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Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/World Health Organization(WHO)/World Organisation for Animal Health	Antimicrobial Use in Aquaculture and Antimicrobial Resistance Consultation to evaluate usage patterns, and the public health impact of the use of antimicrobials, to develop strategies to minimize any risk. (more) Publication Year: 2007	May 30, 2008
	Huss, H.H.; Ababouch, L.; Gram, L.	Assessment and Management of Seafood Safety and Quality Report on risk assessment and management issues associated with seafood. Includes discussion of world seafood production and consumption, food safety systems, hazard identification and characterization, and risk management strategies such as HACCP, FSOs, microbiological criteria, traceability, and more. Appendices include "Assessment of Food Safety Programmes," "Hazard Analysis Worksheet," "HACCP Plan Form," and "Generic HACCP Plan for the Production and Processing of Oysters". (more) Publication Year: 2003	Nov 18, 2004
	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
	Unnevehr, Laurian J. (Ed.)	Food Safety in Food Security and Food Trade Collection of briefs on such topics as food safety, mycotoxins, and GM crops in developing countries, and food safety, risk, and trade. Includes case studies on "Guatemalan Raspberries and Cyclospora," "Kenyan Fish Exports," "The Shrimp Export Industry in Bangladesh," "Reducing Pesticide Residues on Horticultural Crops," "India Responds to International Food Safety Requirements," "Supermarkets and Quality and Safety Standards for Produce in Latin America," "Beef industry in China," "The Poultry Industry in Colombia," and "Reducing Mycotoxins in Brazilian Crops". (more) Publication Month: September 2003	Aug 19, 2004
	Stringer, M.	ILSI Europe Report on Food Safety Objectives - Role in Microbiological Food Safety Management Summary report of an ILSI Europe/ICMSF workshop held April 9-11, 2003 in Marseille. Includes discussion of risk management and food safety objectives, a case study using Listeria monocytogenes in cold-smoked salmon, HACCP and food safety objectives, and more. (more) Event Dates: Wednesday, April 9, 2003 - Friday, April 11, 2003 Publication Year: 2004	Jan 14, 2005
	Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Jensen, Helen H.	Industry Compliance Costs: What Would They Look Like in a Risk-Based Integrated Food System? The report reviews literature on the costs of food safety regulation and control and deduces methods for identifying cost-effective approaches to food safety. (more) Publication Month: June 2001	Jul 12, 2002
	World Health Organization/Institute for Hygiene and Food Safety, Federal Dairy Research Center/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	Interaction between Assessors and Managers of Microbiological Hazards in Food - WHO Expert Consultation Report from this Consultation, which occured March 21-23, 2000, in Kiel, Germany. It discusses the interaction between risk assessors and risk managers in the risk analysis process. Sections include "Functional Separation of Risk Assessment and Risk Management," "Transparency," "Risk Evaluation," "Risk Management Option Assessment," "Implementation of Management Decision," "Monitoring and Review," and others. (more) Event Dates: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 - Thursday, March 23, 2000 Publication Year: 2000	May 15, 2002
	Institute of Food Technologists	Managing Food Safety: Use of Performance Standards and Other Criteria in Food Inspection Systems Report on the role of performance standards in managing food safety. Includes discussion of criteria and performance standards applied by U.S. federal agencies, limitations of performance standards, and more. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Nov 11, 2004
	Fazil, Aamir, et al.	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 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canadian Water Network (CWN), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) funded a project to determine the needs, gaps and opportunities for microbial risk assessment (MRA) in food and water. The results of that project are presented in this report, identifying and recommending directions for the advancement of MRA from its current status as a recognized tool for decision-making but not yet exploited to its full potential, to a tool that is an integral part of the research and risk reduction strategies employed by decision makers. For information on data gaps in specific microbial risk assessments, see Risk Assessment Consortium, Data Gaps Working Group. 2004. Data gaps for selected microbial risk assessments available here. (more) Publication Year: 2005	Apr 5, 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
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization/Institute for Hygiene and Food Safety of the Federal, Dairy Research Centre	Principles and Guidelines for Incorporating Microbiological Risk Assessment in the Development of Food Safety Standards, Guidelines and Related Texts - Joint FAO/WHO Consultation Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Consultation held March 18-22, 2002 in Kiel, Germany. It includes background information and objectives of the consultation. Topics discussed include the development of guidelines for the use of microbial risk assessment in the development of food safety standards, experience gained from previous microbial risk assessments, and the special case of developing countries. Annex II to this report provides a list of background papers. Annex III is entitled "Draft Guidelines for Incorporating Microbiological Risk Assessment in the Development of Food Safety Standards." It includes discussion of preliminary risk management activities, risk management options evaluation, implementation of the decided upon controls, and monitoring and review issues. Annex IV discusses the application of microbial risk assessment by industry. (more) Publication Year: 2002	Jan 15, 2003
	France, prepared for the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene, Thirty-fifth Session	Proposed Draft Principles and Guidelines for the Conduct of Microbiological Risk Management (At Step 3 of the Procedure) Proposed draft framework for microbiological risk management. Includes discussion of risk management principles, stakeholder involvement, the microbiological risk management process (including preliminary risk management activities and risk management options assessment), implementation of risk management decisions, and monitoring and review activities. Annexes include "Suggested Elements for a Microbiological Risk Profile". (more) Publication Month: November 2002	Apr 13, 2004
