a drug which, at low concentrations, exerts an action against microbial pathogens and exhibits selective toxicity towards them. Antimicrobials typically include antibiotics but...

An aggregation of cases in a circumscribed area during a particular period without regard to whether the number of cases is more than expected (often the expected number is not...

First case of a disease to be identified at the start of an outbreak. The index case is the first patient that indicates the existence of an outbreak. It does not necessarily...

the reduction, by means of chemical agents and/or physical methods, of the number of micro-organisms in the environment, to a level that does not compromise food safety or...

refer to groups of samples expected to be more similar than random e.g. samples from pigs from same herd or carcasses from same abbatoir

fault or circumstance that singly or in combination led to the food-borne outbreak.

the reduction, by means of chemical agents and/or physical methods, of the number of micro-organisms in the environment, to a level that does not compromise food safety or...

A food-borne disease or food-borne illness is defined as a disease, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of...

A biological chemical or physical agent in or condition of food or feed with the potential to cause an adverse health effect.

Any action to be taken when the results of Public Health risk assessment indicate loss of control.

the ultimate consumer of a foodstuff who will not use the food as part of any foodbusiness operation or activity

Food-borne zoonotic diseases are caused by consuming food or drinking water contaminated by pathogenic (disease-causing) micro-organisms such as bacteria and their toxins,...

number of cases one case generates on average over the course of its infectious period, in an otherwise uninfected population

outbreak where all the human cases live in one single household

An aggregation of cases in a circumscribed area during a particular period without regard to whether the number of cases is more than expected (often the expected number is not...

Term not used in this sector

direct (e.g. culture) or indirect (e.g. serological) identification of the causative agent in clinical samples taken from outbreak cases.

Differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population groups.

The number of new cases of a disease that occur in a population in a particular geographical area within a given period of time.

Means a group of animals with a defined epidemiological relationship that share approximately the same likelihood of exposure to a pathogenic agent. This may be because they...