Enterobacter sakazakii in follow-up formula
Following a request from the 39th Session of the CCFH, FAO and WHO will undertake work to look at risk associated with E. sakazakii in follow-up formula, particularly for infants less than 12 months of age. To facilitate this work FAO and WHO have just issued a Call for Data.
Call for data - details and information
Enterobacter sakazakii and other micro-organisms in powdered infant formula
New web-based microbiological risk assessment model
FAO and WHO have developed a web-based model to assess the risk associated with Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula. Use of this model does not require any specialist software other than an Internet platform. The user does not require any specialist training but will need to follow the User Manual which is available on the webpage in order to ensure correct use of the model. This model allows users to compare the impact of the implementation of different sampling plans at the end of the production of powdered infant formula and also to compare the relative impact of different preparation, storage and handling scenarios on the risk of Enterobacter sakazakii infections in infants. This is the first web-based risk assessment tool to be developed by FAO and WHO in the area of food safety.
Go to model
For further information on the model please contact jemra@fao.org
New guidelines on the safe use of powdered infant formula now available....Download
FAO/WHO Expert meeting on Enterobacter sakazakii and Salmonella in powdered infant formula - Final report now available
In response to a request from Codex for additional advice on this issue FAO/WHO implemented an expert meeting on 16-20 January 2006 to address the questions from Codex and evaluate a quantitative risk assessment model for E. sakazakii in powdered infant formula that the organizations had developed. The final report is now available.
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Enterobacter sakazakii and Salmonella in powdered infant formula: Meeting report
Microbiological Risk Assessment Series 10 -
FAO/WHO (2006)
(ISBN-92-5-105574-2)
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Also available
Overview of the risk assessment model for Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula [pdf 274kb]
Report on Enterobacter sakazakii and other micro-organisms in powdered infant formula now available
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Enterobacter sakazakii and other micro-organisms in powdered infant formula: Meeting report
Microbiological Risk Assessment Series 6 - FAO/OMS (2004) (ISBN: 92-5-105164-X)
English
[pdf 687kb]
Français
[pdf 403kb]
Español
[pdf 440kb]
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Also available
Executive Summary [pdf 394kb]
Questions and Answers [pdf 16kb]
The issue of pathogens and in particular Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula was brought to the attention of the 35th session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) (report [pdf 673kb]), by the 24th session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) (report [pdf 401kb]), and the United States of America and Canada who introduced a risk profile for E. sakazakii in powdered infant formula for consideration by the committee (document [pdf 565kb]).
As a result, the 35th Session of the CCFH initiated the revision of the current Codex Alimentarius Code of Hygienic Practices for Foods for Infants and Children (document [pdf 98kb]) and requested FAO and WHO to convene an expert consultation on pathogens of concern in powdered infant formula, at the earliest opportunity.
In order to respond to this emerging public health issue and to provide scientific advice to the subsequent session of CCFH in March 2004, FAO and WHO convened a meeting on E. sakazakii and other micro-organisms in powdered infant formula, in Geneva, in February 2004. The full report is now available [pdf 440kb].
Future work
FAO and WHO continue to work on this issue and are currently undertaking work to assess the risk associated with E. sakazakii in follow-up formulae.
Related Codex Documents
Proposed Draft Code of Hygienic Practice for Powdered Formulae for Infants and Young Children [pdf 181kb].
Printed copies can be ordered from:
Sales and Marketing Group, Information Division,
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy
Fax: (+39) 06 5705 3360
Email: publications-sales@fao.org
or on the Internet from http://www.fao.org/icatalog/inter-e.htm
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