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The Heavy Metal Screening Tool is "designed to be used by risk assessors/managers to rapidly evaluate potential public health risk when confronted with the detection of select heavy metals in foods and food ingredients."

This tool is a joint initiative of the University of Maryland's Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (UMD JIFSAN) and the Institute for the Advancement of Nutrition and Food Sciences (IAFNS). The levels calculated by this tool are not regulatory levels or limits under consideration by FDA; nor should this tool be used to determine compliance with any FDA guidance or regulations

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2021 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Food Safety Investments in East Africa

This report was published in September 2021 by the Food Safety Innovation Lab’s project on Situational Analysis of Food Safety Control Systems in East Africa. This landscape review of food safety programs and projects in East Africa highlights investment needs for reducing the burden of foodborne disease across the region.

PUBLISHED ON: Sep 1, 2021 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Infant Cereal Risk-Risk Analysis Tool

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 18, 2021 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Implementing a risk-risk analysis framework to evaluate the impact of food intake shifts on risk of illness: a case study with infant cereal

In food safety, process pathway risk assessments usually estimate the risk of illness from a single hazard and a single food and can inform food safety decisions and consumer advice. To evaluate the health impact of a potential change in diet, we need to understand not only the risk posed by the considered hazard and food but also the risk posed by the substitution food and other potential hazards. We developed a framework to provide decision-makers with a multi-faceted evaluation of the impact of dietary shifts on risk of illness. Our case study explored exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) and aflatoxins through consumption of infant cereals and the risk of developing lung, bladder and liver cancer over a lifetime.

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 18, 2021 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Food Safety System in Bangladesh: Current Status of Food Safety, Scientific Capability, and Industry Preparedness

This report was published in March 2021 as part of the Food Safety Innovation Lab’s project on Assessing Food Safety Risks, Scientific Capability, and Food Industry Preparedness in Bangladesh. This landscape assessment analyzed the current status of food safety in Bangladesh and identified key gaps, challenges, and possible interventions.

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 3, 2021 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Food Safety Programs and Academic Evidence in Senegal

This report was published in October 2020 as part of the Food Safety Innovation Lab’s project on Identifying Cost-Effective Interventions to Reduce E. coli and Other Contamination in Senegalese Groundnut Production and Consumption. It provides an overview of ongoing projects to increase food safety in Senegal and reviews the existing academic research on improving the safety of rice, maize, millet, groundnuts, and fish produced and consumed in Senegal.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2020 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Food Safety in Cambodia: Current Programs and Opportunities

This report was published in October 2020 by the Food Safety Innovation Lab’s project on Bacterial Contamination in Fresh Vegetables: Focusing Interventions in Cambodia. This landscape review of food safety efforts in Cambodia describes the current status of food safety governance, surveillance, research, partnerships, and opportunities.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2020 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

In-Plant Deli Meat Model

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The In-Plant Deli Meat Model allows users to evaluate the effectiveness of using growth inhibitors, post-lethality interventions, combinations of these interventions, product testing and diversion, and food contact surface testing and sanitation.

PUBLISHED ON: Apr 6, 2020 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Models

United States Department of Agriculture
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Virginia Tech

Assessment of the risk of salmonellosis linked to the consumption of liquid egg products made from internally contaminated shell eggs initially stored at 65°F (18°C) compared to 45°F (7°C).

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 11, 2020 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

FDA-FSIS Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment: An Evaluation of Shell Egg Cooling on the Risk of Salmonellosis from Egg Products

PUBLISHED ON: Nov 13, 2019 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Models

Genomegraphr

GenomeGraphR presents foodborne pathogen WGS data and associated curated metadata in a user-friendly interface that allows a user to query a variety of research questions such as, transmission sources and dynamics, global reach, and persistence of genotypes associated with contamination in the food supply and foodborne illness across time or space.

PUBLISHED ON: Sep 9, 2019 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk Assessment of Salmonellosis from Consumption of Alfalfa Sprouts and Evaluation of the Public Health Impact of Sprout Seed Treatment and Spent Irrigation Water Testing

A great variety of fruits and vegetables are available in the United States. These items are produced in various geographic regions by a diverse industry. Produce has been increasingly identified as a vehicle for disease outbreaks. Changes in consumption may explain this increase, but analyses of produce consumption are limited. Comprehensive assessments of the public health risks associated with produce depend on quantitative consumption data, including the population fractions and subgroups of consumers, the quantities consumed by these individuals, and the processing that occurs before consumption.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 16, 2018 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Pathogen Modeling Program (PMP)

The US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Pathogen Modeling Program (PMP) is produced at the USDA-ARS Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC) in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. The PMP is a package of models that can be used to predict the growth and inactivation of foodborne bacteria, primarily pathogens, under various environmental conditions.

PUBLISHED ON: Dec 7, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Models

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service

Pathogens

Cost Estimates of Foodborne Illnesses

Economic Research Service (ERS) Data Product

Foodborne illnesses are caused by ingesting bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses, toxins, or other harmful substances in contaminated food. Knowing the costs of foodborne illness helps policymakers rank risks, focus policy, and prioritize spending. Some of the first economic estimates of the costs of foodborne illness were provided by ERS.

PUBLISHED ON: Dec 7, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Economic Research Service

Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) Tools

The QMRA Wiki is a community portal for current quantitative information and knowledge developed for the Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) field. It is an evolving knowledge repository intended to be the go to reference source for the microbial risk assessment community.

PUBLISHED ON: Dec 1, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Michigan State University

Free Risk Analysis Training and Reference Tool

ModelAssist, by Epix Analytics, can help make risk analysis more consistent throughout your organization by providing best practices and defining standards.ModelAssist is the most comprehensive FREE training and reference software available! It can be used as a 'personal risk analysis expert' and has a number of distinct strengths compared to live-training and other risk analysis training products.

PUBLISHED ON: Dec 1, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

EpiX Analytics

Resistome Tracker

The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) team in FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine launched an interactive research tool called Resistome Tracker, one of the first publicly available tools to provide visually informative displays of antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria. Resistome Tracker’s interactive interface allows users to customize visualizations by antibiotic drug class, compare resistance genes across different sources, identify new resistance genes, and map selected resistance genes to geographic region. This allows the determination of antibiotic resistance in foodborne bacteria just by examining the DNA.

PUBLISHED ON: Nov 14, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Food and Drug Administration

GenomeTrakr

Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Program

The FDA Foods Whole Genome Sequencing Staff is coordinating efforts by public health officials to sequence pathogens collected from foodborne outbreaks, contaminated food products and environmental sources. The genome sequences are archived in an open-access genomic reference database called GenomeTrakr, that can be used: to find the contamination sources of current and future outbreaks; to better understand the environmental conditions associated with the contamination of agricultural products; and to help develop new rapid methods and culture independent tests.

PUBLISHED ON: Nov 1, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

NCBI Pathogen Detection

NCBI Pathogen Detection integrates bacterial pathogen genomic sequences originating in food, environmental sources, and patients. It quickly clusters and identifies related sequences to uncover potential food contamination sources, helping public health scientists investigate foodborne disease outbreaks.

PUBLISHED ON: Nov 1, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

Produce Safety University: Take-Home Training for Professional Standards

PPT training slides on safe produce practices

The modules can be presented as individual training sessions, or they may be presented together as part of a larger training event. We suggest presenting the modules in the order that they are listed below if they are combined for a larger event, in order to best represent the farm to fork process.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 3, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

USDA Food Code Selector

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Simplified Tool for Picking Food Codes from NHANES

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Code Selector simplifies the process of extracting consumption information from What We Eat in America (WWEIA), the dietary component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). This tool allows filtering of NHANES data via direct selection from 8,000+ foods using a streamlined user-friendly interface. This Microsoft Excel-based tool decreases dependence on 3rd party software and allows for transparency and accessibility with the tool’s traceable decision logic.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 18, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

United States Department of Agriculture

Food Labeling

Risk Assessment Training Experience (RATE)

Identifies the four risk assessment steps, their definitions, and how each contributes to a risk assessment’s overall conclusions

These modules will offer hands-on training in the primary areas of risk assessment (i.e., legal background, hazard identification, dose-response assessment, exposure assessment, and risk characterization) at the University of Iowa Superfund Research Program on October 2, 2017.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 6, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Food Security in the United States

Household Access to Food Data

Food security means access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. ERS plays a leading role in Federal research on food security and food security measurement in U.S. households and communities and provides data access and technical support to social science scholars to facilitate their research on food security. ERS research focuses on: Food security in U.S. households (see annual report below). Food security's impact on the well-being of children, adults, families, and communities. Food security's relationship to public policies, public assistance programs, and the economy.

