Food Safety Risk Communication Papers and Documents

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	2004 Acrylamide in Food Workshop: Update - Scientific Issues, Uncertainties, and Research Strategies Presentations and other materials from this workshop on acrylamide in foods held April 13-15, 2004 in Chicago, IL. Presentations include "An EU Perspective on Acrylamide in Food"/Slayne, Martin; "Acrylamide in Food - Mitigation"/Lingnert, Hans; "Mitigation Options: The FRI Acrylamide Program"/Pariza, Michael W.; "The Updated Exposure Assessment for Acrylamide"/DiNovi, Michael and Howard, Donna; "Characterizing the Risks of Acrylamide in Food"/Gray, George; "Update on FAPAS acrylamide series"/Castle, Laurence; "Report on activities carried out by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre"/Wenzl, Thomas and Anklam, Elke. Presentations and summary reports from working groups are also available. Working groups included "Mechanisms of Formation and Methods of Mitigation," "Analytical Methodology," "Exposure and Biomarkers," "Toxicology and Metabolic Consequences," "Risk Communication," and "Risk Characterization". (more) Event Dates: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - Thursday, April 15, 2004 Publication Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2004	Apr 28, 2004
	Reynolds, Tom	Acrylamide and Cancer: Tunnel Leak in Sweden Prompted Studies Article that discusses the Swedish findings regarding acrylamide in foods and the way the findings were publicized. Publication Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2002	Aug 10, 2004
	German BgVV (Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine)	Acrylamide in Foods - Serious Problem or Exaggerated Risk? Berlin, Germany: Report from this information seminar on acrylamide in foods. Topics include history and use of acrylamide, exposure, toxicology, development of analytical methods, acrylamide levels in foods, formation in foods, research on reducing acrylamide, and risk communication. A German- language version of this document is available here. (more) Event Date: Thursday, August 29, 2002 Publication Month: August 2002	Aug 19, 2002
	Renn, Ortwin	Acrylamide: Lessons for Risk Management and Communication This article discusses risk management and risk communication of systemic risks such as acrylamide. This article does not have a freely available abstract. Access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Publication Month: September 2003	Sep 17, 2004
		Agricultural Biotechnology Journal issue with articles and features related to agricultural biotechnology and trade, food aid, communication, and other issues. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Publication Month: September 2003	Sep 13, 2005
	Listeria monocytogenes Assessment Team, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Assessing the Effectiveness of the "Listeria monocytogenes" Interim Final Rule: Summary Report Report regarding the effectiveness of aspects of the Listeria monocytogenes interim final rule. Includes findings and recommendations related to verification sampling, labeling and consumer education, retail, public health, economic impact, training, and small plant guidance and a discussion of accomplishments. Attachments include "Listeria Assessment Aspects" and "Project Assessment Team Reports". (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2004	Dec 1, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	Backgrounder for the 2004 FDA/EPA Consumer Advisory: What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish This document discusses the joint FDA/EPA consumer advisory "What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish," including differences between this and other advisories, a discussion of future actions, and more. (more) Publication Month: March 2004	Mar 24, 2004
	Scientific Committee, European Food Safety Authority	Botanicals and Botanical Preparations Widely Used as Food Supplements and Related Products: Coherent and Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Consumer Information Approaches Discussion paper adopted on June 23, 2004 that addresses issues related to risk assessment and consumer information on botanicals in food supplements. Includes discussion of quality and safety issues, related EC legislation, and potential future activities related to these products. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2004	Sep 22, 2004
	Fischhoff, Baruch; Downs, Julie S.	Communicating Foodborne Disease Risk Article discusses risk communication and risk perception as related to foodborne disease risk. Publication Month: October 1997	Aug 31, 2001
	Coleman, Robert J.	Communicating Risk to Consumers Address given at the Interim Scientific Advisory Forum in Brussels, Belgium on October 30, 2001. This talk addresses the importance of risk communication in ensuring consumer confidence in the food supply, and outlines guidelines for risk communication. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2001	Aug 12, 2002
