Other Resources About Risk Assessment

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Yoe, Charles	Aflatoxin Risk Assessment "Red Book" Model Exercise Annotated tutorial that demonstrates the "Red Book" paradigm for food safety risk assessment.	Jan 29, 2004
	Sumner, J; Ross, T.; Ababouch, L.	Application of Risk Assessment in the Fish Industry Information about the process of risk assessment for seafoods. Includes an introduction to the risk analysis and risk assessment processes, instructions on performing a risk assessment, discussion of uses of risk assessment, information on using the Risk Ranger software, and examples of risk assessments related to seafoods. (more) Publication Year: 2004	Dec 17, 2004
	Codex Alimentarius Commission	Codex Alimentarius Commission - Procedural Manual: Fourteenth Edition This document includes "Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Application in the Framework of the Codex Alimentarius," "Definitions of Risk Analysis Terms Related to Food Safety," and other information on the working of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Includes as an appendix "General Decisions of the Commission," which includes "Statements of Principle Relating to the Role of Food Safety Risk Assessment". (more) Publication Year: 2004	Jun 8, 2005
	Codex Alimentarius Commission	Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual: Thirteenth edition This document includes "Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Application in the Framework of the Codex Alimentarius," "Definitions of Risk Analysis Terms Related to Food Safety," and other information on the working of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Includes as an appendix "General Decisions of the Commission," which includes "Statements of Principle Relating to the Role of Food Safety Risk Assessment". (more) Publication Year: 2004	Sep 9, 2004
	Rowlands, J. Craig; Griffiths, James C.	Considerations in Making GRAS Determinations Brief overview of the risk assessment that needs to be done to get Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) designation for an ingredient intended for functional foods. A key point is that GRAS determination must be made for each food or beverage in which the substance is used, each effect, and each level of use. (more) Publication Date: Monday, February 3, 2003	Jun 7, 2005
	McGartland, Al	Economic Valuation Methods: COI, VSL, WTP & QALY This presentation discusses Interface Between Risk Assessment and Economics: Economic Valuation Methods. It was presented at the 2007 IRAC-sponsored Public Conference 'Risk Assessment, Economic Analysis, and Foodborne Illness Regulations'. All the agenda and presentation information can be found from this link. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2007	Nov 30, 2007
	European Food Safety Authority	EFSA's 2nd Stakeholder Colloque Berlin, Germany: "Further development of EFSA's policy towards stakeholders: The way forward for EFSA." Presentations from this colloque include "Consumer confidence and food risk analysis"/Frewer, Lynn; "The trouble with scientists: the pivotal role of the media in public perception of science"/Coulter, Paddy; "The involvement of stakeholders in risk assessment"/Biacs, Peter Akos; "The consumer's role in risk assessment"/DeWaal, Caroline Smith; "The role of consumers in the risk analysis process and in particular risk assessment"/BEUC; "The role of stakeholders in the risk analysis process"/EuroCommerce; and more. (more) Event Dates: Tuesday, November 9, 2004 - Wednesday, November 10, 2004 Publication Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2004	Nov 5, 2004
	Risk Assessment Task Force, Environmental Protection Agency	An Examination of EPA Risk Assessment Principles and Practices EPA staff paper that examines risk assessment principles and practices at EPA in light of public comments to OMB regarding current risk assessment practices. Includes discussion of EPA's risk assessment approaches, the treatment of uncertainty and variability, how information and data gaps are addressed, issues associated with site-specific and chemical-specific assessments, ecological risk assessment, and recommendations for improving risk assessment at EPA. (more) Publication Month: March 2004	Jun 15, 2004
	Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration	The Food and Drug Administration's Strategic Action Plan: Protecting and Advancing America's Health: Responding to New Challenges and Opportunities FDA's Strategic Action Plan outlines FDA's objectives for efficient risk management, communicating health information to consumers, improving consumer and patient safety through risk identification, analysis, and communication, protecting against terrorism, and strengthening its workforce. (more) Publication Month: August 2003	Aug 22, 2003
