Risk assessment of listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods : interpretative summary / WHO, World Health Organization, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - xxvi, 48 p. : il. 25 cm. - Microbiological risk assessment series no. 4. .

Risk Assessment drafting group -- Reviewers -- Foreword / Ezzeddine Boutrif, Jorgen Schlundt -- Executive summary of the main report -- Introduction -- Scope and objetives of the risk assessment -- Approaches -- Hazard identification -- Hazard characterization (dose-response relationship) -- Severity of listeriosis -- Foods associated with listeriosis -- Review of existing dose-response relationships for L. Monocytogenes -- Exponential dose-response models developed for the present risk assessment -- Simpla risk assessment of selected RTE foods -- Exposure assessment -- Contamination at retail -- Growth before consumption -- Consumption -- Aouput from the exposure assessment -- Risk characterization -- Case studies -- Questions from CCFH tat were specifically addressed by the risk assessment -- Growth rates in foods -- Comparison of four foods -- What-if-scenarios -- Summary -- Key findings - Limitations and caveats -- Gaps in data -- Recomendations for future risk assessments -- References --



92 4 156261 7 (WHO) -- 892 5 105126 7 (FAO)

1726-5274


Alimentos--contaminación
Contaminación de los alimentos
Evaluación del riesgo para la salud
Gravamen de riesgo--métodos
Infecciones de listeria
Listeriosis
Microbiologia de los alimentos
Nutrición y seguridad del alimento
Salud
Medicina

576.163 / W551r

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