Staphylococcus aureus

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
	Shukla, Sanjay	Determination of allelic diversity in the mec operon of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Wisconsin Overview of a study of the allelic diversity in the mec operon in a group of MRSA isolates and of how mutations in the mec operon of these isolates correlates with oxacillin MICs, antibiograms, and PFGE profiles. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2002	Jun 24, 2002
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Draft FSIS Microbiological Hazard Identification Guide for Meat and Poultry Components of Products Produced by Very Small Plants 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. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999	Jun 18, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Controls Guidance: Third Edition 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. (more) Publication Month: June 2001	Aug 7, 2002
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Food Safety: An Educational Video for Institutional Food Workers This video, produced in 1996, provides food safety advice for food service workers who work in nursing homes, day care facilities, or hospitals. Information is presented by the FDA, CDC, and HCFA, and focuses on Salmonella, Staphylococcus, and E. coli O157:H7. The video may be ordered or viewed for free online. (more) Publication Month: April 1996	Aug 7, 2002
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook: The "Bad Bug Book" 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". (more) Publication Month: January 1992	Aug 31, 2001
	Microbiological Diagnostic Unit, Public Health Laboratory, University of Melbourne	Home Delivery of Perishable Foods Project 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". (more) Publication Month: November 2003	Dec 20, 2004
	COST 920 Working Group 3: Quantitative Risk Assessment, COST Action 920	Inventory of QMRA Studies in Europe Listing of quantitative microbiological risk assessments, organized by pathogen and country. Links to further information for each study, including summary, availability, and contact person. (more)	Feb 8, 2005
	Bolton, Declan J.; Kennedy, Jean; Cowan, Cathal	Irish Domestic Food Safety Knowledge, Practice and Microbiology with Particular Emphasis on Staphylococcus aureus 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. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 Publication Month: June 2005	Dec 20, 2005
	Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited	Microbial Pathogen Data Sheets 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. (more)	Sep 7, 2004

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