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SRA 2013 Annual Meeting <strong>Abstracts</strong><br />
T3-D.3 Moez, S.; ANSES, French Agency <strong>for</strong> Food,<br />
Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety;<br />
moez.sanaa@anses.fr<br />
<strong>Risk</strong> assessment model <strong>for</strong> Shiga-toxin-producing<br />
Escherichia coli and Salmonella in ground beef in France:<br />
efficiency of different strategies of intervention and<br />
sampling beef trim.<br />
In France, 0.48% and 0.27% of ground beef samples (1878)<br />
tested in 2011 by the Food Safety authority were positive <strong>for</strong><br />
pathogenic STEC ((most known E. coli O157:H7) and<br />
Salmonella spp respectively. Contaminated ground beef<br />
products have been implicated in a number of human cases and<br />
food borne outbreaks. In this study we developed a quantitative<br />
microbial risk assessment (QMRA) model to assess the public<br />
health risks associated with the consumption of ground beef<br />
contaminated with Salmonella or STEC, and to evaluate the<br />
relative efficiency of various interventions at different steps of<br />
the food chain and different strategies of sampling. The model<br />
considers typical ground beef plants producing batches of 10<br />
000 to 50 000 of ground beef patties from carcasses<br />
slaughtered in France. The QMRA model is based on previous<br />
QMRA studies. The model combines four modules: farm<br />
module, slaughterhouse module, ground beef production and<br />
retailing module and consumer module. The model incorporates<br />
recent data on ground beef handling, preparation and<br />
consumption collected in France. Particularly, data on<br />
thermodynamics during cooking and STEC and Salmonella<br />
strains heat resistance were generated <strong>for</strong> different types of<br />
ground beef cooking. The risk associated to the consumption of<br />
contaminated ground beefs was then estimated using the more<br />
recent and appropriate dose-response models. Three type of<br />
interventions were implemented in the model: primary<br />
preventive measures against STEC contamination of meat,<br />
interventions that are expected to decrease prevalence or<br />
concentration of STEC in feces, secondary prevention measures<br />
that include slaughtering and ground beef production process<br />
hygiene measures, and tertiary prevention measures which are<br />
intervention taken during ground beef handling, preparation<br />
and cooking just be<strong>for</strong>e consumption. Finally, the model<br />
includes different strategies of sampling beef trim or ground<br />
beef using a cost benefit analysis.<br />
P.12 Mohri, H*; Takeshita, J; Waseda University, National<br />
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology;<br />
mohri@waseda.jp<br />
<strong>Risk</strong> analysis <strong>for</strong> networks with cooperative games<br />
We proposed a risk measure with cooperative game theory.<br />
Hausken (2002) has introduced a risk measure with<br />
non-cooperative game theory <strong>for</strong> risk analysis. In social<br />
sciences such as economics, the non-cooperative game theory is<br />
a kind of tool <strong>for</strong> modern microeconomics e.g. industrial<br />
organization theory. Now, it is very popular that<br />
non-cooperative game theory is taught in faculty of economics<br />
and management. Nevertheless, cooperative game theory is not<br />
so popular compared with non-cooperative game theory<br />
because researchers of economics think agents, like companies<br />
in markets, are competitive. Sometimes, we may come across<br />
situation in which agents are cooperative considering on risks.<br />
For example, suppose a chemical plant, it was operated by one<br />
company usually. It also consists of many sections. However, all<br />
sections should be cooperative to make chemical products in<br />
one plant under one company. Some researchers of economics<br />
saying, if agents are cooperative, cooperative game would be<br />
converted into non-cooperative game by Nash program. As we<br />
wrote above, it is very easy to suppose cooperative game<br />
situation in one chemical plant. Not only that but also agents of<br />
infrastructure networks should be regarded as cooperative. In<br />
this study, we firstly argued how cooperative game should be<br />
introduced <strong>for</strong> risk analysis. Secondly, we addressed things<br />
using concrete examples; some graphs whose had simple<br />
mathematical structures. They are series (tandem), parallel,<br />
and combined graphs. Then, we discussed how should be<br />
treated complicated structure matters.<br />
M3-A.3 Mojduszka, EM; USDA/OCE/ORACBA;<br />
emojduszka@oce.usda.gov<br />
An overview of applications of risk management<br />
principles in food safety and nutrition<br />
Effective and efficient food safety risk management is of great<br />
