Food
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Risk Assessment /Safety Assessment
- Risk Profile: Transmission of Norovirus
- Risk Profile: Pathogens and Filth in Spices
- Risk Assessment: Listeria in Soft-ripened Cheese
- Risk Assessment: Norovirus in Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish
View all Completed and Ongoing Risk Assessment Projects
at CFSAN
As the nation’s food supply becomes more global and complex, decisions about policies aimed at preventing contamination and illness have become even more important to the public’s health. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses risk analysis, a concept and framework fostered by the World Health Organization, to ensure that regulatory decisions about foods are science-based and transparent.
Read more about how FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) applies risk analysis, from conventional methods to new, far-reaching tools that use advanced technology to prioritize risks and calculate optimal interventions at Risk Analysis at FDA: Food Safety
Announcements
JIFSAN offering webinar on iRISK, FDA's new publicly available risk-assessment tool, Oct. 4, 2012; 11a.m.-12p.m., US East Coast time. More info on iRISK, webinar, and online registration
are available.
New list of research needs: Gaps in the Knowledge Base now available.
Topics:
General Information
- Risk Management Framework: Best Practices for Resolving Complex Food Safety Risks (PDF - 140 KB)
February/March 2006 - Initiation and Conduct of All ‘Major’ Risk Assessments within a Risk Analysis Framework
March 2002 - Microbial Risk Assessment: Achievements and Future Challenges (PDF - 100 KB)
December 2001/January 2002
Allergens
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 (PPT - 166 KB)
July 1999
Gluten
- Health Hazard Assessment for Gluten Exposure in Individuals with Celiac Disease: Determination of Tolerable Daily Intake Levels and Levels of Concern for Gluten (PDF - 462 KB)
May 2011 - External Peer Review of the FDA/CFSAN Draft Health Hazard Assessment for Gluten in Individuals with Celiac Disease: Determination of Tolerable Daily Intake Levels and Levels of Concern for Gluten (PDF - 292 KB)
December 2010
Food Additives
Food Defense
Hepatitis A Virus
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus
Listeria monocytogenes
- 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 - FDA/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition USDA/Food Safety and Inspection Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention December 2003 Listeria monocytogenes: Risk Assessment and Risk Management Meeting Agenda & Presentations
December 4, 2003 - Current FDA Activities Related to the Listeria monocytogenes Action Plan
February 6, 2008
Melamine
- External Peer Review of the FDA/CFSAN Draft Report Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and its Analogues in Food for Humans (October 3, 2008) and Update (November 28, 2008)
November 28, 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
- Report of Quantitative Risk and Benefit Assessment of Commercial Fish, focusing on Fetal Neurodevelopmental Effects (Measured by Verbal Development in Children) and on Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in the General Population
January, 2009 - A Pooled Analysis of the Iraqi and Seychelles Methylmercury Studies (PDF - 499 KB)
(published in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: Vol. 6., No. 2, pp. 323-340 (2000)) - An Intervention Analysis for the Reduction of Exposure to Methylmercury from the Consumption of Seafood by Women of Child-bearing Age (PDF - 182 KB)
(published in Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology No. 40 pp. 272-280 (2004)) - An Exposure Assessment for Methylmercury from Seafood for Consumers in the United States (PDF - 265 KB)
(published in Risk Analysis Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 689-699 (2002))
Norovirus
- Norovirus in Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish (upcoming risk assessment)
- Transmission of Norovirus (risk profile, underway)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Quantitative Risk Assessment on the Public Health Impact of Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Raw Oysters
July 19, 2005
Additional Information
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
CDCDefinitions of risk analyis terms related to food safety
World Health Organization (WHO)FoodRisk.org
Food safety and risk analysisFood Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
USDA Risk AssessmentsHHS Information Quality/Peer Review
HHSIntegrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
EPAInternational Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
World Health Organization (WHO)The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Joint FAO/WHO expert meetings on microbiological risk assessment (JEMRA)
World Health Organization (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
World Health Organization (WHO)National Agricultural Library (NAL)
Food Safety Research Information OfficeNational Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
EPA