Beef Food Consumption and Exposure Resources

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Cohen, Joshua, and George Gray	Analysis to Inform Decisions: Evaluating BSE This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. It provides an overview of a model to simulate pathways for cattle-derived BSE in U.S. cattle or in the human food supply and the effects that BSE in the U.S. system would have over time. Included is information on BSE infectivity, and sample simulation results are shown. The pdf version of this presentation is available here. (more) Publication Date: Friday, July 26, 2002	Aug 22, 2002
	Comer, Philip	Assessing Exposure to BSE Infectivity: the Impact of the Over Thirty Month Rule in the UK Presentation of an exposure assessment for BSE in the UK. It was presented at the 2003 CSL/JIFSAN Joint Symposium - Food Safety and Nutrition: Risk Analysis. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, June 12, 2003	Jun 18, 2003
	Ralston, Katherine, C. Philip Brent, Yolanda Starke, Toija Riggins, and C.T. Jordan Lin	Consumer Food Safety Behavior: A Case Study in Hamburger Cooking and Ordering Report on the changing attitudes of consumers towards hamburger doneness, as seen through their home preparation and hamburger ordering behaviors. It discusses the reasons for the changes, the savings in medical costs for foodborne illness as a result of the changes, and the effects of the findings on future food safety education practices. Data is provided in tables on hamburger color, hamburger doneness, consumer knowledge and attitudes, demographic characteristics, and more. An appendix is provided entitled "An Economic Model of Risk and Palatability in Doneness Choice". (more) Publication Month: May 2002	Oct 7, 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
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Market Research Corporation of America	Data: Hamburger Doneness and Consumer Preferences This site provides downloadable datasets collected by the Market Research Corporation of America for the ERS. There are two data modules: the Hamburger and Egg Consumption Diary, which includes data on hamburger doneness and cooking methods, and the Hamburger Preparation Quiz, which includes data on consumer perception of the risk of foodborne illness, including hamburger doneness preferences and sensory characteristics of hamburgers. There is also a link to the corresponding report on this data. (more) Publication Month: May 2002	Oct 7, 2002
	European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Scientific Report on the BSE Surveillance Model (BSurvE) Established by the Community Reference Laboratory for TSE Report that assesses the Community Reference Laboratory's BSE surveillance model BSurvE. Publication Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2004	Oct 29, 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
	Davis, Christopher G.; Lin, Biing-Hwan	Factors Affecting U.S. Beef Consumption Report on U.S. beef product consumption as determined from 1994-96 and 1998 CSFII data. Includes discussion of consumption by cut of beef, income, race/ethnicity, at-home vs. away-from-home sources, region, rural vs. urban, gender, and age. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Publication Month: October 2005	Oct 12, 2005
	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
	Cohen, Steven	FSIS Sampling for Ground Beef Shows E. coli O157:H7 Downward Trend Release regarding the number of E. coli O157:H7 positive samples in ground beef found by FSIS for 2003 as compared to previous years. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2003	Sep 22, 2003
	Food Safety Unit, Public Health Group, Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division, Department of Human Services, Victorian State Government	Kebab Survey Report of a survey of kebab meat temperature and handling practices as well as the presence of Clostridium perfringens, coliforms, E. coli, and Salmonella in meat samples and juice from the drip tray. The questionnaire used in the survey is attached as an appendix. (more)	Dec 17, 2004
	Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Microbiological Results of Raw Ground Beef Products Analyzed for Escherichia coli O157:H7 Calendar Year 2003 Information on each sample found positive for E. coli O157:H7 in the FSIS microbiological testing program. For each positive sample, the sample source, collection date, state where collected, product status (held or recalled), and statistics on number of positives and number of samples analyzed at that time is given. Data is available back to 1994. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2006	Aug 7, 2002
	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
	North American Meat Processors Association	NAMP's Management Conference Presentations Presentations from this conference held March 26-28, 2004 in Chicago, IL. Presentations include "Trade Impacts of BSE"/Lambert, Chuck; "Canada/U.S. Agricultural Trade"/Masswohl, John; "FSIS Outlook"/Englejohn, Daniel L.; "Global Meat Trade"/Elam, Thomas E.; "Evolving With The Consumer"/The Hartman Group; "Red Meat Outlook"/Robb, James. (more) Event Dates: Friday, March 26, 2004 - Sunday, March 28, 2004 Publication Date: Friday, March 26, 2004	Jan 22, 2004
	Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the European Food Safety Authority on BSE Risk from Dissemination of Brain Particles in Blood and Carcass Following Stunning Opinion adopted on October 21, 2004 regarding stunning methods and BSE risk in light of new studies. Includes as an annex "Report of the EFSA Working Group on BSE risk from dissemination of brain particles in blood and carcass". (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2004	Dec 9, 2004
	Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the Scientific Panel BIOHAZ on the Assessment of the Likelihood of the Infectivity in SRM Derived from Cattle at Different Age Groups Estimated by Back Calculation Modelling In view of the results from experimental studies of the distribution of BSE infectivity relative to the period post exposure in cattle, the panel BIOHAZ considers its earlier opinion of 28 April 2005 still valid, which concluded that the likely detectable infectivity in the CNS appears at about 3/4 of the incubation time. (more) Publication Date: Friday, May 11, 2007	May 14, 2007
	Scientific Steering Committee, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Opinion on: Hypotheses on the Origin and Transmission of BSE This opinion paper and the supporting reports review current understanding of the responsible agent of BSE, the origin of BSE, BSE transmission pathways, and factors which might increase cattle susceptibility to BSE. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, November 29, 2001	Aug 2, 2002
	Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	A Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment on Salmonella in Meat: Source Attribution for Human Salmonellosis from Meat - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards Opinion adopted on January 24, 2008 regarding the quantitative risk assessment and evaluation of the relative contribution of different meat categories to cases of food-borne Salmonella infections in humans, taking into account the occurrence of the pathogen in the food chain, risk factors, food production flows and food preparation and consumption habits. (more) Publication Date: Monday, February 18, 2008	Feb 25, 2008

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