importance to the U.S. food industry, consumers, and the<br />
government. The Centers <strong>for</strong> Disease Control and Prevention<br />
(CDC) report that over 3000 people die each year in the U.S.<br />
from food borne illnesses and 128,000 are hospitalized. The<br />
cost to the U.S. economy (including productivity losses) from<br />
food borne illnesses is approximately $77 billion per year (CDC<br />
web-site). In addition, in the 1990s and 2000s, several<br />
indicators of the healthfulness of the American diet<br />
deteriorated, including an increase in the percentage of adults<br />
and children who are obese or overweight. The estimated cost<br />
of this epidemic to the U.S. economy by 2020 is expected to be<br />
in the hundreds of billions of dollars (CDC web-site). These<br />
estimates emphasize significance of nutrition risks to the U.S.<br />
population as well as importance of utilizing effective and<br />
efficient, private and public, nutrition risk management<br />
approaches. In this paper, I provide an overview of applications<br />
of risk management principles in food safety and nutrition. I<br />
compare and contrast the ISO 31000:2009 standard published<br />
in the general risk management area and standards published<br />
in specific food safety and nutrition risk management areas,<br />
including ISO 22000:2005 (Food Safety Management Systems),<br />
Codex Hazard <strong>Analysis</strong>, Hazard Critical Control Points<br />
(HACCP), and ISO 22002-1:2009 (Prerequisite Programs, PRPs,<br />
on Food Safety). I identify and evaluate advantages but also<br />
important shortcomings of the standards <strong>for</strong> food safety and<br />
nutrition risk management applications. My specific focus is on<br />
evaluating interdependence of the standards as substitutes or<br />
complements. This in<strong>for</strong>mation is necessary <strong>for</strong> improving<br />
effectiveness and efficiency of the standards in practice. I<br />
finally propose how the applications of the standards could be<br />
further extended in private and public food safety and nutrition<br />
policy making.<br />
T1-K.2 Mokhtari, A; Beaulieu, SM; Lloyd, JM; Akl, S*; Money,<br />
ES; Turner, MB; Al Hajeri, K; Al Mehairi, A; Al Qudah, A; Gelle,<br />
K; RTI INTERNATIONAL, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY-ABU<br />
DHABI; steveb@rti.org<br />
Development of a practical approach to rank the relative<br />
health and environmental risks of industrial facilities in<br />
Abu Dhabi<br />
In pursuing their initiative to develop state-of-the-art<br />
environmental protection programs, the Environment<br />
Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) face a daunting challenge, namely, to<br />
identify the industrial sectors and facilities that pose the most<br />
significant risks. The EAD needed a practical tool to rank<br />
relative risks, establish a standard framework <strong>for</strong> evaluations<br />
(i.e., minimize subjective judgment), capture multiple<br />
dimensions of risk and, at the same time, avoid the types of<br />
errors that can be associated with <strong>Risk</strong> Assessment Matrix<br />
approaches. In collaboration with EAD, RTI International<br />
developed a methodological framework <strong>for</strong> relative risk ranking<br />
that is facilitated by a tablet-based Data Collection Tool (DCT).<br />
The tool maps facility-specific data to risk scenarios that<br />
describe the probability and the potential severity of adverse<br />
events. The DCT represents a simple yet innovative approach<br />
<strong>for</strong> gathering data related to four risk dimensions: first<br />
responders, workers, nearby residents, and local ecosystems.<br />
The “hazard evaluator” answers specific questions covering a<br />
wide range of “risk factors” including, <strong>for</strong> example, the<br />
types/volume of chemicals, management/storage of chemicals<br />
the availability of emergency response plans, and employee<br />
safety training. The evaluator need not be an experienced risk<br />
assessor to gather this in<strong>for</strong>mation; the responses and help<br />
screens significantly reduce the need <strong>for</strong> subjective judgment,<br />
and the DCT allows <strong>for</strong> notes, drawings, and photographs to<br />
support follow up questions with subject matter experts. The<br />
facility data are automatically uploaded into a central database,<br />
and relative risk scoring algorithms produce risk scores <strong>for</strong><br />
each of the four risk dimensions. The system supports relative<br />
risk ranking across facilities, sectors, and risk dimensions. It<br />
identifies facilities that represent an imminent threat, primary<br />
risk drivers, recommended risk mitigation actions, and facilities<br />
that require a more robust inspection frequency.<br />
December 8-11, 2013 - Baltimore, MD