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Evaluating issues and making timely contributions on newly emerging food safety concerns.

 

Purpose

Our primary goal is to provide timely, science-based guidance to government and industry on appraising and controlling the microbiological safety of foods. The primary objectives of ICMSF include:

1. Provide the scientific basis for microbiological criteria and to promote principles for their establishment and application.

2. Overcome the difficulties caused by nations' varying microbiological standards and analytical methods.

> News and Events

A symposium on Current and Innovative Approaches to Microbiological Food Safety Management organized by ICMSF and cosponsored by the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Southwest Asia Region in collaboration with the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore was held October 3-4, 2007 at the Holiday Inn Atrium Hotel, Singapore. (Presentations)

A simplified guide to understanding and using Food Safety Objectives and Performance Objectives has been posted in four languages

Microorganisms in Foods 6: Microbial Ecology of Food Commodities. 2nd edition. 2005. ISBN: 0-306-48675-X is now available from Kluwer Publishers.

 

> Downloads

Microbiological sampling plans (link to file sampling plan): a tool to explore ICMSF recommendations Download Standard Program (English link to sampleplans1_02.xls, 1.28M) Download German Program (German link to sampleplansGerman1_02.xls, 666K)

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