	Ralston, Katherine, C. Philip Brent, Yolanda Starke, Toija Riggins, and C.T. Jordan Lin	Consumer Food Safety Behavior: A Case Study in Hamburger Cooking and Ordering Report on the changing attitudes of consumers towards hamburger doneness, as seen through their home preparation and hamburger ordering behaviors. It discusses the reasons for the changes, the savings in medical costs for foodborne illness as a result of the changes, and the effects of the findings on future food safety education practices. Data is provided in tables on hamburger color, hamburger doneness, consumer knowledge and attitudes, demographic characteristics, and more. An appendix is provided entitled "An Economic Model of Risk and Palatability in Doneness Choice". (more) Publication Month: May 2002	Oct 7, 2002
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on the Application of Risk Communication to Food Standards and Safety Matters Rome, Italy: The Consultation discussed principles of risk communication, barriers to effective risk communication, and strategies for effective risk communication. Conclusions and recommendations of the Consultation are presented. (more) Publication Date: Friday, February 6, 1998	Aug 31, 2001
	Koeppl, Patrick T., Macro International Inc.	Final Report: Focus Groups on Barriers that Limit Consumers' Use of Thermometers when Cooking Meat and Poultry Products: Phase One Report of a focus group study of groups representing children, young adults, and senior citizens on barriers to thermometer use, managing the cooking process, choosing a thermometer, and behavior modifications. (more) Publication Month: January 1998	Aug 8, 2002
	The Baldwin Group, Inc.	Final Research Report: A Project to Apply Theories of Social Marketing to the Challenge of Food Thermometer Education in the United States This report applies the principles of social marketing to the FSIS food thermometer education campaign. Publication Date: Friday, December 21, 2001	Aug 8, 2002
	Center for Media and Public Affairs	Food for Thought IV: Reporting of Diet, Nutrition and Food Safety: 2001 vs. 1999 vs. 1997 vs. 1995 This report analyzes trends in media coverage of diet, nutrition, and food safety issues. Appendices include "Functional Foods," "Food Biotechnology," "Food Safety and Foodborne Illness," "Weight Mangement & Obesity," "Food Allergens," "Dietary Fats," and "Methodology". (more) Publication Month: January 2002	Jun 19, 2003
	International Food Information Council Foundation/Center for Media and Public Affairs	Food For Thought VI: Reporting of Diet, Nutrition, and Food Safety: 1995-2005 Report of a study on the reporting of news related to food and nutrition. The study, conducted every two years since 1995, examines sources from a variety of media with regards to food-related news. This report discusses trends related to the amount of coverage, context provided, topics, sources cited, food attributes discussed, and harms and benefits. Appendices include "Obesity, Weight Management & Physical Activity," "Functional Foods," "Dietary Fats," "Food Safety and Foodborne Illness," and "Methodology". (more) Deadline: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Publication Month: December 2005	Jan 24, 2006
	European Union Risk Analysis Information Network	Food Safety Risk Communication - The Message & Motivational Strategies Proceedings and report from this conference held in Gothenburg, Sweden from May 19-20, 2005. Topics covered at this conference included risk perception, consumer trust, consumer knowledge and education, food safety risk communication in the food processing environment, and food safety risk communication in the future. (more) Event Dates: Thursday, May 19, 2005 - Friday, May 20, 2005 Publication Month: May 2005	May 2, 2005
	Hites, Ronald A., et al.	Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon Report of a study on the concentrations of organochlorine contaminants in farmed and wild salmon. The cumulative risks of consuming farmed and wild salmon and the resulting consumption advice based on EPA methodology are also discussed. Subscription or purchase are required to access the full text. (more) Publication Date: Friday, January 9, 2004	Jan 13, 2004
	Sharp, David	Going Public on Acrylamide Commentary article on the publicity surrounding acrylamide in foods. This article does not have a freely available abstract. Access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Publication Month: September 2003	Sep 17, 2004
	Teutsch, Steven M.; Cohen, Joshua T.	Health Trade-offs From Policies to Alter Fish Consumption Introduction to a series of articles on a Harvard Center for Risk Analysis project to assess potential health consequences of advisories or other policies that influence fish consumption. There is no abstract available for this article, and access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Deadline: Friday, November 11, 2005 Publication Month: November 2005	Nov 11, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration/Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Healthy People 2010 Focus Area Data Progress Review: Focus Area 10: Food Safety: Challenges, Barriers, Strategies and Opportunities Review of progress in Healthy People 2010 Focus Area 10: Food Safety. Includes discussion of reducing foodborne illness, Campylobacter, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella, Cyclospora cayetanensis, postdiarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome, Toxoplasma gondii, outbreak reduction, preventing antimicrobial resistant Salmonella, reducing deaths from food allergies, consumer and food employee food safety behavior, and organophosphate pesticide residues. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2004	Jun 18, 2004
