TY - JOUR T1 - Towards an integrated approach in supporting microbiological food safety decisions. AU - Havelaar,A H, AU - Bräunig,J, AU - Christiansen,K, AU - Cornu,M, AU - Hald,T, AU - Mangen,M-J J, AU - Mølbak,K, AU - Pielaat,A, AU - Snary,E, AU - Van Pelt,W, AU - Velthuis,A, AU - Wahlström,H, PY - 2007/4/26/pubmed PY - 2007/6/26/medline PY - 2007/4/26/entrez SP - 103 EP - 17 JF - Zoonoses and public health JO - Zoonoses Public Health VL - 54 IS - 3-4 N2 - Decisions on food safety involve consideration of a wide range of concerns including the public health impact of foodborne illness, the economic importance of the agricultural sector and the food industry, and the effectiveness and efficiency of interventions. To support such decisions, we propose an integrated scientific approach combining veterinary and medical epidemiology, risk assessment for the farm-to-fork food chain as well as agricultural and health economy. Scientific advice is relevant in all stages of the policy cycle: to assess the magnitude of the food safety problem, to define the priorities for action, to establish the causes for the problem, to choose between different control options, to define targets along the food chain and to measure success. SN - 1863-1959 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/17456140/Towards_an_integrated_approach_in_supporting_microbiological_food_safety_decisions_ L2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2007.01036.x DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -