The Consultation examined working papers, held plenary discussions, and convened working groups with the following objectives:
To develop principles and guidelines for the effective utilization of quantitative risk assessment in the development of microbiological food safety standards;
To develop these principles and guidelines within the context of a generic framework for managing food-borne risks to consumers;
To analyse how different types of food safety measures may incorporate the outputs of MRA;
To provide guidelines for interaction between risk managers and risk assessors that allow timely development of food safety measures by Codex;
To include practical examples of the use of MRA in the development of food safety measures.