	National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency	Framework for Cumulative Risk Assessment This document provides a framework for conducting and evaluating the cumulative risk assessment process. It discusses three phases in this process: planning, scoping, and problem formulation; analysis; and risk characterization. Appendices to the report include "Research and Development Needs," "Select Resources for Exposure and Risk Assessment," "Some Thoughts on Background Exposures," "Examples of Outlines of Analysis Plans," "Toxicologic Similarity - Organophosphorus Pesticides," and "Other Types of Cumulative Assessments". (more) Publication Month: May 2003	May 29, 2003
	Risk Assessment Forum, Environmental Protection Agency	Framework for Cumulative Risk Assessment (External Review Draft) Abstract and restricted link to a draft document to provide guidance in the assessment of risks from multiple environmental stressors. The document identifies the basic elements of the cumulative risk assessment process, and defines key terms associated with cumulative risk assessment. It has been superseded by the final "Framework for Cumulative Risk Assessment," located at http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=54944. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2002	Aug 31, 2001
	Science Policy Council, Environmental Protection Agency	Guidance on Cumulative Risk Assessment. Part 1. Planning and Scoping Document provides guidelines for setting the scope and planning a cumulative risk assessment. Publication Date: Thursday, July 3, 1997	Aug 31, 2001
	Scientific Committee on Food, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Guidelines of the Scientific Committee on Food For the Development of Tolerable Upper Intake Levels for Vitamins and Minerals Guidance document that provides a framework for evaluating the adverse effects of micronutrients and for developing tolerable upper intake levels for vitamins and minerals. It outlines how the different steps in the risk assessment process relate to the process of defining an upper limit of intake. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2000	Aug 13, 2002
	Peterson, Robert K.D.	I Know What Risk Is, But How Do I Assess It? The Risk Assessment Paradigm This document provides an overview of the risk assessment paradigm and how it fits into the risk analysis process.	Jun 19, 2003
	Risk Analysis Working Group, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Initiation and Conduct of All 'Major' Risk Assessments Within a Risk Analysis Framework This report includes an overview of the CFSAN risk analysis framework, a description of a decision-based approach to identify and select risk assessments, a discussion of conducting risk assessment within the risk analysis framework, examples of communication questions between risk assessors and risk managers, a list of risk communication activities, criteria for identifying candidate risk assessments, and criteria for evaluating technical feasibility. (more) Publication Month: March 2002	Jul 31, 2002
	Williams, Richard	Integrating Risk Assessment and Economics This presentation discusses Integrating Risk Assessment and Benefit-Cost Analysis. It was presented at the 2007 IRAC-sponsored Public Conference 'Risk Assessment, Economic Analysis, and Foodborne Illness Regulations'. All the agenda and presentation information can be found from this link. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2007	Nov 30, 2007
	International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	IPFSAPH - Risk Assessment Resources on risk assessment from the International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health. Includes scientific evaluations, websites, standards, specifications, and other texts from international and national bodies. (more)	Dec 5, 2005
	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives Sixty-Second Meeting Rome, 4-12 February 2004: Summary and Conclusions Summary and conclusions from this meeting that was held to evaluate certain veterinary drug residues in foods. Annex 1, "Recommendations on compounds on the agenda," discusses recommendations for cefuroxime, chloramphenicol, flumequine, lincomycin, pirlimycin, cyhalothrin, cypermethrin and alpha-cypermethrin, doramectin, phoxim, melengestrol acetate, and ractopamine. Annex 2, "General consideration items," includes discussion of the Committee response to the Codex Committee on Residue of Veterinary Drugs in Food (CCRVDF) regarding the risk assessment principles discussed in Annex I of the Discussion Paper on Risk Analysis Principles and Methodologies in the Codex Committee on Residue of Veterinary Drugs in Food, among other topics. Annex 3 lists the Members and Secretariat of the Committee. The calls for data are here and here (supplemental). (more) Publication Month: February 2004	Feb 25, 2004
	Buchanan, Robert	Lessons Learned in Initiating and Conducting Risk Assessments within a Risk Analysis Framework: A FDA/CFSAN Approach This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD, on July 24-26, 2002. It discusses lessons learned from two large microbial risk assessments and discusses a framework for future risk assessments. The pdf version of this presentation is available here. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002	Aug 16, 2002
