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| + | Within Veterinary Public Health there are two different systems widely used for Risk Assessment. |
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| + | # The OIE International Animal Health Code system (Covello-Merkhofer model).<br>Although used by the OIE in the context of trade issues, it is flexible and can be appied to various situations.<br>This consists of the following steps. |
| + | ##Release Assessment. |
| + | ##Exposure Assessment. |
| + | ##Consequence Assessment. |
| + | ##Risk Estimation.<br><br> |
| + | #The Codex Alimentarius Commission System (NAS-NRC model).<br> This is used principly for microbiological food safety risk assessments.<It consists of the following steps. |
| + | ##Hazard identification. |
| + | ##Hazard characterisation. |
| + | ##Exposure Assessment. |
| + | ##Risk Characterisation. |