A multi-factorial framework for risk prioritization of foodborne pathogens

加拿大必须继续拥有安全和高质量的食品生产体系。因此，确保食品安全对于保持和提高食品行业和国际贸易的竞争力至关重要。此外，食源性疾病通过医疗保健成本和生产力损失影响加拿大经济。*为了有效地针对资源和研究，有必要确定哪些食品安全风险对加拿大人最关键。*在试图对食品安全风险的重要性进行排名时，必须考虑各种因素，包括公共卫生、经济影响和社会影响。这项研究项目将制定一个优先排序框架，其中将纳入各种食品安全风险的这些因素。一旦开发出来，该框架就可以用来比较不同的食品安全风险，并对它们进行排名。风险经理、政策制定者和研究人员可以使用优先排序框架来帮助他们识别、确定目标并可能预测食源性疾病造成的严重公共卫生风险。

Canada must continue to have a safe and high quality food production system.  Ensuring safe food is crucial to maintaining and improving both the competitiveness of the food industry and international trade. Also, food borne illness impacts the Canadian economy through healthcare costs and lost productivity.  In order to target resources and research effectively, it is necessary to identify which food safety risks are most critical to Canadians.  A variety of factors, including public health, economic effects and social implications, must be considered when trying to rank the importance of a food safety risk. This research project will develop a Prioritization Framework that will incorporate these factors for various food safety risks. Once developed, the Framework can then be used to compare different food safety risks and rank them. Risk managers, policy developers and researchers can use the Prioritization Framework to help them identify, target and possibly anticipate serious public health risks caused by food borne illness.