish and in the water supply. (more) Deadline: Sunday, July 9, 2006 Publication Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2006	Jul 9, 2006
	Science Applications International Corporation	Estimated Per Capita Fish Consumption in the United States Report on per capita estimates of daily average fish consumption as calculated based on the 1994-1996 and 1998 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII). Estimates are also provided for the population subsets children 14 years old and younger, women of childbearing age, and low-income persons. Consumption estimates are broken down for prepared and uncooked fish, finfish and shellfish, and by habitat. Appendices include "Freshwater/Estuarine Ratios for Unknown Fish Components and Habitat Assignments by Food Code," "Statistical Methods," and "Data Conventions". (more) Publication Month: August 2002	Jan 14, 2004
	National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency	Example Exposure Scenarios This document presents exposure scenarios for different exposure pathways and demonstrates the application of data from the Exposure Factors Handbook in estimating exposures. For each scenario, an exposure algorithm, exposure factor inputs, calculations, and exposure characterization and uncertainties are presented. Ingestion pathways described include contaminated homegrown vegetables, homegrown tomatoes, beef, dairy products, drinking water, fish, and breastmilk. (more) Publication Month: April 2004	Sep 16, 2004
	Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Exploratory Data on Furan in Food Exploratory data from FDA's survey of furan levels in food samples. Product categories sampled include baby foods, infant formulas, coffee, mixtures, fish, canned fruit, fruit juices, and vegetables, bread, meats, nuts and nut butters, and more. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2005	May 10, 2004
	Fish Monitoring Program, State Veterinarian, Division of Environmental Health, Department of Environmental Conservation, State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation	Fish Monitoring Program Program that monitors Alaskan fish (salmon, halibut, pacific cod, sablefish, black rockfish, sheefish, lingcod, and pollock) for heavy metals, dioxins, furans, pesticides, PCBs, inorganic arsenic, and chromium VI. The website includes access to their data on contaminant levels in fish. (more)	Nov 1, 2004
	Fein, Sara; Levy, Alan; Lando, Amy	Food Safety Survey: Summary of Major Trends in Food Handling Practices and Consumption of Potentially Risky Foods Discussion of results from the Food Safety Survey from 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2001 regarding trends related to cross contamination and consumption of potentially risky foods (including raw clams, oysters, fish, and eggs, steak tartar, and pink hamburger). (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2002	Oct 13, 2004
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Hazard Identification, Exposure Assessment, and Hazard Characterization of Campylobacter spp. in Broiler Chickens and Vibrio spp. in Seafood - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Microbiological Hazards in Foods held in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 23-27, 2001. It presents hazard identification, hazard characterization, and exposure assessment considerations for the risk assessment of Campylobacter spp. in broilers and Vibrio spp. in seafood, including a dose-response curve for Vibrio. (more) Publication Date: Monday, September 10, 2001	Aug 26, 2002
	Food Safety Unit, Public Health Group, Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division, Department of Human Services, Victorian State Government	Histamines in Fish This page links to reports on levels of histamine and other biogenic amines in fish and shellfish products.	Dec 20, 2004
	Risk Assessment Program, Toxicology and Risk Analysis Section, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy	Human Health Risk Exposure Model This tool uses exposure concentrations to calculate doses and risks. The equations for performing this analysis are also available for different exposure scenarios. Exposure through consumption of fish can be found in the RECREATIONAL LAND USE; Exposure to Contaminants in Water section, and exposure through the consumption of homegrown produce can be found in the RESIDENTIAL LAND USE; Exposure to Contaminants in Water section. (more)	Aug 30, 2002
	Ross, Tom	Listeria monocytogenes: Exposure Assessment (i) This presentation discusses problems encountered in a risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meat and fish. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2001	May 15, 2002
	Office of Seafood, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Mercury Concentrations in Fish: FDA Monitoring Program (1990-2004) Table of mercury or methylmercury concentrations in samples from a variety of fish and shellfish. Publication Month: January 2006	Mar 24, 2004
	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Environmental Protection Agency	Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish Tables providing data on mercury concentrations in a variety of fish and shellfish. Publication Month: January 2006	May 29, 2002
	Abou-Zeid, Khaled A.	Modeling the Antimicrobial Effect of Lactate on the Growth and Survival of Listeria monocytogenes on Ready-to-Eat Seafood Presentation given at the Research Presentation Symposium held November 18, 2004 on a study on the effects of Purasal P Opti.Form 4 on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat smoked fish and on modeling the growth and survival of L. monocytogenes. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Publication Date: Thursday, November 18, 2004	Aug 10, 2005
	Altekruse, Sean F.; Yang, Samantha; Timbo, Babagaleh B.; Angulo, Frederick J.	A Multi-State Survey of Consumer Food-Handling and Food-Consumption Practices Report of a survey of consumer food-handling and food-consumption practices. The survey examined washing hands and cutting boards after contact with raw meat or chicken and consumption of pink hamburgers, undercooked eggs, raw oysters, and raw milk. Full text is available with a subscription. (more) Publication Month: April 1999	Aug 15, 2002
	Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (36th : 2004 : Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Codex Alimentarius Commission	Report of the 36th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants The report includes the Committee's decisions and draft documents on topics related to risk analysis, exposure assessment of contaminants and toxins, risk management of aflatoxin in peanuts and tree nuts, of lead in foods, of inorganic tin in canned foods, maximum levels of cadmium in certain grains and vegetables and of deoxynivalenol, levels for radionuclides in foods, standards for food additives, contaminants, and toxins, active chlorine, mycotoxins, and more. (more) Publication Month: April 2004	Apr 30, 2004
	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	Report on a Survey of Chemical Residues in Domestic and Imported Aquacultured Fish Report of a survey of domestic and imported finfish in Australia for levels of nitrofurans, chloramphenicol, sulphonamides, tetracyclines, malachite green, penicillins, macrolides, trimethoprim, quinolones, and PCBs. Includes as attachments "National Residue Survey Report on Wildcaught fish and Aquaculture," "An Assessment of the Public Health Risk Associated with Low Residues of Malachite Green chloride and Leucomalachite green in Aquacultured Fish," and others. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Publication Month: November 2005	Jan 10, 2006
	Fisheries Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2002 Document on the world fisheries and aquaculture industry. Part 1, "World review of fisheries and aquaculture," includes discussion of fisheries production, utilization, and trade. Part 2, "Selected Issues Facing Fishers and Aquaculture," includes discussion of antibiotic residues in aquaculture products, among other topics. Part 3, "Highlights of Special FAO Studies," includes discussion of the role of public sector policies in Chinese aquaculture development, among other topics. Part 4, "Outlook," discusses long-term projections of fish production and consumption and the prospects for employment related to fisheries and aquaculture. Part 5, "Fisheries Activities of Country Groupings," provides information on various regions of the world. (more) Publication Year: 2002	Jun 23, 2003
	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	Survey of Listeria monocytogenes in Cooked Prawns Report of a survey of L. monocytogenes frequency and levels in retail cooked prawns in Australia. Appendices include "Survey Questionnaire," "Methods of Analysis," and "Microbiological Terms". (more) Publication Month: January 2004	Sep 8, 2004

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