Risk Assessment/Safety Assessment

General Information

• Best Practices for Resolving Complex Food Safety Risks - (Coming Soon)
• Initiation and Conduct of All 'Major' Risk Assessments within a Risk Analysis Framework A Report by the CFSAN Risk Analysis Working Group; March 2002
• Microbial Risk Assessment: Achievements and Future Challenges December 2001 - January 2002

Allergens

• Approaches to Establish Thresholds for Major Food Allergens and for Gluten in Food March 2006

Chemical

• Melamine
  • Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and its Analogues in Food for Humans October 3, 2008
    • Update: Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and its Analogues in Food for Humans November 28, 2008
  • Interim Melamine and Analogues Safety/Risk Assessment May 25, 2007
    • Peer Review Report June 7, 2007
• Methylmercury
  • A Pooled Analysis of the Iraqi and Seychelles Methylmercury Studies
    (published in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: Vol. 6, No.2, pp. 323-340 (2000))
    (available in PDF)
  • An intervention analysis for thee reduction of exposure to methylmercury from the consumption of seafood by women of child-bearing age
    (published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology No. 40 pp. 272-280 (2004))
    (available in PDF)
  • An Exposure Assessment for Methymercury from Seafood for Consumers in the United States
    (published in Risk Analysis Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 689-699 (2002))
    (available in PDF)

Food Additives

• Food and Color Additive Program

Food Defense

• Food Defense and Terrorism
• Risk Assessment for Food Terrorism and Other Food Safety Concerns October 7, 2003

Microbial Risk Assessments

• BSE/TSE
  • An Evaluation of the Risk of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease from Exposure to Cattle-Derived Protein Used in Cosmetics July 14, 2001
• Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Apple Cider: A Quantitative Risk Assessment (slide presentation) July 1999
• Listeria monocytogenes
  • Risk Assessment Reinforces That Keeping Ready-To-Eat Foods Cold May be the Key to Reducing Listeriosis October 21, 2003
    • Quantitative Assessment of the Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods September 2003
    • Listeria monocytogenes Risk Assessment Questions and Answers October 21, 2003
    • Reducing the Risk of Listeria monocytogenes; FDA/CDC 2003 Update of the Listeria Action Plan November 2003
• Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Quantitative Risk Assessment on the Public Health Impact of Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Raw Oysters July 19, 2005

Information from Other Government Agencies

• The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) (CDC)
• Environmental Health and Toxicology Specialized Information Services (NLM)
• Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO) (USDA/NAL)
  • About the FSRIO
  • Risk Assessments
• HHS Information Quality /Peer Review (HHS)
• Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) (EPA)
• National Center for Environmental Assessment (EPA)
• Risk Assessments (USDA/FSIS)

Information from International Organizations

• Definitions of risk analysis terms related to food safety (WHO)
• The International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS) (WHO)
  • A Model for Establishing Upper Levels of Intake for Nutrients and Related Substances: Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Technical Workshop on Nutrient Risk Assessment May 2005
• Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committees
  • Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
  • Joint Expert Committee on Microbial Risk Assessment (JEMRA)