> Risk assessment of Vibrio spp. in seafood :
>
> Dear All,
> We are pleased to inform you that the preliminary documents on hazard
> identification, exposure assessment and hazard characterization of Vibrio
> spp. in seafood and Campylobacter spp. in broiler chickens have now been
> posted on both the FAO
> http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/ESN/pagerisk/techdoc.htm and
> WHO http://www.who.int/fsf/mbriskassess/Tech%20docs.htm websites.
>
> These documents were reviewed during the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation
> on Risk of Microbiological Hazards in Foods which took place in WHO
> Headquarters, Geneva on 23 - 27 July 2001
> http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/ESN/pagerisk/reportCV.pdf and
> http://www.who.int/fsf/mbriskassess/reportcv.pdf.
>
> A "Call for Public Comment, Scientific Data and Information" has also
> been
> issued
> http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/ESN/pagerisk/callcom2.htm
> http://www.who.int/fsf/mbriskassess/Call_for_comments2.htm. All interested
> parties are invited to review these documents and provide FAO and WHO with
> their comments as well as any pertinent data and information that they may
> have. If you have further comments on these documents, please submit them
> to FAO and WHO for consideration in the revision of the documents in the
> course of 2002. We would also appreciate your assistance in bringing this
> "Call for Public Comment, Scientific Data and Information" to the
> attention of your colleagues.
>
> With Best regards,
>
> Peter Karim Ben Embarek,
> Scientist,
> Food Safety Programme, World Health Organisation (WHO),
> 20, Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
> Ph:+41 22 791 42 04 (Operator: 2111), Fax: +41 22 791 48 07
> E-mail: benembarekp@who.int, Homepage: www.who.int/fsf
>
> Sarah Cahill,
> Food Quality and Standards Service, Food and Nutrition Division, Food and
> Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
> Tel: + 39 06 5705 3614, Fax: + 39 06 5705 4593, Email:
> sarah.cahill@fao.org
>
> and
> Hajime Toyofuku,
> Food Safety Programme, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva,
> Switzerland
> Tel: + 41 22 791 3556, Fax: +41 22 791 4807, Email: toyofukuh@who.int
>
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