Multiple-Locus Variable number tandem repeat Analysis (MLVA) is a method used to perform molecular typing of particular microorganisms. It utilizes the naturally occurring...

An individual who contracted infection through direct contact with the primary vehicle or source of infection.

Infection that causes disease in human populations but can be perpetuated solely in nonhuman host animals (e.g., bubonic plague); may be enzootic.

A contaminant is any substance not intentionally added to food which is present in such food as a result of the production (including operations carried out in crop husbandry,...

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To prevent and when necessary to respond to food safety incidents a national food control system should encompass the core elements of prevention, intervention and response.

An instar is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult until sexual maturity is reached

Assurance that food is acceptable for human consumption according to its intended use.

Inherent capability of an agent or a situation to have an adverse effect. A factor or exposure that may adversely affect health. Loosely, in lay speech a synonym for RISK; in...

The procedure by which the competent authority ensures that feed or food is not moved or tampered with pending a decision on its destination; it includes storage by feed and...

Any form of control that the competent authority or the Community performs for the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules

In public health risk assessment: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or...

Public health surveillance based on serological testing of characteristic changes in the serum level of specific antibodies. Latent, subclinical infections and carrier states...

The number of new cases per population at risk in a given time period.

The organism or toxin that is responsible for causing a specific disease or harmful effect.

Place where the contributory factors occurred.

The number of new cases within a specified time period divided by the size of the population initially at risk.

Strategy based on the selection of a random sample from a population on which the data are reported. Random sample is a sample which is taken under statistical consideration to...

The procedure by which the competent authority or control bodies, authorised to act in such a capacity, provide written, electronic or equivalent assurance concerning compliance

The majority of pathogens of animals are generalists that infect multiple host species, referred to as multi-host pathogens or multi-host parasites.