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Exposure assessment of microbiological hazards in food : guidelines / World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Health Organization.
- Series:
- Microbiological risk assessment series ; 7.
- Microbiological risk assessment series, 1726-5274 ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food--Microbiology.
- Food.
- Health risk assessment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (107 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : World Health Organization ; Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Exposure assessment is one of the four steps of microbiological risk assessment, which include hazard identification, exposure assessment, hazard characterization and risk characterization. It provides an estimation of the likely intake of a microbiological hazard in a specific food or a range of foods. It can be undertaken qualitatively or quantitatively and ideally will also provide information on the actual amount of hazard consumed. This volume provides guidelines for the exposure assessment of microbiological hazards in food. It outlines the principles of exposure assessment as well as
- Contents:
- TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PREPARATION AND PURPOSE OF THESE GUIDELINES; ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE PROCESS OF EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; 3. MODELLING APPROACHES; 4. DATA FOR EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; 5. VARIABILITY, UNCERTAINTY AND SENSITIVITY; 6. ASSURING EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT QUALITY; 7. COMMUNICATION IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; 8. USING THE GUIDELINES; 9. REFERENCES CITED; APPENDIX 1. EXAMPLE OF A QUALITATIVE EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; APPENDIX 2. POTENTIAL DATA SOURCES; APPENDIX 3. TERMINOLOGY
- APPENDIX 4. PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS AND STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-76).
- ISBN:
- 1-282-05798-7
- 9786612057984
- 92-4-068352-6
- OCLC:
- 437108007
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