PUBLISHED ON: Sep 1, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

FDA-iRISK 4.0 Webinar

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Webinar Recording for FDA-iRISK 4.0

PUBLISHED ON: Jul 6, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Trainings

Webinar

Survey for Listeria monocytogenes in and on Ready-to-Eat Foods from Retail Establishments in the United States (2010 through 2013)

Assessing Potential Changes of Pathogen Prevalence and Levels in a Decade

A multiyear interagency Listeria monocytogenes Market Basket Survey was undertaken for selected refrigerated ready-to-eat foods purchased at retail in four FoodNet sites in the United States. Food samples from 16 food categories in six broad groups (seafood, produce, dairy, meat, eggs, and combination foods) were collected weekly at large national chain supermarkets and independent grocery stores in California, Maryland, Connecticut, and Georgia for 100 weeks between December 2010 and March 2013.

PUBLISHED ON: Apr 24, 2014 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Food Contact Sanitizing Solutions Model

Dietary exposure to sanitzing components model

The Food Contact Sanitizing Solutions Model (FCSSM) was developed to estimate indirect dietary exposure to components of sanitizing solutions used in commercial settings.

PUBLISHED ON: Apr 1, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Improved swift Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment (sQMRA) methodology

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We developed an improved simplified Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment (QMRA) model and tool with reduced data need, applicable to any pathogen - food product combination and in addition suitable for basic QMRA education. The swift QMRA (sQMRA2) – model follows pathogen numbers through part of the food chain, starting at the retail phase, and ends with the estimated number of human cases of illness.

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 1, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Models
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FoodAPS National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey

A nationally representative survey of American households food purchases

USDA's National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) is the first nationally representative survey of American households to collect unique and comprehensive data about household food purchases and acquisitions..

PUBLISHED ON: Feb 21, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

COMPARE

COMprehensive Protein Allergen Resource

The COMprehensive Protein Allergen REsource is a new comprehensive repository of protein sequences of known or putative allergens. It was created via the development of an automated “rule-based” sorting algorithm tool, combined with a review of the literature associated with the identified sequences.

PUBLISHED ON: Feb 3, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

USDA Foods in School (Encompasses School Lunch Program; Child and Adult Care Food Program; Summer Food Service Program)

Child Nutrition Charts and Data

USDA's child nutrition programs help ensure that children are receiving nutritious meals and snacks that promote health and educational readiness. These programs are administered by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, with a total cost of more than $22 billion in fiscal year 2016.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2017 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Eating and Health Module (ATUS) Survey 2014-2016

Survey used to gather data for use in the Eating and Health Module

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Background Population Exposure Estimates Using Salmonella Case Interviews

Exposure frequencies for sporadic culture-confirmed Salmonella cases that occurred in Minnesota from 2009 through 2015

This tool provides an estimate of the background exposure rates for particular food items or other exposures using E. coli O157 case interview data. Epidemiologists can use these frequencies in a binomial model comparison.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Background Population Exposure Estimates Using E. coli O157 Case Interviews

Exposure frequencies for sporadic culture-confirmed Escherichia coli O157 cases that occurred in Minnesota from 2009 through 2015

This tool provides an estimate of the background exposure rates for particular food items or other exposures using E. coli O157 case interview data. Epidemiologists can use these frequencies in a binomial model comparison.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Binomial Probability Worksheet

Background Population Exposure Estimates probability tool

This Excel worksheet allows you to calculate the binomial probability of getting X or more "yes" answers to a given exposure question if you know or can guesstimate the background rate.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Agricultural Research Service Culture Collection (NRRL - Northern Regional Research Laboratory) Database

USDA Microbial Online Collection

The ARS Culture Collection is one of the largest public collections of microorganisms in the world, containing approximately 93,000 strains of bacteria and fungi. The collection is split into subcollections of molds, prokaryotes, and yeasts. In addition, the online catalog is searchable by genus, species, subvar type, and subspecies.

PUBLISHED ON: Sep 13, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

ExpoFIRST

Brings EPA’s Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 Edition (EFH) data to an interactive tool

The purpose of ExpoFIRST is to allow users to draw on data found in the 2011 Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 Edition to develop user-defined scenarios based on route of exposure, medium, receptor(s), timeframe, and dose metric for a contaminant of concern. Assessors can then modify initial parameters as appropriate to account for assessment-specific knowledge and use the tool to calculate deterministic exposure estimates as point estimates. ExpoFIRST allows users to define an unlimited potential scenarios for various receptor populations and life-stages.

PUBLISHED ON: Sep 1, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Foodborne Outbreak Online Database (FOOD Tool)

Foodborne Outbreak Tracking and Reporting

The FOOD Tool is a web-based platform that allows you to search and download data on foodborne disease outbreaks reported to CDC from 1998 through 2016. FOOD Tool was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System data more available to the public and stakeholders. CDC uses more detailed information for its analyses of the causes and risk factors of foodborne disease outbreaks.

PUBLISHED ON: Aug 26, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Foodborne Outbreak

Consumer Product Category Database

Chemical Use and MSDS product catalogue

The Chemical and Product Categories database (CPCat) catalogs the use of over 40,000 chemicals and their presence in different consumer products.

PUBLISHED ON: Aug 2, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Food Consumption and Handling Survey for Quantitative Microbiological Consumer Phase Risk Assessments - Supplemental Data

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PUBLISHED ON: Jul 1, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The survey is unique in that it combines interviews and physical examinations.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

Eating and Health Module (ATUS)

Eating and purchasing pattern data for food assistance and nutrition policies and programs

USDA’s Economic Research Service, along with its funding and technical assistance cosponsors—the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI)—worked with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau to collect data for the 2014-16 Eating & Health Module (EH Module), a supplement to the American Time Use Survey (ATUS).

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2016 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Impact of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution on Food Safety in China

Assessment of human industrial and agricultural activity on soil metal pollution

Food safety is a major concern for the Chinese public. This study collected 465 published papers on heavy metal pollution rates (the ratio of the samples exceeding the Grade II limits for Chinese soils, the Soil Environmental Quality Standard-1995) in farmland soil throughout China.

PUBLISHED ON: Aug 7, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Indirect Dietary Residential Exposure Assessment Model (IDREAM) Implementation

Acute and chronic indirect ingestion exposure from sanitizure/disinfectant use model

The Indirect Dietary Residential Exposure Assessment Model (IDREAM) was developed to estimate acute and chronic indirect ingestion exposure that can result from use of disinfectants and sanitizers on kitchen surfaces in residential settings. It provides guidance for estimating these exposures where there may be inadvertent transfer of residue to edible items prepared on surfaces treated with these pesticides.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 26, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Egg Products FSA Tool

Egg product assessment tool for EAIOs as part of FSIS Directive 5100.1

Tool to be completed as part of egg product Assessments by EAIOs

PUBLISHED ON: May 29, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

General FSA Tool

General assessment for EIAOs as part of FSIS Directive 5100.1

Tool to be completed as part of all Food Safety Assessments by EAIOs

PUBLISHED ON: May 29, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Meat FSA Tool

Raw Meat product assessment tool for EAIOs as part of FSIS Directive 5100.1

Tool to be completed for Raw Meat product Assessments by EAIOs

PUBLISHED ON: May 29, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

NRTE Processed Products FSA Tool

Not Ready-To-Eat Processed product assessment tool for EAIOs as part of FSIS Directive 5100.1

Tool to be completed for Not Ready-To-Eat Processed Products Assessments by EAIOs

PUBLISHED ON: May 29, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

PHIS Food Safety Assessment Reference Guide

Instructions on accessing and logging assessment tools through PHIS website

Guide for EAIOS on how to use the tools found in the Public Health Information System (PHIS)

PUBLISHED ON: May 29, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Poultry FSA Tool

Poultry product assessment tool for EAIOs as part of FSIS Directive 5100.1

Tool to be completed for Poultry Products Assessments by EAIOs

PUBLISHED ON: May 29, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

RTE Proceesed Products FSA Tool

Ready-To-Eat Processed product assessment tool for EAIOs as part of FSIS Directive 5100.1

Tool to be completed for Ready-To-Eat Processed Products Assessments by EAIOs

PUBLISHED ON: May 29, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Thermally Processed FSA Tool

