Classification of cases is based on clinical criteria, epidemiological link, and presumptive laboratory criteria

A given segment of a society or a population.

Reg. 178/2002: means the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food-producing animal or substance intended to be, or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, through...

Term not used in this sector

An aggregate format for a dataset includes information related to a group of people classified under the same category for a disease or health-related event

The period between inoculation and appearance of visible symptoms.

is the domain of descriptive epidemiology, which involves the analysis of disease patterns according to the characteristics of person, place and time. In other words,...

Any of a variety of measures (e.g. mortality rate) that indicate the state of health of a given population. A variable susceptible to direct measurement that reflects the state...

The likelihood of the occurrence and the likely magnitude of the biological and economic consequences of an adverse event or effect to animal or human health.

Any organism (vertebrate or invertebrate) that functions as a carrier of an infectious agent between organisms of a different species.

A distinct part or branch of a nation’s sociological, economic, or political society or a sphere of activity such as human health, animal health, or environment.

The process of collecting and evaluating information on hazards and conditions leading to their presence to decide which are significant for food safety and therefore should be...

Use of prior or additional information about the probability of hazard occurrence, including contextual information and prior likelihood of disease to revise conclusions about...

When the totality of a population or sub-population, on which the data are reported, is controlled.

The real-time exchange of information, advice and opinions among experts, community leaders or officials and the people who are at risk or who have a direct influence on risk...

Term not used in this sector

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

One or more of the first wave of cases serves as a source of infection for subsequent cases and those subsequent cases, in turn, serve as sources for later cases. The shape of...

Means that more than one sector is working together (e.g. on a joint program or response to an event), but does not imply that all relevant sectors are working together