1. Risk Assessment: Food Safety and Public Health Hazards Karen Carson Deputy Director Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages

2. Risk Assessment Purpose:Characterize the nature and magnitude of the risk to human health in order to choose the best risk management option  2 types - Chemical - Microbial  Risk management options - Regulations - Action levels - Guidance - Recalls

3. Chemical Risk Assessment  40 years  Food ingredients - Food additives  Chemical contaminants - Lead, patulin, dioxins

4. Microbial Risk Assessment  New, but rapidly growing scientific discipline  Salmonella entertidis in eggs  Listeria monocytogenes  Vibrio parahaemolyticus