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Risk characterization of microbiological hazards in food : guidelines.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Microbiological risk assessment series ; 17.
- Microbiological risk assessment series ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foodborne diseases.
- Food contamination--Risk assessment.
- Food contamination.
- Food--Microbiology.
- Food.
- Health risk assessment.
- Food industry and trade--Risk management.
- Food industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (135 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization ; Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009.
- Summary:
- Risk characterization is one of the four steps of microbiological risk assessment, which include hazard identification, exposure assessment, hazard characterization and risk characterization. Risk characterization is defined as an estimation of the probability of occurrence and severity of known or potential adverse health effects in a population based on hazard identification, hazard characterization and exposure assessment. It is in the risk characterization step that the results of the risk assessment are presented. These results are provided in the form of risk estimates and risk descripti
- Contents:
- COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Purpose of microbiological food safety risk assessment; 3. Qualitative risk characterization in risk assessment; 4. Semi-quantitative risk characterization; 5. Quantitative risk characterization; 6. Quality assurance; 7. Linking risk assessment and economic analysis; 8. Risk communication aspects of risk characterization; 9. References cited in the text; Appendices; References
- Notes:
- "The development of these guidelines was by the Secretariat of the Joint WHO/FAO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA)"--P. vii.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-113).
- ISBN:
- 1-282-76083-1
- 9786612760839
- 92-4-068537-5
- OCLC:
- 662259088
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