Thermally Processed product assessment tool for EAIOs as part of FSIS Directive 5100.1

Tool to be completed for Thermally Processed Products Assessments by EAIOs

PUBLISHED ON: May 29, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

FDA-iRISK 2.0 Webinar

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Webinar Recording for FDA-iRISK 2.0

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 11, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Trainings

Webinar

U.S. Food Imports

Imported Food value and origin Data

This data set provides import values of edible products (food and beverages) entering U.S. ports and their origin of shipment

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 1, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Produce Point of Origin Database

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Commodity Movement Search

Welcome to the Produce Point of Origin Database (PPOD). PPOD is a searchable database that provides selected commodity-specific information on the movement of produce in the United States, either domestic or international, based on seasonality data. The information is compiled from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Market Reports.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

Assessment of the Potential Change in Human Health Risk associated with Applying Inspection to Fish of the order Siluriformes (CATFISH)

Report for the risk assessment of catfish within the order Siluriformes on potential human Salmonella cases from consumption

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) considers it useful in the context of this rulemaking to attempt to quantify the microbiological risk associated with consuming farm-raised Siluriformes in the United States.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Assessment of the Potential Change in Human Health Risk associated with Applying Inspection to Fish of the order Siluriformes Fish Cost Estimate

Model for the risk assessment of catfish within the order Siluriformes on potential human Salmonella cases from consumption

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Public Health Effects of Raw Chicken Parts and Comminuted Chicken and Turkey Performance Standards

Assessment of the development of the new pathogen reduction performance standards for Salmonella and Campylobacter for raw chicken parts

The risk assessment describes how counts of the Salmonella- and Campylobacter-positive samples, collected at a rate of roughly once per week, will be used to categorize establishments as either passing or failing the performance standard. Reductions in the number of salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis cases are estimated to occur after establishments apply corrective actions that reduce the occurrence of these pathogenic bacteria.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Biotechnology Consultations on Food from GE Plant Varieties

Completed Biotechnology consultations on Genetically Engineered foods

The inventory below lists all completed Biotechnology consultations on Genetically Engineered foods evaluated under FDA’s 1992 Statement of Policy: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties . Completed Consultations on Foods from Genetically Engineered Plants describes the information categories available in this inventory.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2015 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Evaluation of HACCP Inspection Models Project (HIMP) for Market Hogs

HIMP for hog slaughter Assessment from CY2006-CY2010 and CY 2012 - CY 2013

The objective of this report is to evaluate Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspection findings in market hog slaughter establishments participating in the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Inspection Models Project (HIMP) and determine whether the HIMP inspection system is performing as well as the existing inspection system in terms of safety and wholesomeness of hog slaughter and overall consumer protection.

PUBLISHED ON: Dec 1, 2014 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference,

Release 28

The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) is the major source of food composition data in the United States. It provides the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors.

PUBLISHED ON: Aug 1, 2014 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

United States Department of Agriculture

FSIS Risk Assessment for Guiding Public Health-Based Poultry Slaughter Inspection: An Implementation Scenario-Based Approach

Quantitative probabilistic food safety risk assessment for FSIS-regulated poultry slaughter establishments

This risk assessment updates a 2008 risk assessment (FSIS, 2008a), originally presented in conjunction with a review by the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI, 2008; FSIS 2011) with more recent data and a modified modeling approach.

PUBLISHED ON: Jul 1, 2014 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Food Consumption and Nutrient Intakes

Estimates on food and nutrients intake between 2007-2010

ERS provides data on food consumption and nutrient intake by food source and demographic characteristics: Three tables provide estimates of food consumption in 2007-10. Two tables provide estimates of nutrient intake in 2007-10.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 27, 2014 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Food Environment Atlas

Interactive map of food factors in US

Food environment factors—such as store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics—interact to influence food choices and diet quality. These interactions are complex and more research is needed to identify causal relationships and effective policy interventions. The objectives of the Atlas are: to assemble statistics on food environment indicators to stimulate research on the determinants of food choices and diet quality, and to provide a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2014 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Interagency Risk Assessment— Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens (September 2013)

Quantitative risk assessment of Listeria found in both Ready-To-Eat and deli products

The “Interagency Risk Assessment: Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens” provides a scientific assessment of the risk of foodborne illness associated with consumption of ready-to-eat (RTE) foods commonly prepared and sold in the delicatessen (deli) of a retail food store and examines how that risk may be impacted by changing common or recommended practices.

PUBLISHED ON: Sep 1, 2013 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

FDA-iRISK (Journal of Food Protection)

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A Comparative Risk Assessment System for Evaluating and Ranking Food-Hazard Pairs: Case Studies on Microbial Hazards

Supplemental Materials for Journal of Food Protection Article

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2013 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

FDA-iRISK® 4.2

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A Comparative Risk-Assessment Tool

FDA-iRISK® is a Web-based risk-assessment tool developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Version 4.0 is now available and includes a number of new features and enhancements. This food-safety modeling tool enables users to compare and rank risks from multiple microbial and chemical hazards and predict effectiveness of prevention and control measures, expressed as public-health metrics. Risk managers and other stakeholders can use FDA-iRISK to inform food-safety policy and management decisions.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 4, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

FDA-iRISK 1.0 Webinar

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Webinar Recording for FDA-iRISK 1.0

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 4, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Trainings

Webinar

DEEM-FCID/Calendex

Acute and chronic dietary exposure assessment model

DEEM-FCID/Calendex software incorporates food consumption data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey/“What We Eat in America” (NHANES/WWEIA) dietary survey. The DEEM-FCID component of DEEM-FCID/Calendex can be used to estimate dietary intake of any component of food or water including toxicants, pesticides, and natural constituents to perform acute and chronic dietary exposure assessments.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk Assessment of the Potential Human Health Effect of Applying Continuous Inspection to Catfish

Risk reductions accompaning the implementation of the type of continuous inspection program now required for catfish under the FMIA.

The illustrative risk assessment presented here focuses on exposure to Salmonella because a broad hazard identification study identified Salmonella as a potential concern in catfish.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk Assessment of the Potential Human Health Effect of Applying Continuous Inspection to Catfish Model

Estimation of the annual number of human salmonellosis cases from Ctafish consumption in the United States Model

Estimating annual human salmonellosis cases potentially resulting from consuming contaminated catfish comprises two basic steps.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk Profile for Pathogenic Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (non-O157 STEC)

Analysis of wheter Shiga toxin producing serotypes of E. coli can be analogous to E.coli O157

This risk profile provides current scientific information relevant to this issue, i.e. whether certain enterohemorrhagic Shiga toxin producing serotypes of E. coli, including non-O157 serotypes, can be considered as adulterants, analogous to E. coli O157, within the meaning of the FMIA.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

FSIS Risk Assessment for Risk-Based Verification Sampling of Listeria monocytogenes (Updates)

Assessment update which uses FSIS Listeria monocytogenes sampling verification data from calendar year 2008

This version updates the establishment Lm risk at retail to consumer risk at the point of consumption. FSIS determines the consumer risk of the susceptible population by estimating the probability of illness given fixed time, temperature, and Lm population density for the susceptible consumer population (pregnant women, immunocompromised, and elderly)..

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

FSIS Risk Assessment for Risk-Based Verification Sampling of Listeria monocytogenes Models (update)

Algorithm that utilizes FSIS L. monocytogenes sampling verification data from 2008

FSIS Risk Assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in Deli Meats model was modified to include Listeria monocytogenes contamination at retail, which could be extended to portend consumer cases of listeriosis.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

Market Authorisation of GMO's Risk Evaluation

The main focus of EFSA’s GMO Panel and GMO Unit lies in the evaluation of the scientific risk assessment of new applications for market authorisation of GMOs, and in the development of corresponding guidelines for the applicants. The EFSA GMO Panel has elaborated comprehensive guidance documents on GM plants, GM microorganisms and GM animals, as well as on specific aspects of risk assessment such as the selection of comparators.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Produce Consumption in the United States

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An Analysis of Consumption Frequencies, Serving Sizes, Processing Forms, and High-Consuming Population Subgroups for Microbial Risk Assessments

A great variety of fruits and vegetables are available in the United States. These items are produced in various geographic regions by a diverse industry. Produce has been increasingly identified as a vehicle for disease outbreaks. Changes in consumption may explain this increase, but analyses of produce consumption are limited. Comprehensive assessments of the public health risks associated with produce depend on quantitative consumption data, including the population fractions and subgroups of consumers, the quantities consumed by these individuals, and the processing that occurs before consumption. Here, we provide an analysis of nationally representative consumption estimates by estimating consumption frequencies, serving sizes, and processing forms for a variety of produce commodities based on 1999 through 2006 data from ‘‘What We Eat in America,’’ the dietary interview component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey performed by the National Center for Health Statistics

PUBLISHED ON: Feb 1, 2012 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Food Intakes Converted to Retail Commodities Databases (FICRCD)

Foods consumed in intake surveys at the commodity level data

Food Intakes Converted to Retail Commodities Databases (FICRCD) provide data for foods consumed in the national dietary intake surveys at the retail commodity level.

