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Non-Commercial Predictive Micro Tools

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  		Transgalactic Ltd. Automation in Microbiology and Biosciences
This CD includes "Research Express" software, which "Controls a microbiology reader Bioscreen C, draws growth curves (more)
Mar 12, 2003 Summary
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  		Snyder, Jr., O. Peter Calculating the Total Growth of Bacteria in Cooked Food Using the FDA Code Controls
Tables for calculating length of time cooked foods may be safely kept at various temperatures.
Publication Date: Sunday, January 7, 2001 		Aug 31, 2001 Summary
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  		Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture/United Kingdom Food Standards Agency/Institute of Food Research ComBase
Database of predictive microbiology information collected from researchers, institutions, and published literature. (more)
Jul 14, 2003 Summary
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Windows Software
  		Exponent, Inc. FARE MicrobialTM
Software program for conducting probabilistic microbial risk assessment. The program was developed by Exponent (more)
Publication Month: September 2002 		Nov 4, 2002 Summary
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  		Institute of Food Research MicroFit v1.0
Tool for obtaining microbiological growth parameters from challenge test data. You must register to download the (more)
Jul 14, 2003 Summary
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  		Microbial Food Safety Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Pathogen Modeling Program
Tool for estimating the effects of multiple variables on the growth or survival of foodborne pathogens.
Aug 31, 2001 Summary

Non-Commercial Dose-Response Tools

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Windows Software
  		Sielken and Associates Consulting, Inc. DistGEN Fees may apply
DISTribution GENerator. A tool for Monte Carlo simulation. Applications include exposure and dose analysis, as well (more)
Jun 3, 2002 Summary
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  		Chicago Department of Public Health Foodborne Disease Outbreak Questionnaire
A telephone questionnaire to be used by departments of public health to gather information on dose-response effects (more)
Aug 31, 2001 Summary
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Windows Software
  		Sielken and Associates Consulting, Inc. GEN.T Fees may apply
This GENeral Tool may be used to incorporate cancer dose-response extrapolation techniques into quantitative risk (more)
Jun 3, 2002 Summary
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  		Thomas, Sharon; Kaplan, Stan On the Use/Applicability Of Bayes' Theorem to Food/Drug Safety
This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne (more)
Publication Date: Friday, July 26, 2002 		Aug 19, 2002 Summary
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  		Glatt, Hansruedi; Schneider, Heiko; Liu, Yungang V79-hCYP2E1-hSULT1A1, a Cell Line for the Sensitive Detection of Genotoxic Effects Induced by Carbohydrate Pyrolysis Products and Other Food-Borne Chemicals Fees may apply
Describes development of a cell line which produces enzymes which are sensitive to acrylamide, furan, (more)
Publication Date: Monday, February 7, 2005 		Feb 10, 2005 Summary

