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The concept of microbial risk analysis is not only used in the United
States but has taken on international dimensions, with the World Health
Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
actively engaged in conducting risk assessments and applying them to the
risk analysis matrix. This information has subsequently been used by Codex
Alimentarius in its deliberations for setting international food safety stan-
dards. Hence, microbial risk analysis has become a tool adopted worldwide
to mitigate food contamination and related illnesses.
Written by a cast of internationally recognized authorities, this book elu-
cidates how risk analysis of food-borne agents of microbial origin can be
used to provide greater public health protection to our food supply. I com-
mend Don Schaffner and his associates for this extraordinary contribution.
MICHAEL
P. DOYLE,
Series Editor
Emerging Issues in Food Safety