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ICRA: The Interactive Online Catalogue on Risk assessment

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The Interactive online Catalogue on Risk assessment (ICRA) serves as a web tool offering a dynamic model catalogue for existing microbial risk assessments for risk assessors aiming to develop their own models. ICRA allows users to compare and contrast models from the same pathogen and/or commodity

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2011 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
National Institute for Food and Agriculture
National Institute for Public Health and Environment in the Netherlands
National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark

Notational Analysis Form

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Observational Study of Food Safety Practices in Retail Deli Departments

Notational analysis is an observational method in which a food employee’s actions can be recorded quickly and in the sequence that they occur. The notational analysis technique was initially employed to record the behavior of food employees by Clayton and Griffith (2004), who adapted the technique from the field of sports science.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2010 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Comparative Risk Assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-eat Meat and Poultry Deli Meats

Quantitative microbial risk assessment for L. monocytogenes comparing the risk of listeriosis among twenty-three categories of ready-to eat (RTE) foods

FDA and FSIS conducted a preliminary analysis using the 2003 FDAFSIS L. monocytogenes risk assessment model to evaluate the relative risk of illness from L. monocytogenes on deli meat sliced and packaged at federally-inspected processing establishments (prepackaged deli meat) compared to deli meat sliced at retail facilities. This risk assessment contained industry data for L. monocytogenes on retail deli meat from delicatessens in California and Maryland (Gombas et al., 2003).

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2010 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Comparative Risk Assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-eat Meat and Poultry Deli Meats Model

Provides evaluation of relative risk of L. monocytogenes found in deli meat packaged in federal vs commerical sites

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2010 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Interagency Risk Assessment for the Public Health Impact of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Poultry, Shell Eggs, and Egg Products

Risk Assessment of Avian Influenza in Poultry Products

The purpose of this risk assessment was to 1) estimate the exposure and potential human illness from consumption of HPAIV-contaminated poultry, shell eggs, and egg products from the index flock, and 2) examine the effectiveness of mitigation strategies to control HPAIV if detected in the United States.

PUBLISHED ON: May 1, 2010 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

AVIAN INFLUENZA Shell Eggs Model

Risk assessment model simulates human exposure and potential illness from consumption of H5 and H7 HPAI strains found in egg shells

The risk assessment model simulates human exposure and potential illness from consumption of H5 and H7 HPAI strains that can make humans ill and lead to death. Exposure from HPAIV is modeled separately for poultry meat and for shell eggs. Each model consists of three modules representing production, processing, and consumer preparation.

PUBLISHED ON: May 1, 2010 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

AVIAN INFLUENZA Poultry Model

Risk assessment model simulates human exposure and potential illness from consumption of H5 and H7 HPAI strains found in poultry products

The risk assessment model simulates human exposure and potential illness from consumption of H5 and H7 HPAI strains that can make humans ill and lead to death. Exposure from HPAIV is modeled separately for poultry meat and for shell eggs. Each model consists of three modulesrepresenting production, processing, and consumer preparation.

PUBLISHED ON: May 1, 2010 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

A swift Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment (sQMRA) tool

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A simplified Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment (QMRA) model was especially developed to compare the risk of pathogen-food product combinations. The swift quantitative microbiological risk assessment (sQMRA) tool is implemented in Microsoft Excel. Special attention is given to make the sQMRA tool insightful, for educational purposes.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2010 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Safety Assessment of Biotechnology Products for Potential Risk of Food Allergy: Implications of New Research

Dafety assessment of transgenic proteins

Food allergy is a potential risk associated with use of transgenic proteins in crops. Currently, safety assessment involves consideration of the source of the introduced protein, in silico amino acid sequence homology comparisons to known allergens, physicochemical properties, protein abundance in the crop, and, when appropriate, specific immunoglobulin E binding studies. Recently conducted research presented at an International Life Sciences Institute/Health and Environmental Sciences Institute–hosted workshop adds to the scientific foundation for safety assessment of transgenic proteins in five areas: structure/activity, serum screening, animal models, quantitative proteomics, and basic mechanisms. A web-based tool is now available that integrates a database of allergenic proteins with a variety of computational tools which could be used to improve our ability to predict allergenicity based on structural analysis.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2009 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response Toolkit

Second Edition of the Toolkit to aid in the implementation of the second edition of the Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response

The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response, originally published in 2009 and revised in 2014, was developed to help local and state public health, environmental health, and food regulatory agencies and laboratories improve their foodborne disease outbreak response activities and harmonize foodborne disease investigation work across the United States.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2009 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Stochastic Human Exposure and Dose Simulation (SHEDS)

Probablistic chemical exposure model

The SHEDS models are probabilistic models that can estimate exposures people face from chemicals encountered in everyday activities. The models are able to generate predictions of aggregate and cumulative exposures over time to inform risk assessments that protect human health.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 9, 2008 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Measuring the Impacts of Food Safety Regulations: A Methodological Review

Impact Assessment on the effects of food safety regulations

This paper proposes a classification of the impacts that food safety regulations can produce and discusses the quantitative methods that are used in the literature to measure those impacts.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2008 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

FSIS Risk Assessment for Risk-Based Verification Sampling of Listeria monocytogenes

Evaluation of the risk of listeriosis due to RTE meat and poultry products

The 2003 FSIS L. monocytogenes Risk Assessment evaluated the risk of listeriosis due to RTE meat and poultry products and defined those factors that could be used to calculate the relative risk of a particular RTE product versus another. When the Agency determined that verification sampling should be risk-based, these factors were used to build an algorithm that allocates sampling resources according to a risk ranking of establishments.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2007 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

EcoSure 2007 Cold Temperature Database

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EcoSure, the food safety & quality assurance division of Ecolab, has updated the 1999 Audits International cold temperature database. In addition to an updated data set, the new data help determine whether changes have occurred in cold temperature storage practices of food both in retail establishments and in consumer homes.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2007 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

EcoSure

The Food Handling Practices Model (FHPM)

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In September of 2007, the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) contracted with Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) to update its Food Handling Practices Model (FHPM) originally developed by RTI International. The model allows the FDA to estimate the effects of various retail and household practices on the incidence of foodborne illness (FBI).

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2007 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Models

Consumer Storage Practices for Refrigerated Ready-to-Eat Foods

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RTI International, Tennessee State University, and Kansas State University conducted a national survey of U.S. adults using a Web-enabled panel survey approach. The purpose of the survey was to characterize home storage and refrigeration practices for a variety of refrigerated ready-to-eat (RTE) foods and consumers' knowledge and use of open date statements (e.g., "use by" or "sell by") among pregnant women, seniors, and the remaining population. The survey was funded through a grant from the National Integrated Food Safety Initiative of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Grant No. 2004-51110-02177).

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2007 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Supplemental Simulation Results

BSE spreading in US Model Results

In response to the discovery of a BSE-infected cow in Washington State in December 2003, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) commissioned the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA) to use the Harvard Bovine Spongiform Encephelopathy (BSE) simulation model to investigate the impact of alternative measures to mitigate exposure of the human population to the BSE agent.

PUBLISHED ON: Dec 6, 2006 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Society For Risk Analysis Annual Meeting 2006

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T2-I Symposium: Food allergies: Issues in establishing thresholds

Up to 6% of children and 4% of the total US population have IgE-mediated food allergies. Accurate and informative food labeling is critical for these allergic consumers because they need to rely on strict avoidance to prevent potentially serious reactions.

