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 Risk assessment of Vibrio cholerae in shrimp
The FAO/WHO risk assessment of choleragenic Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 in warm-water shrimp in international trade is now available. Shrimp is an important export product for many developing countries and cholera outbreaks can have a devastating effect on the international markets for this food product. One of a range of risk assessments being undertaken by FAO and WHO on Vibrio spp. in seafood, this technical publication describes different approaches for assessing the risk.
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FAO/WHO Framework for the Provision of Scientific
Advice on Food Safety and Nutrition
In the interest of
ensuring the independence, transparency, and quality of the
scientific advice provided by FAO and WHO, the FAO/WHO Framework is
available for public comment between October 2006 until the end of
January 2007.
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 66th JECFA Session (Veterinary drug
residues)
Rome, Italy, 22-28 February 2006
The 66th meeting of
JECFA considered a number of veterinary drugs. MRLs were recommended
for colistin (several species), erythromycin (chicken and turkey),
flumequine (shrimp), melengestrol acetate (cattle), ractopamine
(cattle and pigs) and triclabendazole (cattle, sheep and goats). The
ADI for trichlorfon (metrifonate) established at the 60th meeting
was confirmed and MRLs maintained. The Committee further considered
a number of issues related to risk assessment principles. The final
version of the 'Residue Evaluation of Certain Veterinary Drugs' is
now available as FAO JECFA Monographs 2 (2006) ISBN
92-5-105553-X. → Download… [pdf 500kb]
67th JECFA Session (Food additives and
contaminants)
Rome, Italy, 20-29 June 2006
The 67th meeting of
JECFA drew on the experience of 35 scientists from 12 countries. The
'Compendium of Food Additive Specifications', which contains new and
revised JECFA specifications, monographs and information on
withdrawal of specifications is now available as FAO JECFA
Monographs 3 (2006) ISBN 92-5-105559-9.
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FAO/Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas training
course report
'The application of risk analysis at the
international level'
Mexico City, 29 August-1 September
2006
A training course on
this subject was completed by FAO in collaboration with local
partners in Mexico...
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FAO/WHO Codex Coordinating
Committee for Europe, 25th Session
Vilnius, Lithuania, 15-18
January 2007
The provisional agenda
and working documents for this and all other forthcoming Codex
meetings are now available.
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FAO/WHO Codex Coordinating
Committee for Africa, 17th Session
Rabat, Morocco, 23-26 January
2007
The provisional agenda
and working documents for this and all other forthcoming Codex
meetings are now available.
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 FAO/PAHO/OIRSA training
course
'Risk Assessment of Microbiological Hazards in
Food'
Sao Paolo, Brazil, 3-6 October 2006
The aim of this course
was to raise awareness and increase understanding of microbiological
risk assessment and its application in risk management. Forty-one
participants from 21 Spanish speaking countries participated in the
course, implemented in collaboration with the Brazilian Society of
Microbiology at the University of Sao Paolo using the Spanish
version of the MRA basic awareness course material developed by
FAO/ICD/WHO.
→ For more information and/or details on how to apply please click here or email JEMRA at FAO.
Standards and Trade Development Facility, Policy
Committee Meeting
Rome, Italy, 18 December 2006
The Standards and
Trade Development Facility will held a Policy Committee Meeting at
FAO in Rome on 18th December 2006.
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 68th JECFA session (Food
additives and contaminants)
Geneva, Switzerland, 19-28 June
2007
The complete list of
substances scheduled for evaluation by this meeting is now
available:
- List of substances scheduled for evaluation and request for
data.
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- Supplement to the list of substances scheduled for evaluation
and request for data (includes the final list of flavouring
substances, i.e. the list in the original call for data (above) is
no longer valid).
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 Training workshop - 'Capacity Needs
Assessment for Food Control Systems'
Rome, Italy, 28 November-1
December 2006
FAO recently ran an
international training workshop on assessing capacity building needs
in national food control systems. The purpose was to train food
safety regulators as users and facilitators in applying new FAO food
safety needs assessment tools. Twelve food safety regulators from
Africa, Asia, the Near East, Latin and America and the Caribbean
participated, working in small groups to apply the FAO 'Quick Guide
to Assess Capacity Building Needs' to three different country
scenarios. Dr Ricardo Molins and Nancy Gitonga, both of whom
recently applied the 'Quick Guide' in the field East Africa under an
ongoing FAO project, served as trainers alongside FAO staff. FAO's
Food Quality and Standards Service hopes to organize regional
workshops on this topic during 2007, subject to the availability of
funds.
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