Hazard and RA Reference Sites
No. Source
1 EU Commission Food & Feed
Safety website
2 New Zealand Food Safety
Authority - Risk Profiles
3 Canadian Food Inspection
Agency
4 Irish Microbial Risk Assessment
Network
5 Food Risk.Org
6 European Food Safety Agency
7 United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Notes Link
Useful all-round web site for food safety management. http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/index_en.htm
The Biological and Chemical safety links at the top
contain reliable reference on hazards. You'll find links to
many decisions, opinons and scientific reports from the
Commission.
Reliable source for RA data on the main food safety http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/science/other-
pathogens. documents/data-sheets/
Web site of the state inspection service. General http://active.inspection.gc.ca/eng/util/aze.asp?sid=43
information on many hazards but a useful place to start.
Good site with technical risk assessments. Reliable http://www.ucd.ie/microbialrisknetwork/index.html
source. Contains links to all the major Governmental
and agency RA and exposure assessments.
Formally known as the Food Safety Risk Clearing House. http://www.foodrisk.org/
Run by the FDA, University of Maryland and JIFSAN.
Excellent source of hazard and risk data on food with an
excellent search facility (Hazard and Product). Also has
tools for conduct RA including micro modelling.
Reliable source of food safety risk assessments http://www.efsa.europa.eu/
Web site with links to US risk assessments. http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Risk_Assessments/in
dex.asp
 8 United States Department of HACCP AND PATHOGEN REDUCTION PROGRAMMES: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/hazard_analysis_&_pathogen_reduction/
Agriculture (USDA) This is useful to gain an understanding of the practical
outputs of risk assessments, food safety objective
(FSO's) and relationship with local HACCP plans.

9 WHO/FAO Website with extensive risk assessments and other food http://www.who.int/foodsafety/en/
safety resources.
10 CODEX Alimentaruis CODEX Standards, guides, RA etc http://www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp

11 CODEX RA Principles Principles of Microbiological Risk Assessment. Principle

also available for risk management and risk
communication. www.codexalimentarius.net/download/standards/1074
1/cxg_063e.pdf
12 The Bad Book FDA Data Sheets of known food pathogens http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/foodborneillness/foodborneillnessfoodbor