PUBLISHED ON: Dec 1, 2006 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Post-Public Comment Model

BSE spreading version after public review

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COPASI Suite

Simulation and analysis of biochemical networks

COPASI is a software application for simulation and analysis of biochemical networks and their dynamics. COPASI is a stand-alone program that supports models in the SBML standard and can simulate their behavior using ODEs or Gillespie's stochastic simulation algorithm; arbitrary discrete events can be included in such simulations.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2006 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Update

Harvard's Risk Assessment of BSE spreading in US Updated report

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considered new rules to help prevent the spread of BSE among cattle through contaminated animal feed.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 31, 2005 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Harvard Risk Assessment of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Pre-Public Comment Model

BSE spreading version before public review

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2005 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk Assessment for Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs and Salmonella spp. in Egg Products

FSIS evuluation on egg handling and pasteurization performance standards to reduce Salmonella

To target resources to achieve greater reductions in egg-related salmonellosis cases, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), initiated a farm-to-table risk assessment for SE in eggs and egg products in 1996.7 Results of the assessment indicated multiple interventions were necessary to reduce substantially risk of illnesses from SE. These results were the basis for a comprehensive and coordinated federal and state action plan — the Egg Safety Action Plan8 — to address the safety of shell eggs and egg products along the farm-to-table chain.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2005 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk Assessment for Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs and Salmonella spp. in Egg Products Models

Excel Model Files for risk characterization of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs and Salmonella spp. in Egg Products

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2005 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk Assessment for Clostridium perfringens in Ready-to-Eat and Partially Cooked Meat and Poultry Products (Sep 2005)

Quantitative risk assessment of Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) in ready-to-eat (RTE) and partially cooked meat and poultry products

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) conducted a quantitative risk assessment of Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) in ready-to-eat (RTE) and partially cooked meat and poultry products.

PUBLISHED ON: Sep 1, 2005 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk Assessment for Clostridium perfringens in Ready-to-Eat and Partially Cooked Meat and Poultry Products Model

Used in evaluating the effects of interventions and risk management options in case of C.perfringens outbreak

The model is a tool to evaluate the effect of interventions and risk management options, rather than predict the absolute number of illnesses.

PUBLISHED ON: Sep 1, 2005 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Food Service Establishment Inspections: Beginning 2005 (ACTIVE)

Data on food service establishment compliance provided by New York State Department of Health

This data includes the name and location of active food service establishments and the violations that were found at the time of the inspection. Inspections are a snapshot in time and are not always reflective of the day-to-day operations and overall condition of an establishment.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2005 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

FDA Labeling Cost Model

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FDA contracted with (Research Triangle Institute) RTI to update RTI's 1990 labeling cost model to make the model more relevant for the types of analyses currently conducted by FDA. This report provides background information on the process of changing the labeling information on food packaging, a description of the revised cost estimates used in the model, a description of the underlying assumptions and calculations used in developing the model, and instructions for working with the model to obtain specific cost estimates.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 2004 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Models

Society For Risk Analysis Annual Meeting 2003

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W7 - Symposium: Pathogen Performance Standards: Insight from Risk Assessment and Economics - Sponsored by the Food/Water & Economics Specialty Groups

Growth in international food trade and concern about terrorism has propelled food safety to a high position on many policymakers' lists of important policy issues. However, even in the absence of major trade-related outbreaks, foodborne illness is a costly problem

PUBLISHED ON: Dec 1, 2003 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Current State of Food Product Open Dates in the U.S.

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Eastern Research Group, under contract with FDA, conducted this study of food product open dates. The information in this study was sought through literature reviews, multiple in-store surveys of food products and discussions with industry personnel and trade organizations. The survey universe consists of 149 product categories covering baked, dairy, frozen, refrigerated, shelf-stable, and chilled ready to eat food products.

PUBLISHED ON: Jul 18, 2003 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

Survey of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready to Eat Foods

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The National Food Processors Association (NFPA) conducted this study with the purpose of addressing uncertainties in risk assessment regarding the occurrence of L. Monocytogenes in ready to eat foods.

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 1, 2003 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

ComBase

A Web Resource for Quantitative and Predictive Food Microbiology

ComBase describes and predicts quantified microbial responses (growth and survival/inactivation) to different food environments. It can be used by companies to help them develop, produce, and store new food products, and by regulatory officers to aid them in conducting quantitative risk assessments.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2003 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools
Models
Databases

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
University of Tasmania

Microbiology

Risk Assessment

Environmental Response

Growth Models

Survival Models

Identification of Animal Ingredients in Dietary Supplements Database

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RTI, under contract with FDA, constructed this database on dietary supplement products sold on the Internet that contain animal ingredients. These ingredients are of interest because of the possibility of transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).

PUBLISHED ON: Aug 15, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Research Triangle Instutute
Food and Drug Administration

Dietary Supplement Sales Database (DSPD)

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A survey conducted by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) under contract with FDA.

The access database contains labeling and catalogue information of approximately 3,000 dietary supplement products sold in the United States. The database includes information such as the product's name, the name and address of the manufacturer or distributor, the product's ingredients, and claims about the product. Claims may be about the health benefits or nutrient content of the product or may be nutritional support statements. Thus, the database provides information on the range of products available for sale in the United States, where these products are sold, what they contain, and what claims are being made about these products.

PUBLISHED ON: Aug 1, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

Research Triangle Instutute
Food and Drug Administration

Cost of Reformulating Foods and Cosmetics

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Foods and cosmetics are examples of regulated products which are sometimes reformulated in response to changes in the marketplace or regulatory environment. RTI and the Economics Team at the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) produced this model, based on the earlier labeling cost model, to help estimate the costs incurred in reformulation due to changes in regulations. The report provides information on the process of reformulation and a description of the underlying assumptions and calculations used in developing the model

PUBLISHED ON: Jul 1, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Models

Animal-Derived Cosmetic Ingredient Database

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RTI, under contract with FDA, constructed this database on cosmetic ingredients that could potentially be derived from animals. These ingredients are of interest because of the potential for transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs).

PUBLISHED ON: Apr 1, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

Research Triangle Instutute
Food and Drug Administration

Conduct of Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessments by U.S. FDA's CFSAN: Lessons Learned

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This document served as a background paper for the Joint FAO/WHO Consultation held in Kiel, Germany on March 18-22, 2002. It discusses FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)'s approach to microbial risk assessment, outlines CFSAN's measures to involve interested parties in the risk assessment process, and discusses lessons learned by CFSAN regarding:

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 18, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

The Role of Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment in Risk Management Options Assessment

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This document served as a background paper for the Joint FAO/WHO Consultation held in Kiel, Germany on March 18-22, 2002. It discusses the use of quantitative risk assessment in evaluating and comparing options for risk management

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 18, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Comparative Risk Assessment for Intact (Non-Tenderized) and Non-Intact (Tenderized) Beef (Mar 2002)

E. coli O157:H7 in blade-tenderized steaks vs E. coli O157:H7 in untenderized steaks asssessment

The purpose of the analysis is to compare the risk to human health from E. coli O157:H7 in blade-tenderized steaks to that from E. coli O157:H7 in steaks that have not been tenderized.

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 1, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Comparative Risk Assessment for Intact (Non-Tenderized) and Non-Intact (Tenderized) Beef Model

Ecoli exposure estimation model found in tenderized vs non tenderized beef

PUBLISHED ON: Mar 1, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

AuvTool

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Bootstrap Simulation and Two-Dimensional Monte Carlo Simulation: Dealing with Variability and Uncertainty, Mixture Distributions, Measurement Error, and Censored Data

AuvTool is a software tool for statistical analysis of variability and uncertainty associated with fitting parametric probability distributions to data sets. It was developed for the Office of Research and Development(ORD) of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle, NC.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Europen Enviroment Agency Soil Contamination

Contamination Management and Expense Data

The dataset on soil contamination contains information provided on a regular basis by EIONET countries on the following issues: Progress in the management of contaminated sites; Expenditure and estimated costs; Industrial and commercial branches responsible for local soil contamination; Main contaminants affecting soil and groundwater

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2002 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Risk Assessment of E. coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef

FSIS inspection in the public health impact of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef

The Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) conducted a farm-to-table risk assessment to evaluate the public health impact from Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef.

