Non-Commercial Tools
- Non-Commercial Predictive Micro Tools
- Non-Commercial Dose-Response Tools
- Non-Commercial Exposure Tools
- Non-Commercial Monitoring and Surveillance Tools
- Non-Commercial Other Tools
Non-Commercial Predictive Micro Tools
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Transgalactic Ltd. |
Automation in Microbiology and Biosciences
This CD includes "Research Express" software, which "Controls a microbiology reader Bioscreen C, draws growth curves (more) |
Mar 12, 2003 |
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Snyder, Jr., O. Peter |
Calculating the Total Growth of Bacteria in Cooked Food Using the FDA Code Controls
Tables for calculating length of time cooked foods may be safely kept at various temperatures. Publication Date: Sunday, January 7, 2001 |
Aug 31, 2001 |
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Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture/United Kingdom Food Standards Agency/Institute of Food Research |
ComBase
Database of predictive microbiology information collected from researchers, institutions, and published literature. (more) |
Jul 14, 2003 |
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Exponent, Inc. |
FARE MicrobialTM
Software program for conducting probabilistic microbial risk assessment. The program was developed by Exponent (more) Publication Month: September 2002 |
Nov 4, 2002 |
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Institute of Food Research |
MicroFit v1.0
Tool for obtaining microbiological growth parameters from challenge test data. You must register to download the (more) |
Jul 14, 2003 |
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Microbial Food Safety Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Pathogen Modeling Program
Tool for estimating the effects of multiple variables on the growth or survival of foodborne pathogens. |
Aug 31, 2001 |
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Non-Commercial Dose-Response Tools
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Sielken and Associates Consulting, Inc. |
DistGEN
DISTribution GENerator. A tool for Monte Carlo simulation. Applications include exposure and dose analysis, as well (more) |
Jun 3, 2002 |
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Chicago Department of Public Health |
Foodborne Disease Outbreak Questionnaire
A telephone questionnaire to be used by departments of public health to gather information on dose-response effects (more) |
Aug 31, 2001 |
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Sielken and Associates Consulting, Inc. |
GEN.T
This GENeral Tool may be used to incorporate cancer dose-response extrapolation techniques into quantitative risk (more) |
Jun 3, 2002 |
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Thomas, Sharon; Kaplan, Stan |
On the Use/Applicability Of Bayes' Theorem to Food/Drug Safety
This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne (more) Publication Date: Friday, July 26, 2002 |
Aug 19, 2002 |
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Glatt, Hansruedi; Schneider, Heiko; Liu, Yungang |
V79-hCYP2E1-hSULT1A1, a Cell Line for the Sensitive Detection of Genotoxic Effects Induced by Carbohydrate Pyrolysis Products and Other Food-Borne Chemicals
Describes development of a cell line which produces enzymes which are sensitive to acrylamide, furan, (more) Publication Date: Monday, February 7, 2005 |
Feb 10, 2005 |
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Non-Commercial Exposure Tools
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Cohen, Joshua, and George Gray |
Analysis to Inform Decisions: Evaluating BSE
This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne (more) Publication Date: Friday, July 26, 2002 |
Aug 22, 2002 |
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Snyder, Jr., O. Peter |
Calculating the Total Growth of Bacteria in Cooked Food Using the FDA Code Controls
Tables for calculating length of time cooked foods may be safely kept at various temperatures. Publication Date: Sunday, January 7, 2001 |
Aug 31, 2001 |
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Boon, Polly E., et al. |
Calculations of Dietary Exposure to Acrylamide
Calculations for general Dutch population and young children, derived from data collected by the Institute for (more) Publication Date: Monday, February 7, 2005 |
Feb 16, 2005 |
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Risk Assessment Program, Toxicology and Risk Analysis Section, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy |
Chemical-Specific Factors
Database of chemical-specific factors that can be used in dose calculations. The database may be searched by the (more) |
Aug 30, 2002 |
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Applied Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Diet History Questionnaire
Food frequency questionnaire and supporting software and nutrient databases for estimating nutrient and food group (more) |
Jul 21, 2004 |
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Microbiological and Chemical Exposure Assessment Research Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency |
Dietary Exposure Potential Model
Model and database system for estimating dietary exposure to chemical residues. Data is included from (more) |
Jul 11, 2003 |
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Sielken and Associates Consulting, Inc. |
DistGEN
DISTribution GENerator. A tool for Monte Carlo simulation. Applications include exposure and dose analysis, as well (more) |
Jun 3, 2002 |
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European Food Safety Authority |
EFSA Scientific Report on the BSE Surveillance Model (BSurvE) Established by the Community Reference Laboratory for TSE
Report that assesses the Community Reference Laboratory's BSE surveillance model BSurvE. Publication Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
Oct 29, 2004 |
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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 (more) Publication Date: Friday, March 8, 2002 |
Feb 8, 2005 |
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Exponent, Inc. |
FARE MicrobialTM
Software program for conducting probabilistic microbial risk assessment. The program was developed by Exponent (more) Publication Month: September 2002 |
