File Name: Multicriteria-based ranking for risk management of food-borne parasites
File Submitter: Tony-C
File Submitted: 04 Jul 2014
File Category: Guidance & Reference
Multicriteria-based ranking for risk management of food-borne parasites - Joint FAO/WHO Microbiological Risk Assessment
The global ranking of food-borne parasites by “importance” and their primary food vehicle in descending order was:
Taenia solium – Pork
Echinococcus granulosus – Fresh produce
Echinococcus multilocularis – Fresh produce
Toxoplasma gondii – Meat from small ruminants, pork, beef, game (red meat and organs)
Cryptosporidium spp. – Fresh produce, fruit juice, milk
Entamoeba histolytica – Fresh produce
Trichinella spiralis – Pork
Opisthorchiidae – Freshwater fish
Ascaris spp. – Fresh produce
Trypanosoma cruzi – Fruit juices
Giardia duodenalis – Fresh produce
Fasciola spp. – Fresh produce (aquatic plants)
Cyclospora cayetanensis – Berries, fresh produce
Paragonimus spp. – Freshwater crustaceans
Trichuris trichiura – Fresh produce
Trichinella spp. – Game meat (wild boar, crocodile, bear, walrus, etc.)
Anisakidae – Salt water fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods
Balantidium coli – Fresh produce
Taenia saginata – Beef
Toxocara spp. – Fresh produce
Sarcocystis spp. – Beef and pork
Heterophyidae – Fresh and brackish water fish
Diphyllobothriidae – Fresh and salt water fish
Spirometra spp. – Fish, reptiles and amphibians
