title: The "Sym'Previus" software, a tool to support decisions to the foodstuff safety.
abstract: Describing the Sym'Previus project, the software and its deliverable facilities is the aim of this present paper. This software concerns all the partners of the food industry who are involved in the management of food safety and allows food-borne pathogen behaviour in food to be predicted, as function of the environment (nature of the food, manufacturing process, conditions of conservation). This analysis of microbial behaviour has been possible thanks to the progress made in predictive microbiology since the 1980s. Sym'Previus offers to food industry professionals and their partners the possibility of applying this progress, by giving access to a database, to simulation systems and expertise.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Recherche Agronomique, 369 rue Jules Guesde BP 39, F-59651 Villeneuve d'Ascq cédex, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leporq
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Membré
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dervin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Buche
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Guyonnet
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012984:Software