FAO and WHO initiated a risk assessment on Campylobacter spp. in broiler chickens in 2001. An ad hoc expert drafting group was established to examine the available relevant information and undertake the risk assessment. Their work has been reviewed and guided by two expert consultations. Also in the course of the work, updates and interim replies to their questions posed have been provided to the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) and the Codex Committee on Meat Products (CCMP). The risk assessment is currently being peer-reviewed and will be published during 2007.

Related reports

Hazard identification, exposure assessment and hazard characterization of Campylobacter spp. in broiler chickens and Vibrio spp. in seafood
WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 23-27 July 2001

Report of the joint FAO/WHO expert consultation on risk assessment of Campylobacter spp. in broilers chickens and Vibrio spp. in seafood
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-9 August 2002