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Maximising the Contribution of Science to European Health and Safety: a DG SANCO Discussion Paper Discussion paper on the role of science in the work of DG SANCO. Topics addressed include risk assessment capacity, risk assessment data, content of risk assessment mandates, content of assessments, and more. Comments are requested. (more) Publication Month: July 2005	Oct 7, 2005
	Jouve, Jean-Louis	Microbiological Risk Assessment in Developing Countries This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne Hazards, held in Adelphi, MD on July 24-26, 2002. It discusses the value of microbiological risk assessment and contrasts developing and developed countries, including what drives food safety systems, what are the priorities related to food safety, and what important factors are weak or lacking in developing countries. Finally, it presents ways to build capabilities for microbiological risk assessment in developing countries, with an emphasis on the need to enhance scientific and technical expertise. The pdf version of this presentation is available here. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2002	Aug 16, 2002
	Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University/Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis, U.S. Department of Agriculture	NC State Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Risk Assessment and Cost-Benefit Analysis Cooperative Agreement: Identification and Application of Methods for Sensitivity Analysis . This website provides access to reports and workshop proceedings from this project on sensitivity analysis methods for food safety process risk models. (more)	Jan 30, 2004
	International Programme on Chemical Safety	Nutrient Risk Assessment Project Information about this project on the risk assessment of nutrients, including calls for comments, information, and experts. (more) Deadline: Friday, January 7, 2005	Dec 2, 2004
	Scientific Panel on Additives and Products or Substances Used in Animal Feed, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the Scientific Panel FEEDAP on the Development of an Approach for the Environmental Risk Assessment of Additives, Products and Substances used in Animal Feed This document provides an overview of the current agricultural and aquaculture practices in the EU and proposes how this information should be used in calculations to predict the concentrations of additives used in animal feed in terrestrial and aquatic target animals. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, August 7, 2007	Aug 10, 2007
	Office of Management and Budget	Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin Proposed bulletin that establishes minimum standards for risk assessments prepared by U.S. federal agencies. Deadline: Thursday, June 15, 2006	Jan 10, 2006
	Office of Management and Budget	Public Comments on Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin Comments from 75 agencies and individuals in response to OMB's proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin, establishing minimum standards for risk assessments prepared by U.S. federal agencies. (more) Deadline: Friday, June 23, 2006	Jun 23, 2006
	Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed, European Food Safety Authority	Public Consultation of the Working Document on the "Guidance for the Assessment of Compatibility of Zootechnical Microbial Additives with Antimicrobial Substances" Draft guidance document considering 'the Guidance for the Assessment of Compatibility of Zootechnical Microbial Additives with Antimicrobial Substances'. Comments are requested from interested parties. (more) Deadline: Friday, November 30, 2007 Publication Date: Thursday, October 18, 2007	Oct 19, 2007
	Interagency Risk Assessment Consortium	RAC Symposium 2004 Agenda and Presentations Agenda, abstracts, presentations, and executive summary of the symposium "Data Collection and Utilization in Risk Assessment and Management Decisions," held September 14, 2004 in College Park, MD. Presentations include "What is Data Utility and How Can Sampling Plans Improve it?"/Coleman, Peg; "Principles of Statistical Design for Microbiological Sampling"/Cole, Martin; "USDA/ARS-FSIS Hot Dog study"/Luchansky, John; "NFPA Survey on Listeria monocytogenes in Ready to Eat Foods"/Chen, Yuhuan; "Listeria and Vibrio Risk Assessment Examples"/Whiting, Richard; "Databases: An essential tool for Decisions"/Chumley, Perry; and "Wrap up and identify next steps/potential future actions"/Bartholomew, Mary. (more) Event Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Publication Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2004	Apr 22, 2005
	Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council	Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process This book discusses the nature and structure of risk assessment, the use of guidelines in risk assessment, and organizational arrangements for risk assessment. (more) Publication Year: 1983	Jan 2, 2003
