文档介绍：Interpretive Summary:
Draft Assessment of the Relative Risk
to Public Health From Foodborne
Listeria monocytogenes Among
Selected Categories of
Ready-to-Eat Foods
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Food and Drug Administration
. Department of Health and Human Services
Food Safety and Inspection Service
. Department of Agriculture
January 2001
Draft Assessment of the Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne
Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods
PREFACE
The . Department of Health and Human Services’ Food and Drug Administration’s Center for
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (DHHS/FDA/CFSAN), in collaboration with the .
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) and in
consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), conducted an
assessment of the relative risk of listeriosis associated with various types of ready-to-eat foods.
This draft risk assessment details our current state of knowledge about this foodborne disease,
and includes sophisticated models developed to estimate exposure and dose-response
relationships, and the variability inherent in these estimates. For the purposes of this risk
assessment, a distinction is made between Listeria monocytogenes infections limited to mild, flu-
like symptoms (referred to as listerial gastroenteritis) and those that are severe and life-
threatening (referred to as listeriosis). This risk assessment only addresses listeriosis.
This Interpretive Summary provides an overview of the draft Listeria monocytogenes risk
assessment. Its purpose is to briefly describe, in non-technical language, the material covered in
plete risk assessment, including background information on L. monocytogenes and
listeriosis, the techniques and data used to develop the risk assessment, the results of the risk
assessment, and limitations and implications of those findings. In order to achieve its purpose,