Meat and Poultry Products and Viruses

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food Safety Department, World Health Organization	Avian Influenza A(H5) in Rural Areas in Asia: Food Safety Considerations Release regarding additional considerations for the rural population in areas affected by avian influenza. Publication Date: Thursday, February 12, 2004	Feb 17, 2004
	Food Safety Department, World Health Organization	Avian Influenza A(H5N1) in Humans and in Poultry in Asia: Food Safety Considerations Release regarding the potential for transmission of avian influenza H5N1 through contaminated poultry products. Publication Date: Saturday, January 24, 2004	Feb 17, 2004
	Food Safety Department, World Health Organization	Avian Influenza: Food Safety Issues This page links to WHO information on food safety issues associated with avian influenza.	Jan 27, 2004
	Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Change in Disease Status of Greece With Regard to Foot-and-Mouth Disease Amendment to the regulations regarding the status of Greece with respect to rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease. Publication Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2002	Jul 10, 2002
	Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, World Health Organization	Comments on the Reported Isolation of Viruses Related to the SARS Coronavirus in Wild Animals in Southern China This release addresses the finding of SARS-like coronaviruses in animals sold for human consumption in southern China. Publication Date: Friday, May 23, 2003	May 29, 2003
	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
	Mathews, Jr., Kenneth; Buzby, Jean	Dissecting the Challenges of Mad Cow and Foot-and-Mouth Disease This report describes the differences between BSE and FMD and their risks to humans and animals, and also gives estimated economic impacts to the UK from these diseases. (more) Publication Month: August 2001	Jul 11, 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
	Eyre, Charlotte	EU Bans UK Exports after FMD Scare The European Commission has banned all UK exports of live animals, as well as meat and dairy products, after Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) was found on a UK farm last Friday, according to Forbes magazine. (more) Publication Date: Monday, August 6, 2007	Aug 7, 2007
	Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)	Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals This manual discusses laboratory diagnostic tests and information on vaccines for certain animal diseases. Publication Year: 2004	Oct 18, 2004
	World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia	Public Health Interventions for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza Subtitled "A Manual for Improving Biosecurity in the Food Supply Chain: Focus on Live Animal Markets." Provides public health measures to improve biosecurity throughout the food supply chain and to reduce the transmission of Avian Influenza virus from animals to humans. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Publication Month: March 2006	Mar 22, 2006
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Questions and Answers on Avian Influenza ("Bird Flu") and Food Safety Questions and answers regarding avian influenza and eggs and poultry products. Publication Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2005	May 3, 2004
	European Commission	Questions and Answers: Measures in Event of Avian Influenza in Poultry in the EU Questions and answers regarding EU legislation on avian influenza, including issues related to the marketing of poultry meat and egg products from affected areas. (more) Deadline: Friday, February 17, 2006 Publication Date: Thursday, February 16, 2006	Feb 17, 2006
	European Commission	Questions and Answers: Vaccinating Poultry and Other Birds against Avian Influenza Questions and answers concerning the EU's Avian Influenza Directive regarding the vaccination of poultry and other birds against avian influenza. (more) Deadline: Friday, February 17, 2006 Publication Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2006	Feb 23, 2006
	National Center for Import and Export, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Risk Analysis for Importation of Classical Swine Fever Virus in Swine and Swine Products from the European Union This report includes a quantitative risk assessment of the risk of importing the classical swine fever virus from the European Union, as well as a sensitivity analysis and an analysis of spatial and temporal considerations. (more) Publication Month: December 2000	Jul 10, 2002
	Policy and Development Program, Veterinary Services, Animal and Pland Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Risk Analysis: Evaluation of Risk to the United States (US) of Importing Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Virus in Fresh or Frozen Beef from Argentina A qualitative risk analysis to determine the effects of FMD isolation on the results of a quantitative risk analysis conducted in 1997. (more) Publication Date: Monday, December 4, 2000	Jul 10, 2002
	Gale, Paul	Risk Assessment: Use of Composting and Biogas Treatment to Dispose of Catering Waste Containing Meat Assessment of risks to humans and livestock from pathogens in compost associated with uncooked meat in catering (including household) waste. Pathogens considered include BSE, scrapie, foot and mouth disease virus, classical swine fever virus, swine vesicular disease, African swine fever, Newcastle disease, Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma gondii, Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Campylobacter, Trichinella spiralis, Clostridium botulinum, and plant pathogens. Includes an appendix entitled "Response to the Survey of Meat Preparation in Kitchens". (more) Publication Month: May 2002	Apr 28, 2004
	Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	Scientific Report of the Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards on "Food as a Possible Source of Infection with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses for Humans and Other Mammals" (Question No EFSA-Q-2005-295) Background document providing a "scientific analysis of the possibility that food, acting as a vehicle for highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) virus, initiates infection in mammals via the gastrointestinal tract." The report examines "existing pathogenic data on AI virus infection following natural exposure and experimental inoculation in mammals". (more) Deadline: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Publication Date: Thursday, March 23, 2006	Mar 29, 2006
	Leuck, Dale; Haley, Mildred; Harvey, David	U.S. 2003 and 2004 Livestock and Poultry Trade Influenced by Animal Disease and Trade Restrictions This report discusses the effects of BSE and other animal diseases on U.S. trade in livestock and animal products for 2003 and recent years and 2004 forecast. (more) Publication Month: July 2004	Jul 6, 2004
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)/World Health Organization	Use of Antiviral Drugs in Poultry, a Threat to Their Effectiveness for the Treatment of Human Avian Influenza: A Joint FAO/OIE/WHO Statement Statement that urges Member States not to use antiviral drugs in animals. Deadline: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, November 11, 2005	Dec 13, 2005

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