PUBLISHED ON: Sep 7, 2001 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Analysis of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Survey Data

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Research Triangle Institute (RTI), under contract with FDA, conducted studies to estimate the costs of implementing HACCP in food plants under FDA jurisdiction. The purpose of these studies was to determine the state of current food safety practices in the food processing industry and estimate the costs of moving from the pre-HACCP baseline to regulatory compliance

PUBLISHED ON: Jul 1, 2001 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

Food Testing Laboratory Database (FTLD)

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A survey conducted by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) under contract with FDA. The access database contains 593 records of private laboratories that test food. It includes the variables needed to support the kinds of analyses FDA expects to undertake-such as location and contact information, economic variables, test capabilities, and Quality Assurance Programs. The FTLD allows users to sort laboratories by location such as state or country, query laboratories owned by one parent company, sort laboratories by capabilities, and sort laboratories that use quality assurance guidelines such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards, and determine laboratories associated with a certain geographic area or FDA district.

PUBLISHED ON: Jun 1, 2001 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

Research Triangle Instutute
Food and Drug Administration

Survey of Manufacturing Practices in the Dietary Supplement Industry

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A survey conducted by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) under contract with FDA of 966 dietary supplement establishments. The purpose of this survey was to learn about the current manufacturing practices and what constitutes GMP's in the industry.

PUBLISHED ON: May 17, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

FDA's Fresh Produce Risk Ranking Tool

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for ensuring the safety of all domestic and imported fresh produce consumed in the United States. Outbreaks of illness due to food-borne pathogens associated with fresh produce have increased in the past decade. Despite some high-profile outbreaks, there has been no systematic means by which to compare the different agent-commodity combinations to determine which present the most significant risks and prioritize them as candidates for interventions that might help prevent contamination or inactivate contaminants when they are present in food.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

Food and Drug Administration

Foodborne disease outbreak questionnaire

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The Chicago Department of Public Health, with support of the US Food and Drug Administration, has created a telephone questionnaire to be used by departments of public health to gather information that can help establish the relationship between dose of foodborne pathogens and health impacts. The documents below are made available in both html (for viewing) and pdf (for printing). In addition, the questionnaire, in both English and Spanish, is made available as a downloadable Microsoft Word document for editing so that it may be used by departments of public health in outbreaks they may investigate.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Estimation of Listeria monocytogenes transfer coefficients and efficacy of bacterial removal through cleaning and sanitation

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Listeria monocytogenes is readily found in the environment of retail deli establishments and can occasionally contaminate food handled in these establishments. Here we synthesize the available scientific evidence to derive probability distributions and mathematical models of bacterial transfers between environmental surfaces and foods, including those during slicing of food, and of bacterial removal during cleaning and sanitizing

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies

FNDDS is a database that provides the nutrient values for foods and beverages reported in What We Eat in America, the dietary intake component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

United States Department of Agriculture

What We Eat In America

What We Eat in America (WWEIA) is the dietary intake interview component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

United States Department of Agriculture

What's In The Foods You Eat Search Tool

2013-2014

View nutrient profiles for foods commonly eaten in the U.S.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Tools

United States Department of Agriculture

Food Patterns Equivalents Database

USDA Food Patterns equivalents data for analyzing dietary data

Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED) converts the foods and beverages in the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies to the 37 USDA Food Patterns components. The FPED was formerly known as the MyPyramid Equivalents Database.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

United States Department of Agriculture

U.S. EPA's What We Eat in America - Food Commodity Intake Database

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2005-2010 (WWEIA-FCID 2005-10)

WWEIA-Food Commodity Intake Database (FCID) 2005-10 was developed by U.S. EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to improve the utility of the WWEIA food consumption survey for pesticide dietary exposure assessment.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases
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Predictive Microbiology Information Portal (PMIP)

The USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) and the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have joined together to produce the Predictive Microbiology Information Portal (PMIP). This portal is geared to assist food companies (large and small) in the use of predictive models, the appropriate application of models, and proper model interpretation. Our vision is that the PMIP will be the highway to the most comprehensive websites that brings together large and small food companies in contact with the information needed to aid in the production of the safest foods.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Food Safety and Inspection Service

Microbiology

Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3) Food Safety Literature Databases

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The previous Director of Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3), Dr. Robert Buchanan, has been collecting and indexing relevant articles in the area of microbial food safety for the last 25 years. He is making his personal efforts available to the public through FoodRisk.org.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Databases

Risk Communication Tutorials

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A series of seven on-line tutorials on various facets of risk communication created by Dr. Katherine McComas as a FoodRisk.org exclusive. Each presentation is available in PDF and PowerPoint (PPT) format.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Trainings

Risk Assessment Tutorials

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The following risk assessment tutorials were prepared by Dr. Charlie Yoe as FoodRisk.org Exclusives. All are available as Microsoft PowerPoint slides.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 2000 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Trainings

Risk Assessment for Salmonella Enteritidis in Eggs and Egg Products(Aug 1998)

Establishes the risk of foodborne illness from Salmonella Enteritidis found in egg and egg products and identifies/evaluates potential risk reduction strategies

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) began a comprehensive risk assessment of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis (Salmonella Enteritidis) in December 1996 in response to an increasing number of human illnesses associated with the consumption of shell eggs. The objectives of this risk assessment are to: establish the unmitigated risk of foodborne illness from Salmonella Enteritidis, identify and evaluate potential risk reduction strategies, identify data needs, and prioritize future data collection efforts. The risk assessment model consists of five modules.

PUBLISHED ON: Aug 10, 1998 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Generally Recognized as Safe (Inventory)

Collection of FDA notifcations on approval status of food/food additives

The inventory of GRAS notices provides information about GRAS notices filed since 1998, when FDA received its first GRAS notice. As of October 17, 2016, the GRAS final rule (81 FR 54960; August 17, 2016) requires a specific format for a GRAS notice. Prior to that date, FDA processed GRAS notices under the framework of the GRAS proposed rule (62 FR 18938; April 17, 1997). Notices received prior to the effective date of the GRAS final rule provide examples for potential notifiers for the types of information that may support a GRAS conclusion. In the inventory, notices follow the requirements for the format and content of a GRAS notice as of the effective date of the GRAS final rule.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 1998 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

An Economic Assessment of Food Safety Regulations: The New Approach to Meat and Poultry Inspection

Fundamental economic principles on food safety regulation and problems that arise

An economic analysis of new meat and poultry inspection rules evaluates the benefits and costs of reducing microbial pathogens and preventing foodborne illness. The new rules require federally-inspected processors and slaughterhouses to adopt Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) systems to identify potential sources of pathogen contamination and establish procedures to prevent contamination.

PUBLISHED ON: Jul 1, 1997 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

Cost of Restrictions on Gulf Oyster Harvesting for Control of Vibrio vulnificus-Caused Disease

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Research Triangle Institute (RTI) conducted a study for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to estimate the costs of a seasonal harvesting restriction on Gulf of Mexico oysters and a seasonal marketing restriction on the sale of Gulf Oysters for raw consumption.

PUBLISHED ON: Oct 1, 1996 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

58 FR No. 3 (1993) (NLEA)

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Below you will find Word and PDF versions of the Federal Register Part IV released on January 6, 1993. This volume pertains specifically to the Department of Health and Human Services: Food and Drug Administration. All pages were recreated from the original, including text, charts, images and bibliographical references.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 6, 1993 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Regulatory Impact Analysis of the Proposed Rules to Amend the Food Labeling Regulations

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This is a scanned copy of the Federal Register, Vol. 56, No. 229, Wednesday, November 27, 1991, Proposed Rules. It addressed the FDA's regulatory impact analysis of proposed rules to amend the food labeling regulations in response to the 1990 amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The document includes: background information, discussion of the purpose of the regulatory impact analysis, a description of the proposed action, discussion of market failure, an economic impact analysis, discussion of options considered, and a discussion of international impacts. Numerous tables are included with supporting data.

PUBLISHED ON: Nov 27, 1991 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

58 FR No. 3 (1993) (NLEA) - Proposed Regulation

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his is the PDF version of the 56 FR No. 229 (1991) (Proposed NLEA) released on November 27, 1991 and preceded the final Federal Register Part IV released on January 6, 1993. This document pertains specifically to the Department of Health and Human Services: Food and Drug Administration. All pages were scanned from the original, including text, charts, images and bibliographical references.

PUBLISHED ON: Nov 27, 1991 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY: Risk Analysis

Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT)

International Food and Agricutural publications

FAOSTAT provides time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture for some 200 countries.

PUBLISHED ON: Jan 1, 1990 | ACCESS TYPE: Open | CATEGORY:

USDA Branded Food Products Database

The Branded Food Products Database enhances the USDA National Nutrient Database with nutrient composition and ingredient information on branded foods and private label data voluntarily provided by the food industry. The addition of private data allows for a better assessment of the food system. Users can search the database by food item, food group, or manufacturer’s name to find nutrient information for food items of interest. They can also generate lists of foods sorted by nutrient content.

