Risk Assessment

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	The Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis's (ORACBA) primary role is to ensure that major regulations proposed by USDA are based on sound scientific and economic analysis. A major regulation concerns human, health, safety or the environment and has an annual economic impact of at least $100 million in 1994 dollars. For such regulations, ORACBA conducts a thorough analysis that makes clear the nature of the risk, alternative ways of reducing it, the reasoning that justifies the proposed rule, and a comparison of the likely costs and benefits of reducing the risk. ORACBA will provide guidance and technical assistance, coordinate risk analysis work across the Department, and certify that statutory requirements are met.



	TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES Food Safety Risk Assessment predicts the likelihood of harm resulting from exposure to chemical, microbial and physical agents in the diet. The Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) offers a Food Safety Risk Assessment course online Oct. 24, 2008. Online courses provide the opportunity to continue your training at the location and time of day convenient for you. Learn to describe the fundamental reasons for doing risk analysis; identify key developments in the role of risk assessment in international food safety; examine differences in chemical and microbial risk assessment; and outline the conduct of a food safety risk assessment using one of the models presented in the course. If you have additional questions, contact Judy Quigley, Training Programs Coordinator at, jquigley@umd.edu or call 301-405-1696.

	Last Modified: 09/09/2008


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