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7954 European Food Safety Authority Assessment of the Public Health significance of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in animals and foods
URL: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211902408708.htm
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This report describes a scientific opinion performed by the Panel on Biological Hazards of EFSA on the assessment of the public health significance of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Included in the assessment are the Hazard Identification and the Hazard Characterization, followed by the Exposure Assessment and Control Options. This report focuses on food-producing animals, humans in close contact with food-producing animals, and the general public.
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Source: The Journal: No. 993 pp. 1-73.

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20090305Mar 5, 2009
7862 Donovan, E.P.; Staskal, D.F.; Unice, K.M.; Roberts, J.D.; Haws, L.C.; Finley, B.L.; Harris, M.A. Risk of Gastrointestinal Disease Associated with Exposure to Pathogens in the Sediments of the Lower Passaic River
URL: http://aem.asm.org/cgi/reprint/74/4/1004.pdf
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This report describes an assessment of the health risk imposed by microbial contamination of river sediments near combined sewer overflows in the Lower Passaic River in northern New Jersey. The analysis investigates fecal coliform, total coliform, fecal Streptococcus, fecal Enterococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Giardia lambia, and Cryptosporidium parvum.
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Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology: Vol. 74 pp. 1004–1018.

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20080200Feb 2008
6632 Bolton, D.J.; Kennedy, J.; Cowan, C. Irish Domestic Food Safety Knowledge, Practice and Microbiology with Particular Emphasis on Staphylococcus aureus
URL: http://www.teagasc.ie/research/reports/foodprocessing/5026/eopr5026.asp
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Final report of a project on food safety knowledge and the presence of bacterial pathogens in domestic refrigerators in Ireland and on the effects of refrigerated storage on the growth and antibiotic and thermal resistance of S. aureus.
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Source: Teagasc

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20050600Jun 2005
5404 Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, University of Melbourne Home Delivery of Perishable Foods Project
URL: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/foodsafety/research/microbiological.htm
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Report of a study on the potential for pathogen growth in home delivered foods. The study included determination of delivery times and temperature profiles for home delivered foods, challenge tests for the growth of Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella on cheese, sliced meat, savoury pastry, fruit, and milk, comparison of challenge test results with predictive models, and application of predictive models to the home delivery data. Appendices include "Temperature measurement trials - comparison of core vs surface temperature measurements," "Temperature profiles for Home deliveries," and "Challenge test results".
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Source: Food Safety Unit, Public Health Group, Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division, Department of Human Services, Victorian State Government

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20031100Nov 2003
5224 Huss, H.H.; Ababouch, L.; Gram, L. Assessment and Management of Seafood Safety and Quality
URL: http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/DOCREP/006/Y4743E/Y4743E00.HTM
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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".
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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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796 Sanjay S. Determination of allelic diversity in the mec operon of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Wisconsin
URL: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/infectious_diseases/iceid/2002/pdf/shukla.pdf
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Overview of a study of the allelic diversity in the mec operon in a group of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates and of how mutations in the mec operon of these isolates correlates with oxacillin MICs, antibiograms, and PFGE profiles.
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Source: International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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20020326Mar 26, 2002
1286 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Controls Guidance: Third Edition
URL: http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/GuidanceDocuments/Seafood/FishandFisheriesProductsHazardsandControlsGuide/default.htm
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This report discusses the FDA's thinking on the hazards associated with fish and fishery products and on controls for those hazards. It includes information on developing a HACCP Plan and discussion of such hazards as pathogens from the harvest area, parasites, natural toxins, chemical contaminants, aquaculture drugs, allergens, metal and glass inclusion, and more.
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Source: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration

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20010600Jun 2001
4324 Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Draft FSIS Microbiological Hazard Identification Guide for Meat and Poultry Components of Products Produced by Very Small Plants
URL: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/haccp/haccp-guide.htm#hazardguide
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Guide on microbiological hazard identification for very small plant operators that was developed in consultation with the Meat and Poultry Subcommittee of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods. It includes descriptions of pathogens of concern, guidance tables on the hazards in various process categories for products, and more.
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Source: Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

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19990826Aug 26, 1999
115 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [ARCHIVE] Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook: The "Bad Bug Book"
URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20080609010803/http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html
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Handbook with information on foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins, including information on the associated disease, associated foods, target populations, outbreaks, and more. Appendices include "Infective dose," "Epidemiology summary table," "Factors affecting microbial growth in foods," "Foodborne Disease Outbreaks, United States 1988-1992," and "Additional Foodborne Disease Outbreak Articles and Databases".
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Source: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration

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19920100Jan 1992
5585 COST 920 Working Group 3: Quantitative Risk Assessment, COST Action 920 Inventory of QMRA Studies in Europe
URL: http://www.cost920.com/00020.html
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Listing of quantitative microbiological risk assessments, organized by pathogen and country. Links to further information for each study, including summary, availability, and contact person.
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Source: COST 920 Working Group 3: Quantitative Risk Assessment, COST Action 920

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4807 Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited Microbial Pathogen Data Sheets
URL: http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/science-technology/data-sheets/index.htm
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Fact sheets on foodborne pathogens. Sections include "The Organism/Toxin," "Growth and Its Control," "The Illness," "Sources," "Outbreaks and Incidents," "Adequate Processing Guidelines," and others. Fact sheets may be available for Bacillus cereus, Campylobacter, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, Cryptosporidium parvum, enteric viruses, E. coli O157:H7, non-O157 STEC, Giardia intestinalis, hepatitis A virus, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium bovis, Norwalk-like viruses, Salmonella Typhi, non-typhoid Salmonellae, scombroid poisoning, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Toxoplasma gondii, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, and Yersinia enterocolitica.
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Source: New Zealand Food Safety Authority

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