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MeetingReport of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Public Health Risks of Histamine and other Biogenic Amines from Fish and Fishery Products
23-27 July 2012. Rome, Italy
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No results found.Scombrotoxin fi sh poisoning (SFP) (oft en called “histamine poisoning”) is caused by ingestion of certain species of marine fi sh that contain high levels of histamine and possibly other biogenic amines. Codex Alimentarius through its standards and guidelines aims to provide countries with a basis on which to manage issues such as histamine formation. Several of the existing standards include maximum levels for histamine in diff erent fi sh and fi shery products. Th e need to harmoniz e such limits and produce the associated guidance on the relevant sampling plans and other aspects of sampling resulted in the 31st Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products (CCFFP), which agreed to look into the issue of histamine limits in more detail. Th e Committee established an electronic Working Group in order to facilitate this work and identifi ed the need for scientifi c advice from FAO and WHO to support this work. FAO and WHO convened an expert meeting at the FAO headquarters in Rome from 23 to 27 July 2012 to address the public health risks of histamine and other biogenic amines from fi sh and fi shery products. Th is report summarizes the outcome of that meeting. -
Book (series)Application of risk assessment in the fish industry 2004
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No results found.In recent years, the concept of risk has become paramount in international food regulation. Industries are increasingly required to undertake product risk assessment, particularly in the export arena. This publication has been developed as a complete "How to" package on risk assessment for seafood technologists, regulators and health professionals. It is designed in five parts and takes the user from a basic knowledge to being able to conduct credible risk assessments: 1. The basics of risk asse ssment: definitions and language of the discipline 2. How to perform risk assessments: stepwise progression 3. How to use risk assessments: risk management, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), risk profiling 4. Risk Ranger – how to use it 5. Examples of risk assessments: an interactive setting for the readerThis publication also includes the Resources Bank, a CD-ROM, which provides a large amount of additional information for the would-be risk assessor. -
MeetingFAO Veterinary Public Health and Food and Feed Safety Programme: the Safety of Animal Products from Farm to Fork 2002
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No results found.The livestock sector plays an essential role in agricultural and economic development as well as in food security. Public concern about the safety of foods of animal origin has recently heightened due to problems that have arisen with outbreaks of food-borne infections (BSE, E.coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, etc.) and chemical contamination (pesticides, heavy metals, dioxins), as well as due to growing concerns about veterinary drug residues and microbial resistance to antibiotics. Th ese problems have drawn attention to the production practices within the livestock industry and have prompted health professionals and the food industry to closely scrutinise quality and safety problems that can arise in foods of animal origin. In addition to national food safety, these issues have serious implications for international trade in livestock products and animal feed.
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