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Poultry
Prawns
Red Meat
Scallops
Sprouts
Tuna
Yellowtail Kingfish


Cockles

Brake F., Lee K., Heuzenroeder M.W., Kiermeier A., Wise R. & Pointon A. (2006) Pilot Study of E. coli Contamination of Commercially Harvested Cockles. Section Bank, Port River, SA. SARDI. August 2006.

Padula D.J., Lee K.G., Jones K.K., Mariath H.A. & Pointon A.M. (2002) A food safety risk-based assessment of commercially harvested mud cockles (Katelysia spp.) from the Section Bank in the Port River, South Australia. SARDI Internal Report No. 157. December 2002.

 

Dairy Goats

Pointon A., Slade J., Dowsett P., Lennon P., Little F., Holds G., Kiermeier A. & Rice S. (2004) Risk-Based Assessment of Unpasteurised Goat Milk. Final Report to the Dairy Authority of SA. March 2004. 

 

Eggs

Daughtry B., Sumner J., Hooper G., Thomas C., Grimes T., Horn R., Moses A. & Pointon A. (2005) National Food Safety Risk Profile of Eggs and Egg Products. Final Report for AECL. Project SAR-47. July 2005.

Thomas C., Daughtry B., Padula D., Jordan D., Arzey G., Davey K., Holds G., Slade J. & Pointon A. (2006) An Egg: Salmonella Quantitative Risk Assessment Model for the Australian Egg Industry. Final Report for Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL). Project SAR 42-A. May 2006.

 

Grains

Daughtry B.J., Holds G.L., Thomas C..J, Masters G. & Pointon A.M. (2003) A Food Safety Risk-Based Assessment of Snail Contaminated Grain Crops, Snail Management Committee/AUSBULK Report, April 2003.

Delaere I. (2007) Toxicological information on a number of chemical substances associated with grain handling in South Australia. Report for ABB Grain Ltd. August 2007.

Holds G., Lorimer M., Smith G., Mattei V. & Pointon A. (2007) Baseline survey of microbial hazards of cereal grains under different storage systems. Report for ABB Grain Ltd. March 2007.

Pointon A., Mattei V., Smith G., Lorimer M., Hewitson M. & Holds G. (2006) Microbial Food Safety Hazard Status of Sheep Faeces that may Contaminate Harvested Cereal Grains in South Australia. Report for ABB Grain Ltd. October 2006.

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Kangaroos

Sumner J., Dean P., Petrenas E., West G., Holds G., Kiermeier A., Pointon A. & Raven G. (2003) The microbiological quality of kangaroo meat processed in South Australia. PIRSA. May 2003. 

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Market Access

Homan N. & Padula D. (2008) SARDI EU Market Access Program 2007-2008 Reports to: the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association; the South Australian Marine Finfish Farmers Association; the Australian Prawn Farmers Association; and the Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association. July 2008.

Homan N., Padula D. (2009) SARDI European Union Market Access Program 2008-2009 Reports to: the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association; the Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association; the Sarin Group; and Cleanseas Tuna (also representing Australian Tuna Fisheries). July 2009.

Padula D.J. & Daughtry B.J. (2006) Mercury Content of Canned Slimy Mackerel (Scomberaustralasicus) Products Produced by Port Lincoln Tuna Processors (PLTP). SARDI May 2006.

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Oysters

Madigan T.L., Lee K.J., Pointon A.M. & Thomas C.J. (2007) A Supply-chain Assessment of Marine Vibrios in Pacific Oysters in South Australia: Prevalence, Quantification and Public Health Risk. Final Report to FRDC Project SIDF 2005/401. March 2007.

Madigan TL (2008) A Critical Evaluation of Supply-Chain Temperature Profiles to Optimise Food Safety and Quality of Australian Oysters. Seafood CRC Project No. 2007/700. December 2008.

Madigan T., May D., McLeod C. (2009) Growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Pacific Oysters. Final Report for University of Tasmania. October 2009

Pointon A. & Sumner J. (2007) Food Safety Validation of Storage/Transport Temperatures for Live Australian Oyster Species. SIDF 2007-406. Final Report to Seafood Services Australia. March 2007.

Sumner J. & Pointon A. (2007) Identification of Microbial Hazards in Oysters in Australia. Report to Seafood Services Australia. March 2007. 

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Plants and Herbs

Delaere I. (2005) Literature Review: Echinacea. Review for FSANZ. August 2005.

Delaere I. (2005) Literature Review: Gingko Biloba. Review for FSANZ. August 2005.

Delaere I. (2005) Literature Review: Ginseng. Review for FSANZ. August 2005.

Delaere I. (2005) Literature Review: Guarana. Review for FSANZ. August 2005.

Delaere I. (2005) Literature Review: Hawthorn. Review for FSANZ. August 2005.

Delaere I. (2005) Literature Review: Watercress. Report for PIRSA. October 2005.

Delaere I. (2006) Human health risk assessment of dietary exposure to edible tissues from cattle consuming toxic plants: Indospicine. MLA Project AHW.138. Meat & Livestock Australia.

