MRA basic awareness course Overview Basic Awareness Course

MRA basic awareness course Overview Basic Awareness Course on Microbiological Risk Assessment Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

What is it? • A basic awareness course • Aims to raise awareness of MRA, the concept and its application • Explains how MRA fits into the Risk Analysis Framework • Explains how MRA can be used as a basis for decision making • Describes what’s happening at international level Slide 2 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

What it is not! • A how-to-do MRA course • A highly technical course Slide 3 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Contents • 11 lectures • Working group exercises • Resource material and links Slide 4 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Target audience • Food safety risk managers, policy makers • Scientists – primarily those not currently involved on MRA Slide 5 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Overview – Topic 1 Risk Analysis in Public Health and International Trade in Food: Introducing the Risk Analysis concept • Setting the scene • Function and concept of risk analysis – the big picture • Introduces the components of risk analysis Slide 6 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Overview – Topic 2 Microbiological Risk Management: Principles, process and preliminary activities • Understand principles and concept of MRM • Describe how MRA fits into MRM…linkages • Introduce public health goals Slide 7 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Overview – Topic 3 Microbiological Risk Assessment • 3 lectures – Principles and Concept – Elements and approaches – Example: The FAO/WHO Listeria monocytogenes risk assessment • Facilitate understanding of the MRA process, its components and its outputs Slide 8 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Overview – Topic 4 Introducing JEMRA • International activities on MRA • Background to and objective of these activities • How to contribute, participate and benefit from these activities • Examples of how to use the information Slide 9 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Overview – Topic 5 Using the outcomes of MRA in Microbiological Risk Management • What is the role of the risk manager • Introduce risk management options • Role of MRA in setting ALOP • Risk perception and risk communication Slide 10 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Overview – Topic 6 Implementation of FSO’s and Associated Measures in Microbiological Risk Management • Concept and application of FSO, PC • Use of data from exposure assessment – product pathogen pathway • Establishment and use of MC Slide 11 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Overview – Topic 7 MRA and HACCP • Understand differences in concepts and application • Review similarities • Clarify the relationship between the two Slide 12 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Overview – Topic 8 MRA in Practice, Infrastructure and basic requirements • What you need to undertake MRA • Basics first…commitment, capacity, capabilities, collaboration • Data for MRA Slide 13 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Overview – Topic 9 MRA in Practice, Getting started • Walk through the steps of doing MRA • Illustrate each step by means of an example Slide 14 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Additional material • Proposals for training courses • Exercises for working groups • Notes includes on all presentations • Supplementary lectures • Glossary of terminology • Questionnaire and evaluation forms Slide 15 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment

Resource material • Relevant Codex publications • Relevant FAO and WHO publications including Microbiological risk assessment series • SPS agreement • Links to databases and risk assessment tools Slide 16 Overview – Basic awareness course on microbiological risk assessment