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Information/Data received

Australia - Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Bacillus cereusin infant formula: Microbiological risk assessment report

Public Health Laboratory, University of Melbourne

Reports of Enterobacter sakazakii to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme (VHPSS), 1990 to 2003

Canada - Office of the Codex Contact Point for Canada

Enterobacter sakazakii and powdered infant formula - information from industry

Germany - Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

Discussion by panel of experts on Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered milk based infant formula - meeting minutes

International Formula Council

Enterobacter sakazakii and powdered infant formula - documentation on behalf of major US infant formula manufacturers

International Special Dietary Foods Industry

Response to the specific issues raised in the FAO/WHO call for data

Japan - Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare

Advise to consumers and hospitals on the preparation of powdered infant formula

Netherlands(the) - Wageningen University

Occurrence of Enterobacter sakazakii in food production environments and households - Lancet 2004, 363: 39-40

Letter to the editor of Trends in Food Science and Technology on the risk of Enterobacter sakazakiiin powdered milk formula

Philippines (the)

Data on Enterobacter sakazakiiinfections 2001, 2002

Poland - Wroclaw Medical University

Opinion on Enterobacter sakazakiicontamination of powdered infant formula

United Kingdom - Nottingham Trent University (Stephen Forsythe)

Published papers: Risk profile of Enterobacter sakazakii. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 14: 443-454.

The growth profile, thermotolerance and biofilm formation of Enterobacter sakazakiigrown in infant formula milk. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 38: 378-382.

Papers in press:

· Isolation of Enterobacter sakazakiiand other Enterobacteriaceae from powdered infant formula milk and related products

· A selected differential medium for Enterobacter sakazakii

Letters to the editor (Trends in Food Science and Technology, 15 February) "On the risk of Enterobacter sakazakiiin infant milk formula"

United States of America - Food and Drug Administration

Food Advisory Committee, Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee: Meeting on Enterobacter sakazakii contamination in powdered infant formula; 18-19 March 2003 - briefing material, including white papers, summary minutes, draft report