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Fish and Shellfish Products and Vibrio

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Risk Assessment of Vibrio vulnificus in Raw Oysters: Interpretative Summary and Technical Report Risk assessment for Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia from the consumption of raw oysters from the Gulf Coast of the U.S., based on models from previous Vibrio parahaemolyticus risk assessments. Appendices include "Model implementation," "Estimated model parameters in the exposure assessment," "Dose-response assessment," "Comparative results of assessment based on alternative data sets for relationship between V. vulnificus/g and water temperature at harvest," and more. Also available: The prepublication version of this report. (more) Deadline: Thursday, September 1, 2005 Publication Year: 2005	Mar 2, 2006
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Risk Assessment of Vibrio vulnificus in Raw Oysters: Interpretative Summary and Technical Report: Pre-Publication Version Prepublication version of this risk assessment for Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia from the consumption of raw oysters from the Gulf Coast of the U.S., based on models from previous Vibrio parahaemolyticus risk assessments. Appendices include "Model implementation," "Estimated model parameters in the exposure assessment," "Dose-response assessment," "Comparative results of assessment based on alternative data sets for relationship between V. vulnificus/g and water temperature at harvest," and more. Now available: The final version of this report. (more) Deadline: Thursday, September 1, 2005 Publication Month: August 2005	Sep 1, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Irradiation in the Production, Processing, and Handling of Food Final rule that provides for the safe use of ionizing radiation for the control of Vibrio and other pathogens in fresh or frozen molluscan shellfish. (more) Deadline: Friday, August 26, 2005 Publication Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2005	Aug 26, 2005
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Quantitative Risk Assessment on the Public Health Impact of Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Raw Oysters Quantitative product pathway risk assessment on the public health impact of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from consumption of raw oysters. Objectives include investigation of factors that contribute to risk of illness from consumption of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in raw oysters and evaluation of public health impacts of various control measures. (more) Publication Month: July 2005	Jul 22, 2005
	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
	Lake, Rob; Hudson, Andrew; Cressey, Peter/Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited	Risk Profile: Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Seafood Profile of the risks associated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafood in New Zealand. Includes each step of a qualitative risk assessment as well as other information that will be useful for risk management. Also includes an appendix entitled "Categories for Risk Profiles". (more) Publication Month: December 2003	Sep 7, 2004
	United States, prepared for the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene, Thirty-fifth Session	Discussion Paper on Risk Management Strategies for Vibrio spp. in Seafood This document includes a risk profile for Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Sections include "Pathogen-food commodity combination(s) of concern," "Description of the public health problem," "Food Production, processing, distribution and consumption," "Other Risk Profile Elements," "Risk Assessment Needs and Questions for the Risk Assessors," "Available Information and Major Knowledge Gaps," and "Recommendations". (more) Publication Month: August 2002	Apr 14, 2004
	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
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Vibrio vulnificus Health Education Kit: How to Generate Awareness of Vibrio vulnificus in Raw Oysters within the Hispanic Community Information for health educators on educating consumers about the risks from Vibrio vulnificus associated with eating raw Gulf oysters. Includes a variety of educational materials such as a sample press release, article, and public service announcement, fact sheets, recipes, and more. Materials are available in English and Spanish. (more)	Mar 26, 2004
	Department of Food Safety, Cluster on Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, World Health Organization	Seminar on Risk Management and Risk Assessment for CCFH Orlando: Presentations from this seminar on risk management and risk assessment. Presentations include "Review of Basic Risk Management Tools and How Risk Assessment is used to Develop Risk Management Tools"/Skinner, Roger; "Review of Basic Risk Management Tools and How Risk Assessment Is Used to Develop Risk Management Tools"/Buchanan, Robert L.; "Discussion Paper on Risk Management Strategies for Campylobacter ssp. in poultry"/Jansen, Jaap T.; "Risk Assessment of Campylobacter spp. In Broiler Chickens"/Fazil, Aamir M.; "Proposed Draft Guidelines for the control of Listeria monocytogenes in foods (CX/FH 03/8)"/Bartelt, Edda; "Listeria monocytogenes: risk assessment issues"/Ross, Tom; "Risk Management Strategies for Vibrio spp. in Seafood"/Miliotis, Marianne; and "Risk Assessment Issues: Vibrio spp. In Seafood"/Walderhaug, Mark. (more) Publication Date: Sunday, January 26, 2003	Jun 16, 2003
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Risk Assessment of Campylobacter spp. in Broiler Chickens and Vibrio spp. in Seafood - a Joint FAO/WHO Consultation Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation held August 5-9, 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand. It discusses the risk assessment of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in broiler chickens and of Vibrio spp. in seafood. It also discusses key findings gleaned from the risk assessments, risk assessment in developing countries, limitations and gaps in the data, utility and applicability of the risk assessment models, and more. (more) Publication Date: Monday, December 23, 2002	Jan 14, 2003
	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
	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

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