Quantitative risk assessment for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef hamburgers

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-44

  Cassin, Michael H ^a   Lammerding, Anna M ^b   Todd, Ewen C D ^c   Ross, William ^d   McColl, R Stephen ^e  

^a Decisionalysis Risk Consultants Inc   (Canada)

^b Health of Animals Laboratory   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

E. coli O157:H7; Ground beef; Hamburger; Monte Carlo simulation; Predictive microbiology; Probabilistic modelling; Quantitative risk assessment; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEAT; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEAT; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032485801     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(98)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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