Publications of the ICMSF

Appendix III Publications of the ICMSF

Books

Food and Agriculture Organization and International Atomic Energy Agency/ICMSF (1970) Microbi-

ological specifications and testing methods for irradiated foods. Technical Report Series No. 104, Vienna: Atomic Energy Commission.

ICMSF. (1978) Microorganisms in Foods 1. Their Significance and Methods of Enumeration, 2nd edn,

University of Toronto Press, Toronto (ISBN 0-8020-2293-6, reprinted 1982, 1988 with revisions). ICMSF. (1980a) Microbial Ecology of Foods. Volume 1. Factors Affecting Life and Death of Microor- ganisms,Academic Press, New York (IBSN 0-12-363501-2). ICMSF (1980b) Microbial Ecology of Foods. Volume 2. Food Commodities, Academic Press: New York (IBSN 0-12-363502-0). ICMSF (1986) Microorganisms in Foods 2. Sampling for Microbiological Analysis: Principles and Spe- cific Applications, 2nd edn, University of Toronto Press, Toronto (ISBN 0-8020-5693-8). (Available outside North America from Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ltd., Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0EL, UK, first edition: 1974; revised with corrections, 1978.)

ICMSF (1988) Microorganisms in Foods 4. Application of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) System to Ensure Microbiological Safety and Quality, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (ISBN 0-632-02181-0). (Also published in paperback under the title HACCP in Microbio- logical Safety and Quality 1988, ISBN 0 632 02181 0.)

ICMSF (1996) Microorganisms in Foods 5. Characteristics of Microbial Pathogens, Blackie Academic & Professional, London (ISBN 0 412 47350 X).* ICMSF (1998) Microorganisms in Foods 6. Microbial Ecology of Food Commodities, Blackie Academic & Professional: London (ISBN 0 412 47350 X).* ICMSF (2002) Microorganisms in Foods 7. Microbial Testing in Food Safety Management, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York (ISBN 0 306 47262 7).

*Available from Springer at http://www.springeronline.com.

WHO publications

1. ICMSF (Authors: Silliker, J.H., Baird-Parker, A.C., Bryan, F.L., Olson, J.C., Jr., Simonsen, B. and van Schothorst, M.)/WHO. (1982) Report of the WHO/ICMSF meeting on Hazard Analysis: Critical Control Point System in Food Hygiene, WHO/VPH/82.37, World Health Organization, Geneva (also available in French).

2. ICMSF (Authors: Simonsen, B., Bryan, F.L., Christian, J.H.B., Roberts, T.A., Silliker, J.H. and Tompkin, R.B.). (1986) Prevention and control of foodborne salmonellosis through application of the hazard analysis critical control point system. Report, International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF), WHO/CDS/VPH/86.65, World Health Organization, Geneva.

3. Christian, J.H.B. (1983) Microbiological Criteria for Foods (Summary of recommendations of FAO/WHO expert consultations and working groups 1975-1981), WHO/VPH/83.54, World Health Organization, Geneva.

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Other ICMSF technical papers

1. Thatcher, F.S. (1963) The microbiology of specific frozen foods in relation to public health: report of an international committee. J. Appl. Bacteriol., 26, 266–85.

2. Simonsen, B., Bryan, F.L., Christian, J.H.B., Roberts, T.A., Tompkin, R.B. and Silliker, J.H. (1987) Report from the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF). Prevention and control of foodborne salmonellosis through application of hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP). Int. J. Food Microbiol., 4, 227–47.

3. International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF). (1994) Choice of sampling plan and criteria for Listeria monocytogenes. Int. J. Food Microbiol., 22, 89–96.

4. International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF). (1997) Establish- ment of microbiological safety criteria for foods in international trade. World Health Stat. Q., 50, 119–23.

5. International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF). (1998) Potential application of risk assessment techniques to microbiological issues related to international trade in food and food products. J. Food Protect., 61 (8): 1075–86.

6. International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) [M van Schothorst, Secretary]. (1998) Principles for the establishment of microbiological food safety objectives and related control measures. Food Control, 9 (6), 379–84.