Delaere I. (2006) Human health risk assessment of dietary exposure to edible tissues from cattle consuming toxic plants: Ptaquiloside. MLA Project AHW.138. Meat & Livestock Australia.

Delaere I. (2006) Human health risk assessment of dietary exposure to edible tissues from cattle consuming toxic plants: Pyrrolizidine alkaloids. MLA Project AHW.138. Meat & Livestock Australia.

Delaere I. (2006) Literature review on the safety of certain non-culinary herbs (green and black tea extracts, aloe vera extracts, St John's Wort) used in food products - a series of reports to Food Standards Australia New Zealand. SARDI.

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Pork

Hamilton D.R., Bobbitt J., Lester S., Coates K. & Pointon A. (2002) Development of an industry framework for an integrated farm-transport-lairage Salmonella spp. reduction programme. APL Project No. 1632. SARDI. August 2002.

Hamilton D.R., Holds G., Bobbitt J., Kiermeier A., Holyoake P., Fahy T., Davos D., Heuzenroeder M., Lester S. & Pointon A. (2004) Ecology of Salmonella Infection across Australian Pig Rearing Production Systems. APL Project No. 1836. SARDI. August 2004.

Hamilton D., Holds G., Kiermeier A., O’Callaghan M., Brake F., Lorimer M., Slade J., Davos D., Heuzenroeder M., Ross I., Lester S., Nichols R., Mullan B., Buddle R. & Pointon A. (2006) Food Safety Risk Management to Maximise Market Safety. Final Report. APL Project No. 2019. SARDI. December 2006.

Hamilton D., Holds G., Kiermeier A., Brake F., Lorimer M., Slade J., Davos D., Heuzenroeder M., Ross I., Lester S. & Pointon A. (2007) Salmonella Contamination of Australian Pork – Validation of Decontamination Steps and Molecular Techniques to Track Source. Final Report. APL Project 2132. SARDI. August 2007.

Hamilton D., Holds G., Smith G., Lorimer M., Slade J., Davos D. & Kiermeier A. (2009) Safety of domestically retailed pork and pork products. Final Report. APL Project 2198. SARDI. December 2008.

Pointon A., Horchner P., Hamilton D., Nairn K., Pattison P., Mitchell P. & Slade J (2009) Pork On-Farm HACCP Plan. Final Report. APL Project 2009/2260. SARDI. June 2009.

Pointon A, Horchner P. (2009) Food Safety Risk-Based Profile of Pork Production in Australia. Technical evidence to support an on-farm HACCP scheme. Australian Pork Limited. ISBN: 978-0-646-52134-3.

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Poultry

Pointon A., Sexton M., Dowsett P., Soenario T., Kiermeier A., Lorimer M., Holds G., Arnold G., Davos D., Combs B., Krist K., Fabiansson S., Raven G. & Sumner J. (2006) Final Report. Joint NSW/SA Chicken Meat Production-To-Retail Microbiological Baseline Surveys. Retail Baseline Survey (Module 6). SARDI, Adelaide. September 2006.

Pointon A., Sexton M., Dowsett P., Holds G., Smith G., Mattei V., Button P., Kiermeier A., Lorimer M., Davos D. & Raven G. (2007) Baseline survey on the prevalence and levels of Salmonella and Campylobacter along the poultry meat supply chain: Final report to the Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra and Food Standards New Zealand. August 2007.

Sexton M., Holds G., Kiermeier A. & Sumner J (2005). Evaluation of decontamination of chicken carcases with SANOVA®. PIRSA/SARDI, Adelaide. February 2005.

Sumner J., Raven G., Dean P., Dowsett P., Petrenas E., Weiring R., West G., Lillie M., Holds G. & Pointon A. (2003) A microbiological profile of poultry processed in South Australia. PIRSA. January 2003.

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Prawns

Thomas C.J., Holds G.L. & Pointon A.M. (2003) Food Safety and Quality Assurance for Green and Cooked Prawns: Development and Evaluation of a Framework for the Validation of a Supply Chain Approach. FRDC Final Report. Project SIDF 2002/425. December 2003.

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Red Meat

Anon (2003) Through Chain Risk Profile for the Australian Red Meat Industry. PRMS. 038c. Meat and Livestock Australia. Facilitator: Andrew Pointon. September 2003. ISBN: 1 74036 372 8.

Holds G., Eddie S., Colby P. & Kiermeier A. (2010) Extended shelf-life evaluation of sliced lamb shoulders. Final Report A.MFS.0196. Meat & Livestock Australia, North Sydney. January 2010.

Horchner P., Brett D., Gormley B., Pointon A.M., Noy N. & Jenson I. (2003) HACCP-Based Approach to Justification and Design of the Level 1 Food Safety Certification Scheme for Australian Cattle, Sheep and Goat Industries. Meat and Livestock Australia. May 2003.

Kiermeier A., Sumner J., Vanderlinde P., Bobbitt J. & Pointon A. (2005) Factors contributing to the microbiological contamination of beef carcases. Meat and Livestock Australia. North Sydney, February 2005. ISBN 1 74036 596 8.

Kiermeier A. & Pointon A,  (2006) Processing variables and microbiological quality in sheep processing. Meat and Livestock Australia. North Sydney, February 2006.