Nov 4, 2002 |
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Non-Commercial Monitoring and Surveillance Tools
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European Food Safety Authority |
EFSA Scientific Report on the BSE Surveillance Model (BSurvE) Established by the Community Reference Laboratory for TSE
Report that assesses the Community Reference Laboratory's BSE surveillance model BSurvE. Publication Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
Oct 29, 2004 |
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Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Epi Info
This site provides free access to Epi Info software. Epi Info and Epi Map are software packages designed for public (more) |
Jul 19, 2002 |
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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 (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 6, 2000 |
Aug 31, 2001 |
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Global Salm-Surv, World Health Organization |
Global Salm-Surv
Global Salm-Surv Country databank on Salmonella serotypes. Deadline: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
Dec 13, 2005 |
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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 |
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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 |
Guidelines for Specimen Collection
Instructions for collecting stool specimens for bacterial, parasitic, and viral illnesses, including when to collect, (more) |
Jul 19, 2002 |
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Center for Emerging Issues, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Impact Worksheets
These worksheets provide summaries of disease events, including the affected country's livestock production and (more) |
Jan 24, 2003 |
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Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Microbiological Results of Raw Ground Beef Products Analyzed for Escherichia coli O157:H7 Calendar Year 2003
Information on each sample found positive for E. coli O157:H7 in the FSIS microbiological testing program. For each (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 |
Aug 7, 2002 |
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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 (more) Publication Month: February 2001 |
Aug 7, 2002 |
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Scientific Steering Committee, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission |
Opinion on Requirements for Statistically Authoritative BSE/TSE Surveys
This opinion and supporting report discuss the requirements for statistical surveys to be used for classifying the (more) Publication Date: Friday, November 30, 2001 |
Aug 2, 2002 |
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Non-Commercial Other Tools
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Zheng, Junyu, and H. Christopher Frey |
AuvTool
This software tool, developed for the Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, is for use (more) Publication Month: February 2002 |
Jan 17, 2003 |
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DHHS, CFSAN, Food and Drug Administration/RTI |
Cost of Reformulating Foods and Cosmetics
Foods and cosmetics are examples of regulated products which are sometimes reformulated in response to changes in the (more) Publication Month: July 2002 |
Mar 8, 2005 |
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Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC |
Empirical Models for the Uptake of Inorganic Chemicals from Soil by Plants
This report presents models on the uptake of contaminants from the soil by plants. Most of the study data is based on (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 |
Aug 26, 2002 |
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Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Fast Facts, Reports/Articles, and Tables (2003-2004)
Includes 1)Factsheet on What We Eat in America NHANES 2003-2004; 2) Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies, (more) Publication Date: Friday, December 14, 2007 |
Feb 11, 2008 |
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DMST, OSAS, CFSAN, Food and Drug Administration/RTI |
FDA Labeling Cost Model
An update to RTI's 1990 labeling cost model to better meet the FDA's current needs in estimating labeling costs. The (more) Publication Month: January 2003 |
Feb 20, 2003 |
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Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Foodborne Illness Cost Calculator
Tool for estimating the costs of illness for selected foodborne illnesses. Assumptions used in the estimate may be (more) |
Jun 5, 2003 |
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National Cholesterol Education Program, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health |
How You Can Lower Your Cholesterol Levels
This website provides information on how to lower cholesterol levels or maintain healthy levels. The Cyber Kitchen (more) |
Feb 3, 2004 |
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Scientific Panel on Plant Health, Plant Protection Products and Their Residues, European Food Safety Authority |
Opinion of the PPR Panel Related to the Default Q10 Value Used to Describe the Temperature Effect on Transformation Rates of Pesticides in Soil (Question No EFSA-Q-2005-058)
Opinion adopted on February 8, 2006 with recommendations for use of the Q10 approach currently used in the EU to (more) Deadline: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 Publication Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 |
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Ivanciuc, Ovidiu, et al. |
SDAP: Structural Database of Allergenic Proteins - Food Allergens
"SDAP is a Web server that integrates a database of allergenic proteins with various bioinformatics tools for (more) |
May 10, 2005 |
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Parallel Understanding Systems Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland |
SHOE
Tool for web page annotation. |
Aug 31, 2001 |
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