Clearinghouse Workshop on Microbial Risk Assessment Data (September 2, 1999)
The Food Safety Risk Analysis Clearinghouse hosted a workshop following the open meeting held September 1. This workshop was attended by 35 food safety experts representing U.S. government agencies, industry organizations, universities and international bodies.
Click here to see the workshop's agenda.
During the course of the interactive segment of the workshop, participants named five tasks that the Clearinghouse should achieve first. These are:
- define meaning and scope of clearinghouse: mission statement, goals, objectives (national initiative with an international responsibility)
- establish links to existing websites/databases
- create a structure by which to evaluate and collect data
- concentrate focus on FoodNet pathogens
- provide access and/or guidance to data that can be used in risk assessments