	United States of America, prepared for the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene, Thirty-fifth Session	Proposed Draft Process by Which the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene Could Undertake Its Work in Microbiological Risk Assessment/Risk Management Discussion paper regarding a proposed process for microbiological risk assessment and risk management for the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene. There is an annex entitled "Suggested Elements to Include in a Microbiological Risk Management Discussion Paper/Risk Profile". (more) Publication Year: 2002	Apr 13, 2004
	Food Safety Research Consortium	Ranking the Public Health Impact of Foodborne Hazards: A Conference on the FSRC Risk Ranking Model Presentations, agenda, and supporting conference materials from this conference held September 12, 2003 in Washington, DC. Conference materials include "Methodology Primer for the Foodborne Illness Risk Ranking Model," "Food Attribution Data and Methodologies in the Foodborne Illness Risk Ranking Model," "Disease Incidence Data and Methodologies in the Foodborne Illness Risk Ranking Model," "Purpose and Key Attributes of the Foodborne Illness Risk Ranking Model," and "Valuation Methodologies and Data Needs for the Foodborne Illness Risk Ranking Model". (more) Publication Date: Friday, September 12, 2003	Feb 10, 2004
	Byrne, David	Regulation of Food Safety and the Use of Traceability/Tracing in the EU and USA: Convergence or Divergence? Speech given by David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, at the Food Safety Conference in Washington, DC on March 19, 2004. It includes discussion of risk perception, communication, and management including such issues as GM foods, BSE, traceability, and the precautionary principle in the US and the EU. (more) Publication Date: Friday, March 19, 2004	Mar 24, 2004
	Committee on Food Hygiene, Codex Alimentarius Commission	Report of the Thirty-Fourth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene Report of the 34th session of the CCFH, held in Bangkok, Thailand on October 8-13, 2001. It includes as Appendix IV the "Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Foods?(at Step 2 of the Procedure)," which describes risk management considerations given the results of risk assessments for Listeria monocytogenes in foods. There is also a discussion of the difference between "risk analysis" and "hazard analysis," suggested changes to the "Draft Code of Hygienic Practice for the Primary Production and Packaging of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables," and suggested changes to the "Proposed Draft Principles and Guidelines for the Conduct of Microbiological Risk Management." Other appendices include the "Proposed Draft Guidelines for the Application of the HACCP Syestem (At Step 5 of the Procedure)". (more) Publication Year: 2001	Aug 26, 2002
	Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Risk Assessment of Microbiological Hazards in Food - Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation held in Geneva Switzerland, March 15-19, 1999. Publication Date: Friday, March 19, 1999	May 15, 2002
	Vose, David	Risk Assessment: Purpose and Application Presentation given for the Food Safety Commission in Tokyo, Japan that provides an introduction to risk assessment and risk management, discusses microbial risk assessment, presents problems with and remedies for current risk analysis practice, and more. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2003	Jun 30, 2004
	Buchanan, Robert L.	The Role of Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment in Risk Management Options Assessment This document served as a background paper for the Joint FAO/WHO Consultation held in Kiel, Germany on March 18-22, 2002. It discusses the use of quantitative risk assessment in evaluating and comparing options for risk management. (more)	Mar 1, 2004
	Committee on the Review of the Use of Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards for Safe Food, National Research Council	Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food This report presents recommendations for improving the food safety system in the U.S. It includes recommendations related to specific government agencies and for specific food product types (meat and poultry products, seafood, produce, and dairy products). There is also discussion of public health surveillance and food safety tools. Appendices include "Current and Proposed Definitions of Key Food Safety Terms," "Sanitation Performance Standards," "Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency Guidance Levels in Seafoods," "Food Defect Action Levels in Produce," "International Microbiological Criteria," "International Microbiological Criteria for Dairy Products," "U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Marketing Service Standards for Milk and Dairy Products," and "Biographical Sketches of Committee and Subcommittee Members". (more) Publication Year: 2003	Jun 9, 2003
	Department of Food Safety, Cluster on Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, World Health Organization	Seminar on Risk Management and Risk Assessment for CCFH Orlando: Presentations from this seminar on risk management and risk assessment. Presentations include "Review of Basic Risk Management Tools and How Risk Assessment is used to Develop Risk Management Tools"/Skinner, Roger; "Review of Basic Risk Management Tools and How Risk Assessment Is Used to Develop Risk Management Tools"/Buchanan, Robert L.; "Discussion Paper on Risk Management Strategies for Campylobacter ssp. in poultry"/Jansen, Jaap T.; "Risk Assessment of Campylobacter spp. In Broiler Chickens"/Fazil, Aamir M.; "Proposed Draft Guidelines for the control of Listeria monocytogenes in foods (CX/FH 03/8)"/Bartelt, Edda; "Listeria monocytogenes: risk assessment issues"/Ross, Tom; "Risk Management Strategies for Vibrio spp. in Seafood"/Miliotis, Marianne; and "Risk Assessment Issues: Vibrio spp. In Seafood"/Walderhaug, Mark. (more) Publication Date: Sunday, January 26, 2003	Jun 16, 2003
	Food/Water and Economics Specialty Groups, Society for Risk Analysis	Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting 2003: W7 - Symposium: Pathogen Performance Standards: Insight from Risk Assessment and Economics Abstracts and presentations of this symposium chaired by Tanya Roberts and sponsored by the Food/Water and Economics Specialty Groups of the Society for Risk Analysis. Talks include: "Peeling the Onion of Performance Standards for Foodborne Pathogens"/Paoli, G.M. and Fazil, A.; "Economics and Pathogen Performance Standards"/Golan, Elise; "Perspectives on Pathogen Performance Standards"/Whiting, R.C.; and "Discussant (Pathogen Performance Standards - an FSIS Perspective)"/Schwartz, P.S. (more) Event Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Publication Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2004	Jan 21, 2004

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