Despite significant efforts by all parties involved, there is still a considerable burden of
foodborne illness, in which micro-organisms play a prominent role. Microbes can enter the …

The four cornerstones of microbial food safety risk assessment are hazard identification,
exposure assessment, hazard characterization, and risk characterization. These steps …

Background Food legislation in the European Union and elsewhere includes both hazard-
and risk-based approaches for ensuring safety. In hazard-based approaches, simply the …

This is an overview of the application of risk assessment for evaluating and managing
foodborne microbiological health risks. Risk assessment comprises four steps: hazard …

Effective control of pathogens continues to be of great importance to the food industry. The
first edition of Foodborne pathogens quickly established itself as an essential guide for all …

Food safety is an important part of public health linking health to agriculture and other food
production sectors. For over a century, developments in food production and new control …

Microbial food safety has been the focus of research across various disciplines within the
risk analysis community. Natural scientists involved in food microbiology and related …

The foodborne outbreaks occurred in last decades highlight the importance of the
development and implementation of preventive measures and programs aiming at ensuring …

Genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics are rapidly transforming our approaches to the
detection, prevention, and treatment of foodborne pathogens. Microbial genome sequencing …

Foodborne diseases remain a global public health challenge worldwide. The European
surveillance system of multistate foodborne outbreaks integrates elements from public and …