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Food Safety Risk Assessments are “Data Hungry”

By David Hatch
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David Hatch — VP, Digital Solutions Marketing, Neogen explains that risk assessments are data hungry.

“I got to sit in a room with the food safety team from a global organization. They were looking at both a hazard analysis and a risk assessment. The hazard is the thing that causes danger. The risk assessment is determining how probable is this thing to happen? And, if it happens, at what frequency does it happen? And, then how severe is the problem, if it happens? So there’s multiple factors in a risk assessment and as the group went through this, it occurred to me just how data hungry this process really is! Right? Because for each different hazard, you have to understand things like, well, “How frequently could this happen?” And without data around the actual occurrences of how frequently it happens, you have to kind of guess at it.”

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Webinar: Risk Assessment and Testing for Chemical Hazards

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Every day it seems like a new chemical makes the news as a risk in food and water. As a Quality Assurance Manager in the food industry, how should we document that we are aware of these chemical hazards, conduct a risk assessment for our foods and processes, and then design a testing plan to assure we are making safe food. Do these so-called “forever chemicals” like PFAs require a different approach to risk assessment and testing? Join us to learn about regulatory developments, risk assessment for ingredients, water and processing in regards to HACCP plans and testing methodologies to minimize risk in food and water.