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ILSI North America
GS1 US
1WorldSync
Label Insight

Pesticide Data Program Searchable Application

The USDA Pesticide Data Program (PDP) database contains national data on pesticide residue findings (including both positive detections and non-detects) in food and water, with an emphasis on commodities most likely to be consumed by infants and children. The data is primarily used by EPA in dietary exposure assessments.

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United States Department of Agriculture

Pesticide

Dietary Exposure

Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products Risk Assessment

In 2016, FDA published its risk assessment on the health risks of inorganic arsenic in rice and rice products. The assessment provides a quantitative estimate of lung and bladder cancer risk from long-term exposure to inorganic arsenic, and a qualitative assessment of potential non-cancer risks in certain vulnerable life stages.

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Food and Drug Administration

FoodNet Fast makes it easy to get information on cases of illness reported to the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet). It has data on nine pathogens transmitted commonly through food: Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia. Users can filter the data by pathogen, year, age group, sex, and race.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Vibrio

Yersinia

NARMS Now: Human Data

NARMS Now makes it easy to get information on antibiotic resistance in bacteria isolated from humans as part of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS). It has data on four bacteria transmitted commonly through food: Campylobacter, E. coli O157, Salmonella, and Shigella. Users can filter the data by bacteria, serotype, antibiotic, year, and geographic region.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Antiobiotic Resistance

NoroSTAT is a network of state health departments and CDC that provides near real-time reporting and monitoring of norovirus outbreak activity. The data is used to track current norovirus activity, better understand outbreaks, and make recommendations to prevent future outbreaks.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Norovirus

Disease Outbreaks

CaliciNet

CaliciNet is a national norovirus outbreak surveillance network. Its database is used by public health laboratories to submit genetic sequences of norovirus strains associated with gastroenteritis outbreaks, and epidemiological data from outbreaks. The norovirus strains can be compared with other strains in the database, helping CDC link outbreaks to a common source, monitor circulating norovirus strains, and identify newly emerging norovirus strains.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research

CDC WONDER provides easy access to a wide range of public health data published by CDC, as well as reference materials, reports, and guidelines on health-related topics. The data is intended to help users conduct research, make decisions, set priorities, evaluate programs, and allocate resources.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Stochastic Human Exposure and Dose Simulation (SHEDS)

SHEDS models are probabilistic models that estimate human chemical exposures from inhalation, skin contact, and dietary and non-dietary ingestion. Estimates are based on available data on dietary consumption, human activity, and chemical levels in food, water, air and on surfaces. The models can generate predictions of aggregate (single chemical) and cumulative (multiple chemicals) exposures over time to improve risk assessments.

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Environmental Protection Agency

Cumulative and Aggregate Risk Evaluation System Next Generation (CARES NG)

CARES NG is a probabilistic model used to estimate aggregate (single chemical) and cumulative (multiple chemicals) exposure to pesticides from multiple routes and sources. Its dietary module estimates dietary exposure from pesticide residues in food or drinking water using algorithms that incorporate EPA/OPP guidance. The module can estimate exposure and cancer risk for different populations and different time frames (acute, multi-day, chronic).

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Cumulative and Aggregate Risk Evaluation System Next Generation

OECD Maximum Residue Limit Calculator

The OECD MRL Calculator is an easy to use tool for determining pesticide maximum residue limits (MRLs) or tolerances based on residue data. There are two Excel spreadsheet download options for single data sets and multiple data sets. The goal of the tool is to harmonize MRL calculations across OECD member countries.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Maximum Residue Limits

USDA Market News provides up-to-date, unbiased agricultural market reports on price, volume, and other related information of value to farmers, producers, and other agribusiness stakeholders.

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United States Department of Agriculture

Agriculture

Agribusiness

Market Conditions

FDA Import Refusal Report (IRR)

FDA is authorized to detain certain products offered for entry into the United States if they are in violation of FDA laws and regulations. The Import Refusal Report (IRR) is updated monthly and records the product, its supplier and country of origin, and the reason(s) the product was refused entry.

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Food and Drug Administration

The Global MRL Database contains maximum residue limits (MRLs) for various chemicals in agricultural crops. The free starter subscription gives U.S. users access to U.S. MRLs currently in force and corresponding MRLs for other markets; non-U.S. users will have access to U.S. MRLs only.

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Bryant Christie Inc.
United States Department of Agriculture
Environmental Protection Agency

Maximum Residue Limits

Chemical

Pesticide

Veterinary Drugs

Audits/FDA Temperature Databases

Exclusive

These databases were created by Audits International, an independent food research organization, with support from the US Food and Drug Administration.

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Audits International
Food and Drug Administration

USDA Nutrient Data Set for Retail Meat Cuts: Beef, Lamb, Pork and Veal

USDA NDL Research on Retail meat data

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL), in collaboration with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Pork Board, American Lamb Board, and meat scientists at selected universities, has conducted several research studies designed to update and expand nutrient data on retail meat cuts in the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR).

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International Food Security

International Consumption Data Excel Sheet

This dataset measures food availability and access for 76 low- and middle-income countries. The dataset includes annual country-level data on area, yield, production, nonfood use, trade, and consumption for grains and root and tuber crops (combined as R&T in the documentation tables), food aid, total value of imports and exports, gross domestic product, and population compiled from a variety of sources.

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AgAR (Agricultural Antibiotic Resistance)

Microbial Drug Research Data

"An Environmental Component of a ""One Health"" approach, the mission of the Agricultural Antibiotic Resistance (AgAR) project is to develop practical tools and protocols to measure antibiotic drugs, resistant bacteria and resistance genes in agriculturally-impacted soil, water, air, and food. "

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National Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Database - IPMdata

Pesticide risk analysis webtool

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a science-based, decision-making process that identifies and reduces risks from pests and pest management related strategies. IPM coordinates the use of pest biology, environmental information, and available technology to prevent unacceptable levels of pest damage by the most economical means, while minimizing risk to people, property, resources, and the environment.

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Everything Added to Food in the United States (EAFUS)

Chemical additives in food data

PAFA contains administrative, chemical and toxicological information on over 2000 substances directly added to food, including substances regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as direct, "secondary" direct, and color additives, and Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) and prior-sanctioned substances.

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Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (FDOSS)

CDC program for foodillnesses

FDOSS is CDC’s program for collecting and reporting data about foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States. It is a part of the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS), which also includes data on illnesses resulting from contact with animals, environmental contamination, spread by person-to-person, waterborne transmission, and other enteric illness outbreaks.

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National Surveillance of Bacterial Foodborne Illnesses

CDC program for bacterial related foodillnesses

CDC collects, analyzes, and disseminates national surveillance data on bacterial foodborne illnesses in order to provide a national snapshot of the occurrence of infections transmitted commonly through food.

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Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance (WBDOSS)

CDC program for water related illnesses

The Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDOSS) collects data on waterborne disease and outbreaks associated with recreational water, drinking water, and environmental and undetermined exposures to water.

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CFSAN Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS)

FDA Collected Complaints Database

The CFSAN Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS) is a database that contains information on adverse event and product complaint reports submitted to FDA for foods, dietary supplements, and cosmetics.

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Food Defense Mitigation Strategies Database

FDA Protection against international food tampering database

The Food Defense Mitigation Strategies Database (FDMSD) is a tool designed to assist in identifying preventive measures to protect the food against intentional adulteration.

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NCTR Liver Cancer Database (NCTRlcdb)

Chemical Carcinogens Database

A National Center for Toxicological Research liver cancer database (NCTRlcdb) containing 999 chemicals has been developed based on liver-specific carcinogenicity. This database was constructed with the assumption that organ-specific carcinogenicity is a cleaner endpoint for building a biological predictive model.

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ArrayTrack™ HCA-PCA Standalone Package – powerful data-exploring tools

Gene Expression Database and Interpretation Tool

ArrayTrack™ is MIAME (Minimum Information About A Microarray Experiment)-supportive for storing both microarray data and experiment parameters associated with a pharmacogenomics or toxicogenomics study.

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Integrated Risk Information System

Toxicity Assessment Tool

EPA's IRIS Program identifyies and characterizes the health hazards of chemicals found in the environment.

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Bad Bug Book (Second Edition)

Pathogenic Microorganism Handbook

The Bad Bug Book 2nd Edition, released in 2012, provides current information about the major known agents that cause foodborne illness.

