General Chemical Hazards Risk Management

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Other General Chemical Hazards Risk Management Resources

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
		2002 CFR Title 40--Protection of Environment, Chapter I--Environmental Protection Agency, Part 141--National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Section of the Code of Federal Regulations that covers primary drinking water regulations. Includes maximum contaminant levels, sampling and analytical requirements, monitoring requirements, and more. (more) Publication Year: 2002	Jan 14, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Action Levels for Poisonous or Deleterious Substances in Human Food and Animal Feed Action levels for poisonous or deleterious substances, based on the unavoidability of the substance. Publication Month: August 2000	May 29, 2002
	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
	Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency	Chemicals in the Environment: OPPT Chemical Fact Sheets These fact sheets for selected environmental chemicals describe exposure routes, production and consumption of products, effects of exposure (including dose-response information, toxicity, and carcinogenicity), regulation information, contact information, and more. (more)	Sep 3, 2002
	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Chemicals Risk Management Access to publications and other resources related to the risk management of chemicals.	Apr 20, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Draft Policies and Procedures for the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program EPA has issued two Federal Register (FR) notices seeking public comment on the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program: one seeks public comment on the draft policies and procedures ; the other seeks public comment on the draft Information Collection Request(ICR) . (more) Deadline: Monday, February 11, 2008 Publication Date: Thursday, December 13, 2007	Dec 14, 2007
	Environmental Protection Agency	Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 2; Notice Notice regarding EPA's Draft Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 2, including discussion of approach and rationale, recommendations from the National Research Council for developing future Contaminant Candidate Lists, and more. (more) Publication Date: Friday, April 2, 2004	Apr 5, 2004
	Advisory Forum, European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Advisory Forum Event Berlin: Abstracts and presentations from this public event on topics related to the risk assessment process. Presentations include "Future perspectives in risk assessment: Key challenges and opportunities"/Jouve, Jean-Louis; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Feron, Victor J.; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Silano, Vittorio; "UK review of risks and benefits of fish consumption"/Benford, Diane; "Position of the French Committee of AFSSA on a risk/benefit analysis of GMOs"/Schwartz, Maxime; "Risk-benefit assessment of micronutrients - folic acid"/Flynn, Albert; and "Risk-benefit evaluation lessons for risk management and communication"/Renn, Ortwin. (more) Event Dates: Monday, November 8, 2004 - Tuesday, November 9, 2004 Publication Date: Friday, November 12, 2004	Aug 6, 2004
	Environmental Risk Management Authority New Zealand	Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) New Zealand New Zealand government organization that is responsible for the control of hazardous substances and of new plants and animals, including genetically modified organisms, in that country. The website includes a section on risk management that provides a general overview of risk management and of this agency's approach to it. It also includes links to other organizations and resources related to risk management. The website also includes publications, such as codes of practice for following regulations, policy and process guidelines, protocols, and more. (more)	Oct 29, 2002
	Environmental Protection Agency	Ethyl Maltol; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance Final rule that exempts ethyl maltol from the requirement of a residue tolerance when used under certain conditions. Includes discussion of the determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, June 30, 2005	Jul 7, 2005
	Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)	FAO Subregional Training Workshop on Improving the Quality and Safety of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: A Practical Approach The report of the FAO Subregional Training workshop took place in Hyderabad, India, 4 to 8 February, 2008. Publication Date: Friday, May 16, 2008	May 19, 2008
	Robertson, Aileen, et al. (Eds.)	Food and Health in Europe: a New Basis for Action This publication, designed for health professionals, addresses issues and evidence related to food and nutrition policies in Europe. Includes discussion of such topics as food safety risk assessment, diet-related diseases, and more. Annexes include "The First Action Plan for Food and Nutrition Policy, WHO European Region, 2000-2005" and "International and selected national recommendations on nutrient intake values". (more) Publication Year: 2004	Feb 10, 2004
	Teagasc	Food Assurance On-Line Portal to information and resources related to food safety and agriculture. Includes best practices for crop and livestock agriculture, information on foodborne hazards and diseases, consumer research, educational modules for farmers, and more. (more)	Jan 12, 2005
	Archer, Douglas L., et al.	The Food Recall Manual "The Food Science and Human Nutrition Department of the University of Florida has assembled this manual to assist food businesses, at all parts of the food chain, in learning to conduct rapid and effective product recalls". (more) Publication Month: December 2004	May 10, 2005
	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
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Growing Sprouts in Retail Food Establishments: CFP Issues 02-III-01 and 04-III-012 Information on best practices for the retail sprouting industry to help ensure the safety of sprouts. Publication Month: December 2004	Jan 10, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act; National Primary Drinking Water Regulations; and National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations; Analysis and Sampling Procedures; Proposed Rule Proposed rule to change analysis and sampling procedures in wastewater regulations and to change methods in drinking water analysis and monitoring. There is also a request for comments on "EPA Microbiological Alternate Test Procedure (ATP) Protocol for Drinking Water, Ambient Water, and Wastewater Monitoring Methods". (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2004	Apr 8, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Information on HACCP, including principles and guidelines, seafood HACCP, juice HACCP, dairy grade A voluntary HACCP, and more. (more)	Mar 25, 2005
	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
	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
	Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization	Protocol on Water and Health This page provides information about and access to the Protocol on Water and Health and links to information about its implementation. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, August 9, 2005	Aug 9, 2005
	National Toxicology Program, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Report on Carcinogens Report on substances that are or may be human carcinogens. It includes carcinogenicity, exposure, and regulations by Federal agencies to limit exposures. It also includes a list of names and synonyms of known carcinogens and substances reasonably anticipated to be carcinogens, information on manufacturing processes, occupations, and exposure circumstances known to be carcinogens, a listing of substances removed from the report, and a listing of substances reviewed but not recommeded for listing in the report. (more)	Aug 14, 2002
	Food Safety Department, World Health Organization	Terrorist Threats to Food - Guidelines for Establishing and Strengthening Prevention and Response Systems Document that provides guidance on food terrorism response and prevention programs. Includes background information about the potential for food terrorism, information on prevention, surveillance, and response, and information about the role of the WHO in responding to food safety emergencies. There is also an appendix entitled "Specific Measures for Consideration by the Food Industry". (more) Publication Year: 2002	Feb 27, 2003
	Environmental Protection Agency	Testing of Certain High Production Volume Chemicals Final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requiring manufacturers and processors of 17 high production volume (HPV) chemicals to conduct a variety of toxicity testing in order to evaluate potential health and environmental risks. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Publication Date: Thursday, March 16, 2006	Mar 22, 2006
	GEMS/Food, Food Safety Department, World Health Organization	Total Diet Studies: a Recipe for Safer Food Brochure on total diet studies, including what they are, why to do them, costs and benefits, examples of priority contaminants, and more. (more) Publication Year: 2005	May 31, 2005

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