A food-borne disease or food-borne illness is defined as a disease, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of...

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The examination of commercial documents and, where appropriate, of documents required under feed or food law that are accompanying the consignment.

number of new cases or outbreaks of a disease that occur in a population at risk in a particular geographical area within a defined time interval.

assurance that food is acceptable for human consumption according to its intended use.

Any person who directly handles packaged or unpackaged food, food equipment and utensils, or food contact surfaces and is therefore expected to comply with food hygiene...

Propective case finding (based on clinical criteria) and peer review to improve identification of adverse events

A process that begins when an agent leaves its reservoir or host through a portal of exit, and is conveyed by some mode of transmission, then enters through an appropriate...

consist of a fixed set of conserved species specific genes. Better definition: Strain differentiation by determining the number different alleles in a predefined set of loci...

any of a variety of measures (e.g. mortality rate) that indicate the state of health of a given population. A variable susceptible to direct measurement that reflects the state...

A set of uniformly applied criteria for determining whether an individual should be identified as having a particular disease, injury, or other health condition. In...

refers to the maximum allowable numerical values and/or proportions which can be used by competent authorities or food business operators (FBO) to derive a microbiological...

The identification of the pathogens or hazards which are capable of causing adverse health effects

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identification of the causative agent in samples taken from the preparation or processing environment of the suspected food vehicle, or from batches of similar foodstuffs...

health surveillance system that looks at reports, stories, rumors, community-based and other information about health events that could be a serious risk to public health. Such...

Perfect reference standard, i.e. sensitivity and specificity 100%

Refers to a replica. DNA molecules can be cloned using bacteria or viruses as hosts. A genetic clone can also refer to an organism that is a genetic copy of the original -...

Observer-initiated provision of animal health related data with active investigator involvement e.g. by actively encouraging producers to report certain types of disease or by...