General Biological Hazards Exposure Assessment

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety which was held at FAO Headquarters in Rome from 8 to 12 October 2007. The meeting concluded that ensuring safe feed is an important component of efforts to reduce and prevent food safety hazards and indicated several potential measures to ensure safe feed. Agenda of the meeting, list of participants, experts' resumes and list of documents are included as appendices. The report is being translated in French and Spanish. Printed copies may be requested from: Daniela.Battaglia@fao.org. (more) Publication Year: 2008	Feb 26, 2008
	Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Brainerd Diarrhea This page provides an overview of Brainerd diarrhea, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, incidence, risk groups, and more. (more)	Jul 17, 2002
	Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	Call for Scientific Data on the Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Food EFSA is seeking scientific data from Third Parties, which could be useful for the preparation of the Opinion on “Food borne antimicrobial resistance as a biological hazard”. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Publication Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008	May 2, 2008
	North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation	Children's Health and the Environment in North America: A First Report on Available Indicators and Measures Report on indicators from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico related to children's environmental health. Topics covered include pesticide residues, waterborne diseases, and more. Appendices include "Overview of Recommended Indicators from the CEC Council," "153 Matched Chemicals," and more. Individual country reports are also available. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Publication Year: 2006	Jan 31, 2006
	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
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Exposure Assessment of Microbiological Hazards in Food - Joint FAO/WHO Workshop This page includes the background and objectives for this workshop held December 5-9, 2001 in Seattle. Event Dates: Wednesday, December 5, 2001 - Sunday, December 9, 2001 Publication Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2001	May 4, 2004
	COST 920 Working Group 3: Quantitative Risk Assessment, COST Action 920	Exposure Assessment of Zoonotic Foodborne Pathogens Proceedings of a workshop held in Bilthoven, The Netherlands, on 7-8 March 2002. Session topics included "International Developments in Exposure Assessment," "A Modular Approach to Exposure Assessment," "Modelling Primary Production," and "The Consumer Phase". (more) Publication Date: Friday, March 8, 2002	Feb 8, 2005
	Exponent, Inc.	FARE MicrobialTM Software program for conducting probabilistic microbial risk assessment. The program was developed by Exponent together with the Food and Drug Administration, and consists of a Contamination and Growth Module and an Exposure Module. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) 1994-96, 98 are included in the program. A users manual, containing both installation and use guidelines, is provided. (more) Publication Month: September 2002	Nov 4, 2002
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Farm Investigation Questionnaire Questionnaire for use on investigations of farms with regard to outbreaks and the presence of foodborne pathogens in food products. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 6, 2000	Aug 31, 2001
	Petersen, Barbara J., and Leila M. Barraj	Food Consumption Data in Microbiological Risk Assessment This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. This presentation discusses the use of consumption data in microbiological risk assessment, including the types of data and data collection methods, differences in databases, and the uses of different types of data. The pdf version of this presentation is available here. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2002	Aug 16, 2002

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