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Disease

Pathogens

Etiology

OpenFDA Foods Endpoint

Public Datasets API that relate to food supply safety

OpenFDA is the first innovation created by Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS, upon joining FDA as the first Chief Health Information Officer in March 2013. The goal of the project is to create easy access to public data, to create a new level of openness and accountability, to ensure the privacy and security of public FDA data, and ultimately to educate the public and save lives.

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Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations

Chemical Contaminant online tool

"Rapid access to internationally peer reviewed information on chemicals "

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Evaluations of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)

JECFA Evaluation Database

This searchable database contains the summaries of all the evaluations of flavours, food additives, contaminants, toxicants and veterinary drugs JECFA has performed. Each summary contains basic chemical information, ADIs/TDIs, links to the most recent reports and monographs as well as to the specification database, and a history of JECFA evaluations.

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FOSCOLLAB Pesticide Dashboard

WHO Platform for Food Safety Professionals regarding pesticide information

(Last updated in 2015)The pesticide dashboard displays for each pesticide evaluated by JMPR, the toxicological reference values, the result of acute and chronic dietary exposure assessment and the Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) adopted by the Codex Alimentarius.

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FOSCOLLAB Chemical Dashboard

WHO Platform for Food Safety Professionals regarding chemicals

The Chemical Overview Dashboard integrates summary elements from three separate sources: JECFA Evaluations Database, GEMS/Food Contaminants database and the WHO Collaborating Centres Database. Note: 1. Hazards evaluated by the JECFA from 1995 onwards are selectable. 2. A blank chart indicates no data available in the GEMS/Food contaminants database.

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GEMS/Food Contaminants

Levels of detection by commodity data

The GEMS/Food Contaminants Database Dashboard enables users select a particular contaminant and view the average levels of detection by commodity, the total number of samples and the percentage of commodities that make up the total. User may also filter the results by food name, food origin and WHO Region.

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Phytosanitary Regulation

APHID regulation data

This data product provides information on phytosanitary regulations affecting U.S. imports of 42 fresh fruits and vegetables.

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FSIS Import Data

International data of imported meat based products

Food Safety and Inspection Service maintains volume of imported meat, poultry and egg products presented for reinspection by FSIS at port of entry. This is reported by country in pounds and percentage of the total.

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FSIS Raw Chicken Carcasses Sampling Data

Microbial Drug Research Data

These data are the sampling results of FSIS’ routine microbiological sampling of Raw Chicken Carcasses Products.

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FSIS Egg Product Sampling Data

Microbiological sampling of Raw Chicken Carcasses Products Data

These data are the sampling results of FSIS’ routine microbiological sampling of Pasteurized Egg Products.

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Ready-to-Eat Meat (RTE) and Poultry Sampling data

Microbiological sampling of Egg Products Data

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has conducted a regulatory microbiological testing program for Ready-to-Eat (RTE) meat and poultry products since 1983. RTE products are fully cooked before packaging and do not require further cooking by the consumer. However, these products are susceptible to contamination with pathogens during peeling, slicing, repackaging, and other processing steps after the required kill step to eliminate pathogens.

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FSIS Raw Ground Beef Sampling Data

Microbiological sampling of Ground Beef Data

"These data are the sampling results of FSIS’ routine microbiological sampling of Raw Ground Beef Products."

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Nationwide Beef and Veal Carcass Microbiological Baseline Survey

Outline of Beef and Veal Carcass Survey

"FSIS conducted the Beef Veal Carcass Baseline Survey (BVCBS) from August 2014 to December 2015. A 90-day training period preceded the survey (shakedown) for the field and laboratory personnel to prepare for the baseline. "

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Nationwide Raw Liquid Egg Products Baseline Survey

Outline of Raw Liquid Egg Baseline Survey

This document outlines the study design and sampling frame for the national Raw Liquid Egg Baseline Survey (RLEBS) data collection program to be conducted by the Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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FSIS Food Defense Risk Mitigation Tool

Nation Supply Vulnerability Assessment Tool

This online tool is part of an ongoing effort by FSIS to help protect the nation's supply of meat, poultry, and egg products from intentional contamination. During vulnerability assessments conducted jointly with FSIS, industry representatives suggested that a searchable, user-friendly tool was needed to facilitate identification and selection of applicable mitigation strategies (i.e., countermeasures).

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FSIS - FoodKeeper Data

FSIS Application Eductaion Data

FSIS’ FoodKeeper application educates users about food and beverages storage to help them maximize the freshness and quality of these items.

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Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens Model (requires request)

Simulates the behavior of retail employees in a deli department and tracks the Lm potentially present in the environment and in the food.

This QRA considers six separate retail baseline conditions and provides information on the predicted risk of listeriosis for each. Among the baseline conditions considered, the model predicts that (i) retail delis without an environmental source of Lm (such as niches), retail delis without niches that do apply temperature control, and retail delis with niches that do apply temperature control lead to lower predicted risk of listeriosis relative to retail delis with niches and (ii) retail delis with incoming RTE foods that are contaminated with Lm lead to higher predicted risk of listeriosis, directly or through cross-contamination, whether the contaminated incoming product supports growth or not.

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Food and Nutrition Assistance Research Database

USDA ERS's Food and nutrition related research reports and articles hub

USDA's domestic food and nutrition assistance programs affect the daily lives of millions of people, with about one in four Americans participating in at least one program at some point during a given year. These programs represent a significant investment, accounting for over two-thirds of USDA's annual budget.

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Food Access Research Atlas

Food Access Data Map

The Food Access Research Atlas: Presents a spatial overview of food access indicators for low-income and other census tracts using different measures of supermarket accessibility; Provides food access data for populations within census tracts; and Offers census-tract-level data on food access that can be downloaded for community planning or research purposes.

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Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (Currently still being developed)

Micronutrient status of populations on an international scale data

The Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Information System (VMNIS), formerly known as the Micronutrient Deficiency Information System (MDIS), was established in 1991 following a request by the World Health Assembly to strengthen surveillance of micronutrient deficiencies at the global level.

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Cumulative Estimated Daily Intakes

Public data on cumalative estimated daily intakes for Food Contact Substance

As part of the premarket notification process for food contact substances (FCSs), the Office of Food Additive Safety (OFAS) is developing and making publicly available a database of cumulative estimated daily intakes (CEDIs) for a large number of FCSs. This database is referred to as the CEDI database. At this time, the database contains information on an initial subset of food-contact substances. OFAS is attempting to collect and review data for approximately 3000 FCSs for inclusion into the CEDI database. As additional information becomes available, the CEDI database will be updated.

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture Data Gateway

Agency Spending Data

The Data Gateway enables users to find funding data, metrics, and information about research, education, and extension projects that have received grant awards from NIFA. Users can use terms and filters to search for projects, choose the data elements to see in the results, and export the results.

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Industry - Foodborne Illness Investigation Training and Recall Response

Identifying industry’s role in reducing the individual and economic impact of foodborne illness.

This free workshop can help a business of any size develop best practices to prevent foodborne illness, benefit from strong relationships with regulatory partners, and create response plans in the event of illness outbreaks, customer or product complaints, and food recalls.

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Epi-Ready Team Training

Foodborne Outbreak Disease training course files

Epi-Ready is a two-day in-person workshop for environmental and public health professionals with responsibility for investigation of foodborne illness outbreaks. With a team-based approach to training, Epi-Ready focuses on how to efficiently and effectively respond to an outbreak by understanding the roles and responsibilities of the disciplines involved—using the analogy of the 4-legged stool.

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Poultry FARM (Food Assess Risk Models)

The poultry FARM website contains products from research efforts developing predictive models to ensure the microbiological safety of poultry products. This research was a collaborative effort between USDA-FSIS and University of Maryland Eastern Shore and products on the website include publications, presentations, models, and data.

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Child Nutrition Database (MS Access Database)

MS Access Database on food product nurient data

The Child Nutrition Database (CNDB) is a required part of the nutrient analysis software approved by USDA for use in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.

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SDAP - Structural Database of Allergenic Proteins

Bioninformatic tool for structural studies of alleregnic proteins

SDAP is a Web server that integrates a database of allergenic proteins with various computational tools that can assist structural biology studies related to allergens. SDAP is an important tool in the investigation of the cross-reactivity between known allergens, in testing the FAO/WHO allergenicity rules for new proteins, and in predicting the IgE-binding potential of genetically modified food proteins.

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