• Describe the fundamental reasons for doing risk analysis
• Identify key developments in the role of risk assessment in international food safety
• Define what screening and ranking tools are
• Rank a list of pathogens
• Demonstrate familiarity with the wide range of formal definitions of risk assessment and list the steps of the Codex risk assessment definition
• Build a simple event tree
• Differentiate variability and uncertainty in risk assessment
• List and discuss the steps in the basic approach to food safety assessment
• List and define the steps of the Red Book paradigm
• Identify at least three kinds of uncertainty that can be present in a risk assessment
• Discuss the significance of uncertainty and variability to the risk assessor
• Discuss the significance of uncertainty and variability to the risk manager
• Discuss the role of probability in quantitative risk assessment
• Identify several of the more frequently used probability distributions in risk assessment
• Describe the differences between chemical and microbial risk assessment
• Identify aspects of bioterrorist risk assessment that distinguishes it from other risk assessments
• Outline the conduct of a whole food risk assessment

Anyone working in a food manufacturing setting where food is being prepared, cooked and handled.

Context of Food Safety Risk Assessment

• Historical Development
• Tolerable Risk
• International Food Safety
• Communication with Decision Makers
• Formal Definitions

The Risk Assessor’s Toolbox

• Screening and Ranking Tools
• Generic Processes
• Probabilistic Scenario Analysis
• Bayesian Methods
• Red Book Paradigm
• Monte Carlo Analysis

Applications

• Food Additives
• Microbial Risks
• Food Security
• Biotechnology
• Food Contaminants

Components

• Dealing with Variability and Uncertainty
• Hazard Identification
• Dose-response
• Risk Characterization
• Common Probability Distributions

this rate includes participant’s manual, Hands-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

• Based on case studies (30%); Techniques (30%); Concepts (10%) and Role Play (30%)
• Pre-test and Pro-test
• Variety of Learning Methods
• Lectures
• Case Studies and Self Questionaires
• Small Group Work
• Discussion
• Presentation

Daily Course Timings:

08:30 - 08:50       Morning Coffee / Tea

08:50 - 10:20       First Session

10:20 –10:40       Coffee / Tea / Snacks

10:40 - 12:20       Second Session

12:20 - 12:40       Coffee / Tea / Snacks

12:40 - 14:30       Last Session