	Unit D3 - Chemical and Physical Risks; Surveillance, Directorate D - Food Safety: Production and Distribution Chain, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Information Note: Methyl Mercury in Fish and Fishery Products Information note regarding the European Food Safety Authority's recent opinion regarding methyl mercury and fish. Includes discussion of consumer warnings issued by countries regarding fish consumption. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2004	May 17, 2004
	Crawford, Lester M.	Letter to Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, RE: a Suit Filed on June 21, 2004 in San Francisco Superior Court, The People of the State of California v. Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, et al., (Case No.: CGC-04-432394) Letter regarding a lawsuit related to Proposition 65 warnings about mercury and mercury compounds in tuna. The letter argues that Proposition 65 mercury warnings are preempted under federal law and are in conflict with FDA's approach to advising consumers of the risks and benefits of eating fish and shellfish. (more) Deadline: Friday, September 2, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, August 12, 2005	Sep 2, 2005
	Kava, Ruth	Low-Fact Diet: The Acrylamide Case This article describes the importance of effective communication to the public's perception of risk. It uses the recent findings on the presence of acrylamide in foods as an example of how study results may be prematurely reported as hard facts, causing high levels of what may be unfounded concern in the public sector. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, June 20, 2002	Sep 10, 2002
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Making the Connection: Activity Report of the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline for 2000 This report highlights accomplishments, caller concerns, and facts and figures from the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline. Publication Month: March 2002	Aug 9, 2002
		Methylmercury in Fish - Summary of Key Findings from Focus Groups about the Methylmercury Advisory Summary report of findings from focus groups with pregnant women and women of childbearing age regarding the FDA/EPA advisory on mercury in fish and shellfish. (more) Publication Month: March 2005	Mar 25, 2005
	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 foodborne outbreaks. It addresses surveillance, illness investigation, and product investigation techniques that are applicable to microbial, microbial toxin, toxic chemical, pesticides, and foreign object hazards. Appendices include a directory of federal emergency contacts, a directory of FSIS (USDA) District Offices, a directory of FDA District Offices, a Foodborne/Waterborne Outbreak Early Alert Fax/Email Template, a checklist for communicating findings, a description of the roles and responsibilities of federal agencies in foodborne outbreak investigations, and more. (more) Publication Month: February 2001	Aug 7, 2002
	Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency	Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Title 22, California Code of Regulations Amendments to Section 12601, Clear and Reasonable Warning: Acrylamide Notice of proposed rulemaking in California that would add new "Safe Harbor" provisions for warnings about acrylamide in foods. A public hearing will be held in Sacramento, CA on May 24, 2005 regarding the proposed rulemaking. Includes access to the "Initial Statement of Reasons," "Clear and Reasonable Warning regulations," and "Characterization of Acrylamide Intake from Certain Foods, March 2005." The comment period for this proposed rulemaking has been extended. Comments received can be viewed here. (more) Deadline: Friday, July 8, 2005 Event Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, April 8, 2005	May 17, 2005
	Research Triangle Institute	PR/HACCP Rule Evaluation Report - Focus Group Study on Food Safety Messages and Delivery Mechanisms Results of a focus group study of adult consumers to test FSIS food safety messages and to discuss effective delivery mechanisms for these messages. Topics covered included confidence in meat and poultry, knowledge and use of safe handling practices, and awareness of FSIS. (more) Publication Date: Monday, August 21, 2000	Aug 8, 2002
	Research Triangle Institute	PR/HACCP Rule Evaluation Report: Listeriosis Food Safety Messages and Delivery Mechanisms for Pregnant Women Report on a focus group study of pregnant women on FSIS food safety messages on listeriosis and on ways to refine and effectively deliver these messsages. Includes data on the pregnant women's consumption, preparation, and storage habits for hot dogs and luncheon meats and a listing of the most popular books, magazines, and web sites for communicating prenatal care information. (more) Publication Date: Friday, February 23, 2001	Aug 8, 2002
	Research Triangle Institute	PR/HACCP Rule Evaluation Report: Thermometer Usage Messages and Delivery Mechanisms for Parents of Young Children Report of a focus group study on parents of young children regarding the FSIS Thermy™ meat thermometer campaign. The study examined the effectiveness of providing Thermy™ materials at altering consumer behavior, evaluated the materials themselves, and examined effective delivery mechanisms for Thermy™ materials. It includes data on food thermometer usage after receiving educational materials with and without a thermometer. (more) Publication Date: Friday, March 1, 2002	Aug 8, 2002