Non-Commercial Exposure Tools

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  		Cohen, Joshua, and George Gray Analysis to Inform Decisions: Evaluating BSE
This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne (more)
Publication Date: Friday, July 26, 2002 		Aug 22, 2002 Summary
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  		Snyder, Jr., O. Peter Calculating the Total Growth of Bacteria in Cooked Food Using the FDA Code Controls
Tables for calculating length of time cooked foods may be safely kept at various temperatures.
Publication Date: Sunday, January 7, 2001 		Aug 31, 2001 Summary
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  		Boon, Polly E., et al. Calculations of Dietary Exposure to Acrylamide Fees may apply
Calculations for general Dutch population and young children, derived from data collected by the Institute for (more)
Publication Date: Monday, February 7, 2005 		Feb 16, 2005 Summary
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  		Risk Assessment Program, Toxicology and Risk Analysis Section, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy Chemical-Specific Factors
Database of chemical-specific factors that can be used in dose calculations. The database may be searched by the (more)
Aug 30, 2002 Summary
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  		Applied Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Diet History Questionnaire Fees may apply
Food frequency questionnaire and supporting software and nutrient databases for estimating nutrient and food group (more)
Jul 21, 2004 Summary
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  		Microbiological and Chemical Exposure Assessment Research Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency Dietary Exposure Potential Model
Model and database system for estimating dietary exposure to chemical residues. Data is included from (more)
Jul 11, 2003 Summary
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Windows Software
  		Sielken and Associates Consulting, Inc. DistGEN Fees may apply
DISTribution GENerator. A tool for Monte Carlo simulation. Applications include exposure and dose analysis, as well (more)
Jun 3, 2002 Summary
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  		European Food Safety Authority EFSA Scientific Report on the BSE Surveillance Model (BSurvE) Established by the Community Reference Laboratory for TSE
Report that assesses the Community Reference Laboratory's BSE surveillance model BSurvE.
Publication Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 		Oct 29, 2004 Summary
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  		COST 920 Working Group 3: Quantitative Risk Assessment, COST Action 920 Exposure Assessment of Zoonotic Foodborne Pathogens
Proceedings of a workshop held in Bilthoven, The Netherlands, on 7-8 March 2002. Session topics included (more)
Publication Date: Friday, March 8, 2002 		Feb 8, 2005 Summary
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Windows Software
  		Exponent, Inc. FARE MicrobialTM
Software program for conducting probabilistic microbial risk assessment. The program was developed by Exponent (more)
Publication Month: September 2002 		Nov 4, 2002 Summary
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  		Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration Farm Investigation Questionnaire
Questionnaire for use on investigations of farms with regard to outbreaks and the presence of foodborne pathogens in (more)
Publication Date: Thursday, April 6, 2000 		Aug 31, 2001 Summary
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  		Dybing, E., et al. Human Exposure and Internal Dose Assessments of Acrylamide in Food
This article reviews the formation, intake (including potential biomarkers of exposure and dosage), and possible (more)
Publication Month: March 2005 		Feb 4, 2005 Summary
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  		Risk Assessment Program, Toxicology and Risk Analysis Section, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy Human Health Risk Exposure Model
This tool uses exposure concentrations to calculate doses and risks. The equations for performing this analysis are (more)
Aug 30, 2002 Summary
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  		Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation Improved Methods for Calculating Concentrations Used in Exposure Assessments
This document describes macros developed for use with SAS software that provide improved methods in estimating (more)
Publication Month: January 2000 		Aug 26, 2002 Summary
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Windows Software
  		The LifeLine Group LifeLine™ v4.3
LifeLine Aggregate and Cumulative Exposure / Risk Assessment Software™ Version 4.3, a software "tool to (more)
Apr 26, 2006 Summary
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  		Boettcher, Melanie Isabell; Schettgen, Thomas; Kutting, Birgitta; Pischetsrieder, Monika; Angerer, Jurgen Mercapturic Acids of Acrylamide and Glycidamide as Biomarkers of the Internal Exposure to Acrylamide in the General Population Fees may apply
Differences found between smokers and non-smokers, indicating that cigarette smoke is "an important source of (more)
Publication Date: Monday, February 7, 2005 		Feb 16, 2005 Summary
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  		Office of Seafood, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration Mercury Concentrations in Fish: FDA Monitoring Program (1990-2004)
Table of mercury or methylmercury concentrations in samples from a variety of fish and shellfish.
Publication Month: January 2006 		Mar 24, 2004 Summary
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  		U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Environmental Protection Agency Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish
Tables providing data on mercury concentrations in a variety of fish and shellfish.
Publication Month: January 2006 		May 29, 2002 Summary
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  		Hartline-Grafton, Heather; Nyman, Rebecca; Briefel, Ronette; Cohen, Rhoda Prototype Notebook: Short Questions on Dietary Intake, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors
Report on survey questions used to assess dietary intake, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors for low- income adults. (more)
Publication Month: September 2004 		Sep 15, 2004 Summary
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  		Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pulsenet Fees may apply
DNA fingerprinting on potentially foodborne bacteria by a national network of laboratories.
Aug 31, 2001 Summary
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  		Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Studies, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Pyramid Servings Database for NHANES III
Database to support analysis of dietary data from NHANES III based on servings from the Food Guide Pyramid's food (more)
Jul 21, 2004 Summary
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  		Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch, Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Studies, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Short Dietary Assessment Instruments
Short instruments for assessing dietary intake of fruits and vegetables and percent energy from fat.
Jul 21, 2004 Summary
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  		Division of Data Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS) Fees may apply
Statistical software for accessing and manipulating large data files. SETS may be downloaded for free from this page (more)
Jul 17, 2002 Summary
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  		Mark Walderhaug TSE Risk Path Analyzer
Tool for examining potential exposure pathways of transmissable spongiform encephalopathies.
Aug 31, 2001 Summary
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  		Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency Water Models
Downloadable models that can be used to predict pesticide concentrations in ground and surface water. Models (more)
Aug 22, 2002 Summary
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  		Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture What's In The Foods You Eat Search Tool, 1.0
Searchable database of nutrient values in 13,000 foods based on the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (more)
Deadline: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
 Aug 16, 2005 Summary
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  		Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture What's In The Foods You Eat Search Tool, 2.0
Based on the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS) 2.0 used to process and analyze the 2003-2004 (more)
Feb 11, 2008 Summary