Kiermeier A., Daughtry B.J. & Pointon A. (2006) Process Risk Model for E. coli O157:H7 in Boxed Beef Trim. Final Report to Meat and Livestock Australia (Project PRMS.067). March 2006.

Kiermeier A., Sumner J., Holds G., Lorimer M. & Pointon A. (2006) Sampling cartons of beef trim for microbiological analysis: Determining the relative sensitivity of 3 methods. Appendix Report In: E. coli O157 in Australian beef trim—2006 and beyond. PRMS.069. Meat & Livestock Australia. North Sydney.

Kiermeier A., Hamilton D. & Smith G. (2008) National serological baseline survey of Toxoplasma gondii in lambs and sheep. Final Report A.MFS.0129. Meat & Livestock Australia. North Sydney. April 2008.

Kiermeier A. (2009) Maintenance and further development of process risk models. Final Report A.MFS.0093. Meat & Livestock Australia, North Sydney. June 2009.

Kiermeier A., Eddie S. & Holds G. (2009) Shelf-life evaluation of sliced lamb shoulders. Final Report A.MFS.0185. Meat & Livestock Australia, North Sydney. August 2009.

Lorimer M. & Kiermeier A. (2010) National Microbiological Database Analysis Tool. Final Report A.MFS.0169. Meat & Livestock Australia, North Sydney. January 2010.

Pointon A.M. (2003) Level 1 Appendix 2: Overview of Hazards of Interest to the Red Meat Industry. Meat and Livestock Australia. May 2003.

Pointon A., Kiermeier A. & Fegan N. (2006) Investigating feed and water curfews for the transport of livestock within Australia – A literature review. Review of Food Safety and Carcase Hygiene. Live. 122A. Meat and Livestock Australia. North Sydney, April 2006.

Pointon A., Sumner J., Delaere I. & Slade J. (2007) Information, collation and review of risk assessments on meat and meat products. Final report to FSANZ. September 2007.

Pointon A., Delaere I., Slade J. & Sumner J (2008) Information, collation and review of microbial risk assessments on manufactured and processed meats. Final report to FSANZ. February 2008.

Pointon A., Delaere I., Kiermeier A., Lorimer M., Slade J. & Sumner J. (2008) A Review of sulphites in raw meat sausages. Final report to FSANZ. February 2008.

Pointon A., Jackowiak J., Slade J. & Paton M. (2008) Review of surveillance data capture systems in abattoirs. Final Report A.SCC.0048. Meat & Livestock Australia. North Sydney. June 2008.

Small A., McPhail N. & Kiermeier A. (2010) The potential use of carton coring as a sampling method for E. coli O157 testing. Report for Meat & Livestock Australia, North Sydney. June 2010.

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Scallops

Madigan T., Lee K., Padula D. & Pointon A. (2004) Risk-Based assessement of South Australian wild-harvested scallops. SARDI. August 2004.

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Sprouts

Kiermeier A. (2006) Seed Sampling and Testing. SARDI. December 2006.

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Tuna

Padula D.J., Mariath H.A. & Pointon A.M. (2003) A food safety through chain risk-based assessment for Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii). SARDI. April 2003.

Padula D.J., Kiermeier A. & Pointon A.M. (2003) A review of residues in Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii). SARDI. August 2003.

Padula D.J., Kiermeier A., Madigan T.L. & Pointon A.M. (2003) Review of residues in Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) for2002/03. SARDI. November 2003.

Padula D.J., Madigan T.L., Kiermeier A., Mariath H.A. & Pointon A.M. (2004) A multi-residue through chain risk-based assessment of commercial Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) in 2002. SARDI. February 2004

Padula D.J., Madigan T.L., Kiermeier A. & Pointon A.M. (2004) Guide to residue assessment in feeds for Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii): Sampling protocols, baseline data and standards. SARDI. June 2004.

Padula D.J., Kiermeier A., Daughtry B.J., Madigan T.L. & Pointon A.M. (2004) Development and validation of baitfish sampling methods to address international residue standards for Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii). Final Report Aquafin CRC Project 1A.7 (FRDC Project No. 2003/227). November 2004.

Padula D.J., Madigan T.L., Kiermeier A., Daughtry B.J. & Pointon A.M. (2005) A review of residues in Australian commercially farmed and wild-caught Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) in 2004. SARDI. February 2005.

Padula D.J., Balshaw S., Phua S.T.G., Ellis D. & Daughtry B.J. (2008) Management of food safety hazards in farmed Southern Bluefin Tuna to exploit market opportunities. Final Report FRDC Project 2004/206, Aquafin CRC Project Number: 2.1 (2). February 2008.

SARDI (2007) Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunus maccoyii) South Australian Residue Research Data 2005-2006. Food Safety Research, SARDI. ISBN: 978-1-921399-09-1.

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Yellowtail Kingfish

Padula D.J., Madigan T.L., Kiermeier A., Daughtry B.J. & Pointon A.M. (2005) Identification and management of potential food safety issues in aquaculture-produced Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi). Final Report for FRDC Project No. 2003/229. May 2005.

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