General Biological Hazards Hazard Identification

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
	Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	Biological Safety of a Process for the Hydrolysis on-Farm of Dead Pigs - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards Opinion adopted Jan 23, 2008 resulting from an evaluation of the biological safety of a specific process for the Hydrolysis on-Farm of Dead Pigs. The application concerns the on-farm treatment of pig carcasses and other pig byproducts, through an enzymatic hydrolysis in mesophilic and partially anaerobic conditions within a closed vat for a period of minimum six months. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008	Feb 12, 2008
	Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	Biological Safety of a Process for the Hydrolysis on-Farm of Dead Rabbits - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards Opinion adopted Jan 23, 2008 resulting from an evaluation of the biological safety of a specific process for the Hydrolysis on-Farm of Dead Rabbits. The application concerns the on-farm treatment of rabbit carcasses and other rabbit byproducts, through an enzymatic hydrolysis in mesophilic and partially anaerobic conditions within a closed vat for a period of minimum six months. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008	Feb 12, 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
	World Health Organization	Emerging Issues in Water and Infectious Disease Publication that discusses issues associated with water and infectious disease and highlights WHO publications that provide more in-depth discussion of these issues. Sections include "Emerging waterborne pathogens," "Scientific advances in water microbiology," and more. (more) Publication Year: 2003	Sep 14, 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
	Safe Food International	Food Issues Around the World Reports on food safety issues in different regions of the world. Includes discussion of foodborne diseases, food safety concerns, policies and plans of action, and consumer organizations in each region. (more) Publication Month: April 2005	May 3, 2005
	Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Foodborne Illness General and technical information on all aspects of foodborne diseases.	May 28, 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
	Eastern Research Group, Inc.	Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for the 21st Century - Food Processing Report of a study on food safety problems and controls, consisting of a literature review and expert elicitation. Appendices include "Annotated Bibliography on Food Safety Problems and Recommended Preventive Controls," "Definitions of Food Safety Problems," "Examples of Preventive Controls and/or Corrective Actions for the Top Ten Food Safety Problems," "Exploratory Factor Analysis," and "Comparison of Food GMPs to Quality Systems and Other GMPs". (more) Publication Date: Monday, August 9, 2004	Aug 13, 2004
	Foodborne Outbreak Response and Surveillance Unit, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Guide to Confirming the Diagnosis in Foodborne Diseases Table giving etiologic agent, incubation period, clinical syndrome, and confirmation techniques for foodborne illnesses.	Jul 19, 2002
	Food Safety Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Washington State University	List of Detection Methods - Foodborne Pathogens This page provides links to detection methods for a variety of foodborne pathogens, including E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio, Rotavirus, Toxins, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Enterobacteriaceae, and Coliforms. There are also links to information on GAS control systems for use in detecting Clostridium spp., etc., ATP analysis, rapid and automated techniques, selective media for pathogens, and enrichment media. (more)	Jul 23, 2002
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Meat and Poultry Hazards and Controls Guide Guidance for FSIS personnel for use in verification of an establishment's food safety system. Includes information on process steps by process category, verification questions, and common hazards and controls. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Publication Month: September 2005	Nov 15, 2005
	Outbreak Coordination and Investigation Workgroup, National Food Safety System Project, Division of Federal-State Relations, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration	Multistate Foodborne Outbreak Investigations: Guidelines for Improving Coordination and Communication This document provides guidelines for local, state, and federal agencies to effectively respond to multistate foodborne outbreaks. It addresses surveillance, illness investigation, and product investigation techniques that are applicable to microbial, microbial toxin, toxic chemical, pesticides, and foreign object hazards. Appendices include a directory of federal emergency contacts, a directory of FSIS (USDA) District Offices, a directory of FDA District Offices, a Foodborne/Waterborne Outbreak Early Alert Fax/Email Template, a checklist for communicating findings, a description of the roles and responsibilities of federal agencies in foodborne outbreak investigations, and more. (more) Publication Month: February 2001	Aug 7, 2002
	Center for Science in the Public Interest	Outbreak Alert! Closing the Gaps in Our Federal Food-Safety Net This report presents findings from CSPI's database of foodborne illness outbreaks. It includes discussion of outbreaks and the responsible food safety agencies and provides recommendations for improving the federal food safety system. An appendix entitled "Outbreak Database: Summary of Outbreaks and Cases 1999-2003" is included. The associated line listing of foodborne illness outbreaks is provided in tabular format as a separate pdf, available at http://www.cspinet.org/new/pdf/outbreakalertlinelisting2004.pdf. (more) Publication Month: March 2004	Sep 28, 2004
	Isaacson, Richard E.; Torrence, Mary; Buckley, Merry R.	Preharvest Food Safety and Security Report based on a colloquium held December 5-7, 2003, in Perthshire, Scotland. Includes discussion of current practices and controls (including risk assessment), hazards (including pathogens of concern), research needs, and communication and education. (more) Event Dates: Friday, December 5, 2003 - Sunday, December 7, 2003 Publication Month: February 2005	Apr 4, 2005
	Pace, Norman R.	Risk Assessment and Microbial Ecology This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. Topics addressed include detection of microbes, molecular phylogeny, ribosomal RNA, the molecular method, the phylogeny of bacterial pathogens, results of a study on prostatitis using rDNA, the presence of bacteria in common household places, and problems with the molecular approach. The pdf version of this presentation is available here. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002	Aug 19, 2002
	WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation	Water for Life: Making it Happen Report on the problems caused by lack of safe drinking water and basic sanitation and the costs and benefits of improving access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Annexes include "Meeting the MDG drinking water and sanitation target - what increase is needed?" and "Regional and global drinking water and sanitation coverage estimates". (more) Publication Year: 2005	Jun 10, 2005
	Cotruvo, J.A., et al. (Eds.)	Waterborne Zoonoses: Identification, Causes and Control Publication developed from the workshop "Zoonosis and Waterborne Disease" held September 2-4, 2003 in Annapolis, MD. Sections include "Risk assessment and regulation," "Prevention and control of waterborne zoonoses," "Categories of waterborne disease organisms," "Future emerging waterborne zoonoses," and more. (more) Publication Year: 2004	Sep 14, 2004
	Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization	WHO Surveillance Programme for Control of Foodborne Infections and Intoxications in Europe Information about the surveillance program, and links to their newsletter and report.	Aug 31, 2001
	World Health Organization	Zoonoses and Veterinary Public Health (VPH) This website includes information on outbreak alerts, zoonotic diseases, and veterinary public health.	Apr 5, 2005

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