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Research supporting quantitative risk assessments for complex food borne hazards

Reference	BBS/E/F/00044407
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Gary Barker
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	1,832,884
Status	Current
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2010
End date	31/03/2018
Duration	95 months

Abstract

Research supporting quantitative risk assessments for complex food borne hazards centres on improved quantification of uncertainties, improved representation of variability, improved understanding of complexities and stronger support for communication and management of food safety information. It concerns the development of strong mathematical descriptions, and improved quantitative understanding, for the hazards and risks that are associated with food consumption. Quantitative microbial risk assessments aim to support decision making leading to improved public health and food security. This project concerns, primarily, food borne botulism and centres on incorporation of additional microscopic variables for germination times, lag time and toxin production kinetics into a hazard domain model. In turn this will lead to additional opportunities for intervention and control. The research employs a model expressed as a well defined partition of the full joint probability and implemented as a Bayesian belief network. The project will address crucial issues relating to the homogeneity of spore populations. The project will also quantify the impact of mobile genetic elements in the development of food borne hazards and will explore optimum strategies for the engagement of stakeholder groups in quantitative risk assessment.

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Microbial Food Safety, Microbiology
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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