Risk Assessment

USDA, Office of the Chief Economist


	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.



	FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE FSIS's Draft Interagency Risk Assessment for the Public Health Impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAIV) in Poultry, Shell Eggs, and Egg Products is now available for public comment. Federal Register Notice Risk Assessment REPORT AVAILABLE Science and Decisions: Aadvancing Risk Assessment has been released by the National Academies Press and can be read free on line. This report was prepared by the Committee on Improving Risk Analysis Approaches Used by the U.S. EPA, National Research Council. TRAINING AVAILABLE ILSE Research Foundation and the CARES Stakeholder Technical Team announce a CAREWS Training Workshop will be held on January 28 and 29, 2009, in Washington, DC at the Westin Washington City Center.

	Last Modified: 01/12/2009


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