Non-Commercial Monitoring and Surveillance Tools

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  		European Food Safety Authority EFSA Scientific Report on the BSE Surveillance Model (BSurvE) Established by the Community Reference Laboratory for TSE
Report that assesses the Community Reference Laboratory's BSE surveillance model BSurvE.
Publication Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 		Oct 29, 2004 Summary
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  		Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epi Info
This site provides free access to Epi Info software. Epi Info and Epi Map are software packages designed for public (more)
Jul 19, 2002 Summary
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  		Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration Farm Investigation Questionnaire
Questionnaire for use on investigations of farms with regard to outbreaks and the presence of foodborne pathogens in (more)
Publication Date: Thursday, April 6, 2000 		Aug 31, 2001 Summary
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  		Global Salm-Surv, World Health Organization Global Salm-Surv
Global Salm-Surv Country databank on Salmonella serotypes.
Deadline: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
 Dec 13, 2005 Summary
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  		Foodborne Outbreak Response and Surveillance Unit, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guide to Confirming the Diagnosis in Foodborne Diseases
Table giving etiologic agent, incubation period, clinical syndrome, and confirmation techniques for foodborne illnesses.
Jul 19, 2002 Summary
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  		Foodborne Outbreak Response and Surveillance Unit, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for Specimen Collection
Instructions for collecting stool specimens for bacterial, parasitic, and viral illnesses, including when to collect, (more)
Jul 19, 2002 Summary
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  		Center for Emerging Issues, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Impact Worksheets
These worksheets provide summaries of disease events, including the affected country's livestock production and (more)
Jan 24, 2003 Summary
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  		Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Microbiological Results of Raw Ground Beef Products Analyzed for Escherichia coli O157:H7 Calendar Year 2003
Information on each sample found positive for E. coli O157:H7 in the FSIS microbiological testing program. For each (more)
Publication Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 		Aug 7, 2002 Summary
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  		Outbreak Coordination and Investigation Workgroup, National Food Safety System Project, Division of Federal-State Relations, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration Multistate Foodborne Outbreak Investigations: Guidelines for Improving Coordination and Communication
This document provides guidelines for local, state, and federal agencies to effectively respond to multistate (more)
Publication Month: February 2001 		Aug 7, 2002 Summary
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  		Scientific Steering Committee, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission Opinion on Requirements for Statistically Authoritative BSE/TSE Surveys
This opinion and supporting report discuss the requirements for statistical surveys to be used for classifying the (more)
Publication Date: Friday, November 30, 2001 		Aug 2, 2002 Summary
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  		Food Safety Laboratory, Cornell University Pathogen Tracker 2.0
Database on bacterial subtypes, strains, and characteristics, with an emphasis on foodborne pathogens (especially L. (more)
Aug 7, 2002 Summary
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  		Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pulsenet Fees may apply
DNA fingerprinting on potentially foodborne bacteria by a national network of laboratories.
Aug 31, 2001 Summary
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  		World Health Organization STEPwise Approach to Risk Factors - Available Resources
Resources to support WHO's STEPwise approach to risk factors program for the surveillance of risk factors for (more)
Jan 27, 2004 Summary

Non-Commercial Other Tools

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  		Zheng, Junyu, and H. Christopher Frey AuvTool
This software tool, developed for the Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency, is for use (more)
Publication Month: February 2002 		Jan 17, 2003 Summary
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