Risk assessment of microbiological hazards in foods: report of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation

Overview

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Microbiological Hazards in Foods, in Geneva, Switzerland from 15 to 19 March 1999.

Objectives of the report:

• To examine current scientific knowledge concerning microbiological risk assessment for food and related issues.
• To make recommendations to FAO, WHO and Member governments on an overall strategy and framework for risk assessment of microbiological hazards.
• To make recommendations on methodologies for risk assessment suitable for use at an international level to estimate the risk that microbiological hazards pose to human health.
• To make recommendations on how risk management options may be developed and utilized by FAO, WHO and Member Governments.
• To suggest priority issues in risk assessment.