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Industrial microbiological risk assessment – a practical guide (second edition)

CCFRA Guideline No. 28 (2007) 		Back   Help
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Use Industrial Microbiological Risk Assessment to improve your HACCP studies and the safety of your food

Industrial Microbiological Risk Assessment (IMRA) offers a route to improved food safety. It provides a scientifically-based approach to assessing the risks presented by specific microbiological hazards (be they infectious pathogens or their toxins) in specific foods. Ascertaining the level of microbiological risk associated with a food can facilitate better control of that hazard through a more informed HACCP study and thereby help food and drink companies to protect their customers and consumers.

Following the publication of the first edition of this guideline, CCFRA embarked on a number of MRA (microbiological risk assessment) studies, with and for partners in industry. The intention was to study and learn how MRA could be used by the food industry, and to compare the differences between these studies and Codex MRAs. This second edition of the guide describes how MRA as a tool is now perceived and used. Focussing on IMRA, it provides a basic introduction to its concepts – what it is, what it is not, what it can do for your business and how it relates to other quality systems. It then provides a structured step-by-step guide on how to undertake an IMRA from start to finish, and how to prepare and interpret risk profiles. To demonstrate its practical basis, reference is made to three actual IMRA studies, which are included as a separate volume with the guide.

Contents

Background

  • Why this guide?
  • History of MRA
  • Principles of Codex MRA
  • Industrial MRA (IMRA as distinct from Codex MRA)
  • Relationship of IMRA to other food safety management tools
  • Codex definition of terms

Introduction to the IMRA process

  • Introduction
  • Case studies

Performing an IMRA

  • Step 0 – Outline IMRA
  • Step 1 – Statement of purpose
  • Step 2 – Hazard identification
  • Step 3 – Hazard characterisation
  • Step 4 – Exposure assessment
  • Step 5 – Risk characterisation
  • Step 6 – Final report

Risk profiles

  • How to prepare a simple Risk Profile
  • Questions for potential inclusion in a Risk Profile
  • Interpreting the Risk Profile
  • Acknowledgement

Bibliography

Softcover – 95 pages + bound supplements

ISBN: 978 0 905942 97 1

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