Fruits and Exposure Assessment

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	National Food and Agricultural Policy Project, Arizona State University East	2003 NFAPP U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Outlook Outlook for the U.S. fruit and vegetable markets. Data is provided on U.S. food prices and expenditures, U.S. fruit and vegetable production value, and supply and utilization (including domestic consumption) for many fruits, vegetables, and nuts. The macroeconomic assumptions employed are also given. (more) Publication Month: February 2003	Jun 24, 2003
	European Commission	Annual EU-wide Pesticide Residues Monitoring Reports Reports and data from the European Union on exposure to pesticides through residues on plant products from 1996-2002. Includes pesticide levels found in relation to Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs), exposure assessment for acute risk from specific pesticides, evaluation of pesticide data by pesticide, commodity, and country, and more. (more)	Aug 13, 2002
	Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data, documentation, questionnaires, and publications related to this telephone survey of health risks in the United States. The data set may be downloaded, or tables and charts of prevalence data or trend data may be generated for the desired behavior or circumstance and the desired state (or nationwide). Data are available for 1995-2001. Prevalence data categories include cardiovascular disease, cholesterol awareness, demographics, diabetes, health status, hypertension awareness, nutrition, risk factors and calculated variables, weight control, and more. Trend data is available for the negative behaviors/circumstances diabetes awareness, not enought fruits and vegetables, obesity by body mass index, overweight by body mass index, and others. (more)	Jul 7, 2003
	Pollack, Susan L.; Lin, Biing-Hwan; Allshouse, Jane	Characteristics of U.S. Orange Consumption Report on orange (including fresh orange, orange juice, and orange drink) consumption in the U.S. Data are provided for orange consumption as a factor of a variety of demographic variables. (more) Publication Month: August 2003	Aug 19, 2003
	Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Section, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency	Characterization of Acrylamide Intake from Certain Foods Analysis of acrylamide intake from various food types, based on FDA data on acrylamide levels in foods and USDA food consumption data. Includes as an appendix "FDA data on acrylamide concentration in foods". (more) Publication Month: March 2005	May 17, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Clothianidin; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule establishing a tolerance for residues of clothianidin in or on pome fruit. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2005	Mar 1, 2005
		Comparison of Residues in Conventional and Organic Produce in New Zealand Brief report on a survey of pesticide residues on organic and conventionally-grown lettuce, potato, broccoli, tomato, banana, grapes, and wine in New Zealand. (more) Publication Month: November 2004	Nov 8, 2004
	Capps, Oral, Jr.; Clauson, Annette; Guthrie, Joanne; Pittman, Grant; Stockton, Matthew	Contributions of Nonalcoholic Beverages to the U.S. Diet Analysis of nonalcoholic beverage purchase choices by U.S. households and of effects of these choices on intake of calories, calcium, vitamin C, and caffeine. (more) Publication Month: March 2005	Apr 20, 2005
	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
	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
	Reed, Jane; Frazão, Elizabeth; Itskowitz, Rachel	How Much Do Americans Pay for Fruits and Vegetables? Analysis of the costs to consumers of fruits and vegetables (per pound and per serving) based on ACNielsen Homescan data from 1999. Includes discussion of what fruits and vegetables are being bought, costs of meeting dietary recommendations, the most and least expensive forms (fresh, frozen, canned, etc.) of fruits and vegetables, and more. (more) Publication Month: July 2004	Aug 11, 2004
	Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	How Much Do Americans Pay for Fruits and Vegetables? Data files that present calculations of total pounds or pints purchased at retail, total dollars spent, average retail price, serving size, servings per pound or pint, and dollars per serving for many fruits and vegetables, based on data from ACNielsen Homescan 1999 household food purchases from all types of retail outlets. The data supported the report with the same title issued by ERS in July 2004. The report can be accessed from this page. (more) Publication Month: August 2004	Aug 11, 2004
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Microbiological Hazards in Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Report of the Expert Meeting FAO and WHO convened on 19–21 October 2007 to consider how to adequately address the extensive request for scientific advice received from the 38th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) on the microbiological hazards associated with fresh produce. (more) Publication Year: 2008	Feb 22, 2008
	Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring 2002 Report on FDA's pesticide residue monitoring program for October 2001 through September 2002. Includes background information on the elements of FDA's monitoring program and discussion of results from regulatory monitoring, incidence/level monitoring of organophosphorous pesticides in select fruits and vegetables, and the Total Diet Study. Appendices include "Analysis of Domestic Samples by Commodity Group in 2002" and "Analysis of Import Samples by Commodity Group in 2002". (more) Publication Month: March 2004	Jun 25, 2004
	Takatsuki, S.; Nemoto, S.; Sasaki, K.; Maitani, T.	[Production of Acrylamide in Agricultural Products by Cooking] Abstract of a study in which several food products were cooked over different periods of time, at different temperatures, and using different methods to study the formation of acrylamide. The original article is in Japanese. (more) Publication Month: February 2004	Jun 8, 2004
	Hartline-Grafton, Heather; Nyman, Rebecca; Briefel, Ronette; Cohen, Rhoda	Prototype Notebook: Short Questions on Dietary Intake, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Report on survey questions used to assess dietary intake, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors for low- income adults. Questions are ranked and information on question source, administration, reliability, validity, sensitivity to change, availability in another language, and other parameters is provided. Questions are listed that are related to fruits and vegetables, grains, legumes, and fiber, variety, fat, calcium food sources, nonalcoholic beverages, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Appendices include "Instruments Inventoried and Question Topic Areas," "Instruments Reviewed But Not Inventoried," "Glossary of Terms Used in the Notebook Template," "Instruments with Questions That Were Not Ranked," and "Citations". (more) Publication Month: September 2004	Sep 15, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Quinoxyfen; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions "This regulation establishes time-limited tolerances for residues of quinoxyfen in or on vegetable, cucurbit, subgroup 9A; pumpkin; and squash, winter." Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. The tolerance expires on 31 December 2007. (more) Publication Date: Friday, January 28, 2005	Feb 4, 2005
	Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Studies, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health	Short Dietary Assessment Instruments Short instruments for assessing dietary intake of fruits and vegetables and percent energy from fat.	Jul 21, 2004
	Guthrie, Joanne F.	Understanding Fruit and Vegetable Choices - Research Briefs Research briefs regarding fruit and vegetable consumption and the economic, behavioral, and social factors that affect consumers' fruit and vegetable choices. (more) Publication Month: November 2004	Nov 17, 2004
	USDA Regional Pest Management Centers	USDA Crop Profiles This page provides access to crop profiles by state and by crop. Crop profiles include information on pounds harvested, cash value, yearly production costs, commodity destinations, %US production, and control measures for each type of pest, disease, and weed. (more)	Jul 19, 2002

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