E. coli Exposure Assessment

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	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
	Brady, Gabrielle; Kelly, John	The Assessment of the Public Health Risk Associated with the Simultaneous Handling of Food and Money in the Food Industry Report of a study of the levels of Enterobacteriaceae, E. coli, and coagulase positive Staphylococci on money and foods in food establishments. (more)	Dec 20, 2004
	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
	Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Escherichia coli O157:H7 Overview of E. coli O157:H7. Includes effects, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, incidence, exposure, risk groups, surveillance, and more. (more)	Jul 17, 2002
	Division of Data Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Food and Drug Safety Priority Area 12 Data used for the Food and Drug Safety Progress Review, including data on infections from foodborne Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes. There is also data related to household practices such as refrigeration of perishable foods and washing cutting boards and utensils that have contacted raw meat or poultry, and data on percentage of states that have adopted the FDA Food Code. (more)	May 28, 2002
	Division of Data Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Food and Drug Safety Progress Review: Objective Charts Charts of foodborne infections of Salmonella, Campylobacter jejuni, E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes, as compared to Healthy People 2000 objectives. Also information on refrigeration and cutting board practices and adoption of the FDA Food Code for retail establishments. (more)	May 28, 2002
	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
	Dunn, Son and Stone	Microbe Growth in Custard and Cream Products Report of a study on the growth of Bacillus cereus, coagulase positive Staphylococci, and E. coli in custard and cream based products over time. (more)	Dec 20, 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
		Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food --- 10 Sites, United States, 2004 This article discusses 2004 surveillance data for Campylobacter, E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, Yersinia, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Comparisons are made for data from 1996-2004. (more) Publication Date: Friday, April 15, 2005	Apr 18, 2005
	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food --- Selected Sites, United States, 2003 This article discusses 2003 surveillance data for Campylobacter, E. coli O157, Listeria, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, Yersinia, Cryptosporidium, and Cyclospora cayetanensis. Comparisons are made for data from 1996-2003. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2003	May 3, 2004
		UK Publicly Funded Research Relating to Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC): Update, September 2004 Review of research related to VTEC that was funded by members of the Microbiological Safety of Food Funders Group between 1999 and 2003. Includes such topics as risk assessment, reduction and elimination, microbial antibiotic resistance, detection, microbial physiology and genetics, pathogenicity, epidemiology, and surveillance. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Nov 10, 2004

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