	Cohen, Joshua T., et al.	A Quantitative Risk-Benefit Analysis of Changes in Population Fish Consumption Report of a study to quantify health impacts of shifts in fish consumption as a result of advisories regarding modification of fish intake in certain populations. Access to the full text may require subscription or purchase. (more) Deadline: Friday, November 11, 2005 Publication Month: November 2005	Nov 11, 2005
	European Food Information Council	Quo Vadis Food Risk Communication? Report of a workshop on food risk communication held June 1-2, 2004 in Cork, Ireland. Includes discucssion of such topics as trust, transparency, public and stakeholder participation, risk classification, and media guidelines. Suggestions and research needs are presented. Includes as an annex "Risk Escalator". (more) Event Dates: Tuesday, June 1, 2004 - Wednesday, June 2, 2004 Publication Month: August 2004	Apr 5, 2005
		Risk: Challenges, Research and Social Implications Papers in this issue address topics related to risk. Papers include "The risks of eating and drinking"/Wilkinson, Susan B.T., Rowe, Gene, and Lambert, Nigel; "The real and perceived risks of genetically modified organisms"/Torgersen, Helge; "Hormesis: a revolution in toxicology, risk assessment and medicine"/Calabrese, Edward J.; "Science in a political environment"/Weingart, Peter; "When even the 'best-laid' plans go wrong"/McComas, Katherine; and more. (more) Publication Month: October 2004	Nov 2, 2004
	Maunsell, Blaithin; Pearce, Rachel; Bolton, Declan, Eds.	The Science of Food: Safety and Nutrition: Proceedings of the Final International EU-RAIN Conference Hosted by Teagasc, Ashtown Food Research Centre (Formerly The National Food Centre), Ireland: Croke Park Stadium, Dublin, Ireland: December 1st - ... Proceedings from this conference with such sessions as "Diet, Sport and Risk Communication," "The Future of Food," "Food Safety: Management and Audit," "Food Safety: Epidemiology and Microbiology," and "The Future of Food Safety". (more) Deadline: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 Event Dates: Thursday, December 1, 2005 - Friday, December 2, 2005 Publication Month: December 2005	Dec 21, 2005
		Special Issue: Controversies Over the Adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms This special issue of the Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization includes the following articles: "Controversies Over the Adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms: An Overview of the Special Issue"/Schmitz, Andrew; "GMOs: Prospects for Productivity Increases in Developing Countries"/Evenson, Robert E.; "Agricultural Biotechnology: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Intellectual Property Rights"/Zilberman, David; Ameden, Holly; Graff, Gregory; Qaim, Matin; "Europe's Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology: Precaution or Trade Distortion?"/Sheldon, Ian; "Genetically Modified Food Standards as Trade Barriers: Harmonization, Compromise, and Sub-Global Agreements"/Tothova, Monika and Oehmke, James F.; "Did StarLink Reduce Import Demand for Corn?"/Schmitz, Troy G; Schmitz, Andrew; Moss, Charles B.; "Genetically Modified Organisms: Rights to Use Commodity Names and the Lemons Problem"/Gray, Richard; Moss, Charles B.; Schmitz, Andrew; "Consumer's Resistance to Genetically Modified Foods: The Role of Information in an Uncertain Environment"/Huffman, Wallace E.; Rousu, Matthew; Shogren, Jason F.; Tegene, Abebayehu; "Effects of Information on Consumers' Willingness to Pay for GM-Corn-Fed Beef"/Li, Quan; McCluskey, Jill J.; Wahl, Thomas I. Access to the full text of the articles may require subscription. (more) Publication Year: 2004	May 17, 2004
	Baldwin Group, Inc.	USDA FSIS FSES FTEC "Boomburbs" Communications Concept Testing Report of a study of consumer response to different concepts for USDA's Food Thermometer Education Campaign (FTEC). Publication Month: March 2003	Oct 13, 2004
	Powell, Douglas A., et al.	Water Warnings: Communication in Drinking Water-Related Public Health Emergencies Report on risk communication practices for public health risk from drinking water emergencies. Sections include "Case Studies of Food- and Water-Borne Disease Outbreaks" and "Best Practices in Crisis Planning and Communication." There is also an appendix entitled "Risk Theory" that discusses the risk analysis process, risk perception, and the relationship to risk communication practices. (more) Publication Year: 2002	Jun 18, 2003
	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Environmental Protection Agency	What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish: 2004 EPA and FDA Advice For: Women Who Might Become Pregnant, Woman Who are Pregnant, Nursing Mothers, Young Children This advisory provides recommendations regarding the consumption of fish and shellfish for certain groups of women and children. There is also a section of "Frequently Asked Questions about Mercury in Fish and Shellfish". (more) Publication Month: March 2004	Mar 24, 2004

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