	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives	Risk Assessment Policy for Recommending Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs in Food Responses by the 60th meeting of JECFA to questions raised by the 13th session of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods regarding the risk assessment of veterinary drug residues in foods. (more) Event Dates: Thursday, February 6, 2003 - Wednesday, February 12, 2003 Publication Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2003	Jul 1, 2003
	Interagency Risk Assessment Consortium	Risk Assessment, Economic Analysis, and Foodborne Illness Regulations - Agenda/Presentations Agenda and presentations of the IRAC-sponsored Public Conference "Risk Assessment, Economic Analysis, and Foodborne Illness Regulations" held November 16, 2007 in Washington DC. Presentations include 'Integrating Risk Assessment and Economics'/Williams, Richard; 'Economic Valuation Methods: COI, VSL, WTP & QALY'/McGartland, Al; 'Common Misperceptions of Cost/Benefit Analysis for Public and Private Decision Making'/McLaughlin, Cristina; 'New Willingness to Pay Estimates of the Demand for Food Safety'/Hammitt, James; 'Using COI and WTP Methods to Estimate the Societal Costs of Foodborne Illness'/Roberts, Tanya; 'Wrap-up Remarks'/Dearfield, Kerry; etc. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2007	Nov 30, 2007
	Society of Toxicology	Risk Assessment: What's It All About? This page gives a brief overview of risk assessment in a question-and-answer format, designed for a general audience. Publication Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999	Nov 5, 2002
	Dennis, Sherri B.	Selecting and Conducting 'Major' Risk Assessments: CFSAN's Approach This presentation discusses the risk assessment procedures within the risk analysis process at CFSAN. It was presented at the 2003 CSL/JIFSAN Joint Symposium - Food Safety and Nutrition: Risk Analysis. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2003	Jun 17, 2003
	Eastern Research Group, Inc.	Summary of the U.S. EPA Colloquium on a Framework for Human Health Risk Assessment (Volume 2, 1998) Report of discussions held during the U.S. EPA Colloquium on a Framework for Human Health Risk Assessment (Colloquium #2), held June 2-3, 1998, in Bethesda, MD. This colloquium focused on the quantitative aspects of mode of action, such as dosimetry, dose-response relationships, and low-dose extrapolation methods. (more) Event Dates: Tuesday, June 2, 1998 - Wednesday, June 3, 1998 Publication Month: September 1998	Jun 11, 2003
	Food Safety Risk Analysis Clearinghouse/Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition/Society for Risk Analysis/Risk Assessment Consortium	Symposium on Peer Review Agenda for 2003 Agenda, abstracts, presentations, and speaker bios from the Joint JIFSAN/SRA/RAC Symposium on Peer Review of Risk Assessments and Related Activities, held September 30, 2003 in Riverdale, MD. Presentations available online include: "Introduction: What is peer review?"/Douglas, Heather; "Peer review - challenges raised by OMB's guidelines"/Hushka, Leslie; "Strengths and limitations of regulatory peer review"/Douglas, Heather; "Developing EPA's peer review program"/Patton, Dorothy; "Evolution of EPA's peer review program"/Morris, Jeff; "Federal review of risk assessments"/Schaub, Jim; "CFSAN's needs for peer review of risk assessments"/Buchanan, Robert; "USDA/FSIS' needs for peer review of risk assessments"/Maczka, Carol; "The role of the RAC in the peer review of CVM's risk assessments"/Hooberman, Barry; "The economic benefits of economic peer review"/Williams, Richard; and "Wrap-up and closing comments"/Schaffner, Don. (more) Event Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 Publication Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2004	Jan 21, 2004
	Scientific Committee, European Food Safety Authority	Transparency in Risk Assessment Carried Out by EFSA: Guidance Document on Procedural Aspects Guidance document endorsed on 11 April 2006 and prepared by a working group made up of members of the EFSA Scientific Committee and other departments. Outlines several procedures to improve transparency in risk assessment. (more) Deadline: Thursday, May 25, 2006 Publication Date: Thursday, May 18, 2006	May 25, 2006
	COST 920 Working Group 3: Quantitative Risk Assessment, COST Action 920	Workshop on Data Needs in Risk Assessment Proceedings of a workshop held in Pamplona, Spain, in June 2004. Additional links related to this workshop, including program, questionnaires, and presentations, can be found here. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2004	Feb 8, 2005

Copyright © 2008 Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

0220 Symons Hall University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740

• Phone: 301.314.6806
• Fax: 301.405.8390
• E-mail: foodrisk@umd.edu