文档介绍：I. INTRODUCTION
Draft Assessment of the Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne
Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods
I. INTRODUCTION
The U. S. DHHS Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
(FDA/CFSAN) conducted this risk assessment in collaboration with the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and in consultation with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of this assessment is to systematically examine
available scientific data and information in order to estimate the predicted relative risk of serious
illness and death that may be associated with consumption of different types of ready-to-eat foods
that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This examination of current science and the
models developed are among the tools that food safety regulatory agencies will consider using to
evaluate the effectiveness of current policies, programs and regulatory practices that will minimize
the public health impact of this pathogenic anism. This assessment provides a
comprehensive assessment and attempts to improve upon previously published assessments that
related foodborne exposure to human listeriosis (Lindquist and Westöö, 2000, Buchanan et al., 1997;
Farber et al., 1996; Haas et al., 1999; Hitchins, 1995 and 1996;