Resources

Documents

• AGNS publications page
• Microbiological Risk Assessment series
• Application of risk analysis to food standards issues
• The application of risk communication to food standards and safety matters - FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 70
• Risk management and food safety - FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 65.  1997

Tools

• Seafood Spoilage and Safety Predictor (SSSP) - predicts shelf-life and growth of bacteria in different fresh and lightly preserved seafoods
• Risk Ranger - a simple food safety risk calculation tool intended as a simple and quick means to develop a first estimate of relative risk
• ComBase - free web-based database of food microbiology data

Websites of interest

• FAO - Risk analysis
• WHO - Microbiological risks
• JIFSAN - Online resource for food safety risk analysis

Meetings/Conferences

• 2nd International Conference on Microbial Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards
• Workshop on Molluscan Shellfish Safety
  August 10-12, 2005, Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Point Clear, Alabama USA

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