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

2. Slide 2 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

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

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

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

6. Slide 6 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

7. Slide 7 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

8. Slide 8 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

9. Slide 9 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

10. Slide 10 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

11. Slide 11 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, PO, PC Use of data from exposure assessment – product pathogen pathway Establishment and use of MC

12. Slide 12 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

13. Slide 13 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

14. Slide 14 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

15. Slide 15 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

16. Slide 16 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