A quantitative assessment of the risks from illegally imported meat contaminated with foot and mouth disease virus to Great Britain

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 187-202

  Hartnett, Emma ^a,c   Adkin, Amie ^a   Seaman, Miles ^b   Cooper, John ^b   Watson, Eamon ^a   Coburn, Helen ^a   England, Tracey ^a   Marooney, Christophen ^a   Cox, Anthony ^b   Wooldridge, Mavion ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b SafetyCraft Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Decisionalysis Risk Consultants Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foot and mouth disease; Illegal meat imports; Microbial; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BONE; MEATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUSES;

FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (FMD); LIVESTOCK POPULATION; TRADE COMMODITIES;

DISEASES;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; FOOD POISONING; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; IMPORT; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMERCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGISLATION; MEAT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 33947099507     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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