Other General Risk Assessment Resources

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Central Science Laboratory	The Allergen Database Searchable database of allergens and epitopes. Includes an option to view all food allergens. The database is free, but registration is required. (more)	May 13, 2005
	Steritech Group, Inc.	The Annual Food Safety Audit Trend Report Report on food safety audits over one year of full and quick service restaurants. Includes discussion of compliance with food safety issues or standards, such as improper holding time/temperature, poor personal hygiene, inadequate cooking, comtaminated food equipment, food from improper sources, and other issues. (more) Publication Year: 2004	Oct 28, 2004
	German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	Bedeutung der Arbeit von Pelucchi et al für die Risikobewertung von Acrylamid in Lebensmitteln [in German] Critical discussion of the findings published by Pelucchi, et al., Int. J. Cancer 150(2003): 558-560. Publication Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2003	Aug 10, 2004
	German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment	Bedeutung der Studie von Mucci et al. für die Risikobewertung von Acrylamid in Lebensmitteln [in German] Critical discussion of the findings published by Mucci, et al., British J. of Cancer 88(2003): 84-89 in terms of the study's meaningfulness for risk assessment of acrylamide in foods. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2003	Aug 11, 2004
	Scientific Committee, European Food Safety Authority	Botanicals and Botanical Preparations Widely Used as Food Supplements and Related Products: Coherent and Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Consumer Information Approaches Discussion paper adopted on June 23, 2004 that addresses issues related to risk assessment and consumer information on botanicals in food supplements. Includes discussion of quality and safety issues, related EC legislation, and potential future activities related to these products. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2004	Sep 22, 2004
	Sommer, Helle, Bjarke Christensen, Hanne Rosenquist, Niels Nielsen, and Birgit Nørrung	Campylobacter Risk Assessment in Poultry This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. It discusses slaughter house modules used in assessing the risk of Campylobacter in poultry, including determining the appropriate data distribution, process model building using explicit equations, and explicit equations and simulations. The pdf version of this presentation is available here. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2002	Aug 16, 2002
	Granath, F., et al.	Cancer Risk From Exposure to Occupational Acrylamide Correspondence article and reply regarding cancer risk from occupational exposure to acrylamide, in response to an article by Marsh, et al. in Occup Environ Med 56(1999): 181-190. (more) Publication Month: September 2001	Oct 21, 2003
	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives	Chemical and Technical Assessments The Chemical and Technical Assessments (CTA) reflects and emphasises the role chemical characterization plays in the risk assessment of food additives. The document is intended to provide to the Committee the basic information related to identity, purity and use of the food additive, as related to its risk assessment. (more) Publication Year: 2008	Feb 29, 2008
	European Food Safety Authority	Concise European Food Consumption Database The concise database gathers data on average daily consumption of foods per person sourced from the Member States. It comprises 15 broad categories and 21 subcategories. The intention of the concise database is to provide a valuable first screening tool to EFSA, its Scientific Panels, and potentially to other scientists in Member States, to help carry out preliminary exposure assessments. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008	Mar 24, 2008
	European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Workshops on Salmonella in Pigs: Call for Contributions Copenhagen, Denmark: The first workshopfrom 21st-22nd April 2008 will focus on the quality and relevance of methods in terms of applicability to the EFSA risk assessment objectives. The second workshop from the 23rd-24th April 2008 will discuss the quality and relevance of data in terms of its applicability to the EFSA risk assessment. The deadline of application for the workshop is 3rd March. (more) Deadline: Monday, March 10, 2008 Event Dates: Monday, April 21, 2008 - Thursday, April 24, 2008 Publication Date: Friday, February 15, 2008	Feb 17, 2008

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