Case study: Vibrio vulnificus in oysters
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The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) has requested that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the united Nations and the World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) provide scientific advice on how Performance Objectives (PO) and Performance Criteria (PC) can be utilized to achieve Food Safety Objectives (FSO). The ultimate goal is to produce a reference document that will assist CCFH and countries in using risk assessment to develop risk management measures. This Working Group was assigned th e task of interpreting data and information on Vibrio vulnificus illness associated with the consumption of oysters, including the FAO/WHO Risk Assessment of Vibrio vulnificus in Raw Oysters (FAO/WHO, 2005), and transforming it into practical guidance that can be used by risk managers to elaborate potential risk management options. Such guidance involves knowledge of the dynamics of pathogen growth, survival and inactivation in order to establish scientifically defensible POs and PCs at specific points within the food chain, as well as to identify potential microbiological, process and product criteria.