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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on microbiological risk assessment of viruses in foods - Part 2: prevention and intervention measures [1]
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Date: 2024-02-12
Background information
Based on the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on microbiological risk assessment (JEMRA) meeting and its report, Codex Alimentarius Commission established the Guidelines on the Application of General Principles of Food Hygiene to The Control of Viruses in Food (CXG 79-2012). The primary purpose of these guidelines is to provide direction on how to prevent or minimize the presence of human enteric viruses in foods, more specifically, Hepatitis A Virus and Norovirus. This guideline is applicable to all foods, with a focus on ready-to-eat food, from primary production through to consumption, for the control of human enteric viruses. It also contains an annex on the Control of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) and Norovirus (NoV) in Bivalve Molluscs (Annex I) and an annex on the Control of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) and Norovirus (NoV) in Fresh Produce (Annex II). These annexes provide additional recommendations for control of these viruses in specific commodities.
With the new emerging issues associated with foodborne viruses and recent scientific developments, the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) requested that JEMRA provide scientific advice to inform the review of the guidelines at its 53rd session in 2022.
To support the update of the guidance, the CCFH requested JEMRA provide scientific advice on the following areas.
An up-to-date review of the foodborne viruses and relevant food commodities of highest public health concern;
a review of the scientific evidence on prevention and intervention measures and the efficacy of interventions in the food continuum;
a review of the analytical methods for relevant enteric viruses in food commodities;
a review of scientific evidence on the potential utility of viral indicators or other indicators of contamination; and
a review of the various risk assessment models with a view towards constructing more applicable models for wide use among member countries, including a simplified risk calculator.
To meet the request of the CCFH, FAO and WHO convened the Part 1 meeting to work on the food attribution, analytical methods and indicators of virus in foods in September 2023. The goal of the Part 2 meeting is to gather and evaluate recent data, evidence and scientific opinions on the topic of prevention and intervention measures and the efficacy of interventions in the food continuum for foodborne viruses based on the outcomes of the Part 1 meeting.
List of experts
The list of experts and their bio-sketches for this meeting is available in this page's download section. If you have any comments, please contact us at [email protected] and [email protected] no later than 9 February 2024.
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