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Risk Assessment/ Management
Risk of Transporting
Risk of Transmission in Milk
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The movement of animals and animal products always involves
the risk that animal disease agents will also be carried and initiate
new outbreaks. The magnitude of the risk can be assessed, and subsequently
reduced, by management procedures (Noordhuizen
et al., 1997).
Definitions (Ahl et al.,
1993)
Risk: a measure of the likelihood and magnitude of an adverse event (e.g., the entry into
an establishment and spread of a disease agent through the importation of a commodity).
Risk analysis: an inclusive term for the following:
a) Risk assessment: the process of identifying, estimating the statistical probabilities
and evaluating the consequences of all risks associated with the importation of a commodity.
b) Risk communication: the process of relating the risk assessment results to the
regulators of the import programmes, to industry and to the public.
c) Risk management: the decision-making process of identifying and implementing measures
which can be applied to reduce risk, and documentation of the final import decision.
The risk of introducing FMD into a new area can be quantified by risk
assessment and then reduced by risk management (Morley,
1993).
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