ISPAM Meeting Book

9/17/2015

More Conclusions • Contamination risk can be reduced, not eliminated “Prevention” cannot achieve zero risk − • <1 in 1 MM servings linked to outbreaks • No existing sampling program provides statistical confidence of safety; likely overestimates risk − Detection ≠ public health risk • Without a non-zero performance standard, there’s no practical goal to achieve, so no other sampling plan will be an improvement

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