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Quantitative Risk Assessment on the Public Health Impact of
Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Raw Oysters

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Appendix 1: Chronology of Technical and Scientific Reviews of the FDA Vibrio parahaemolyticus Risk Assessment Document

FDA solicited the advice and opinions of scientific experts, State shellfish specialists, and the public throughout the conduct of this Vibrio parahaemolyticus risk assessment. A summary of the dates, type of review activity, and participants is provided here.

Chronology of Technical and Scientific Reviews of the FDA Vibrio parahaemolyticus Risk Assessment
Date Activity Reviewers
January 1999 Vibrio parahaemolyticus Risk Assessment (VPRA) team assembled FDA
May 7, 1999 Federal Register Notice; request for comments and for scientific data and information Public
May 27, 1999 Public meeting (Chicago, IL) NACMCF; Public;
VPRA team
August 13, 1999 Federal Register Notice of public meeting Public
September 24, 1999 Public meeting; request for comments on the risk assessment approach and assumptions (Washington, DC) NACMCF; Public; VPRA team
December 1999 Request for scientific review of draft risk assessment document Interagency Risk Assessment Consortium (RAC) members
December 1999 Technical discussion of the draft risk assessment document RAC members
December 1999 Intensive review of model Dr. David Gaylor, FDA/NCTR (National Center for Toxicological Research)
March 31, 2000 Internal scientific review of draft document FDA risk managers
May 29, 2000 Technical review of document Special Government Employees (SGEs)
May 29, 2000 Review of model and mathematics Government experts and SGEs
July 28, 2000 Internal scientific review of draft document FDA risk managers
January 19, 2001 Publication of draft risk assessment document and request for comments Public
March 2001 Public meeting; presentation of assumptions, approach, and results of the risk assessment and request for comment (66FR 13544) Public
March 2001 1st extension of public comment period (66 FR13545) Public
May 2001 2nd extension of public comment period (66 FR 28181) Public
July 2001 Close of public comment period  
August 2001 to May 2002 Review public comments and plan changes needed to risk assessment VPRA team members
May 2002 Internal scientific review of revised document and model FDA risk managers and assessors
May 2002- November 2003 Additional modeling VPRA team members
December 2003 - January 2004 Revision of risk assessment VPRA team members
February 2004 Review of risk assessment VPRA team members
February 2004 Peer review of model Internal and external experts
April 2004 Review of risk assessment FDA risk managers
May 2004 Editing of risk assessment document VPRA team members
August 2004 Review of risk assessment FDA risk managers
October 2004 Begin developing analysis to compare model with epidemiological data CDC and VPRA team
January 2005 Begin preparation of report VPRA team
May 2005 Review of risk assessment FDA risk managers
June 2005 Began clearance/ approval process FDA

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