title: Baseline Practices for the Application of Genomic Data Supporting Regulatory Food Safety.
abstract: The application of new data streams generated from next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been demonstrated for food microbiology, pathogen identification, and illness outbreak detection. The establishment of best practices for data integrity, reproducibility, and traceability will ensure reliable, auditable, and transparent processes underlying food microbiology risk management decisions. We outline general principles to guide the use of NGS data in support of microbiological food safety. Regulatory authorities across intra- and international jurisdictions can leverage this effort to promote the reliability, consistency, and transparency of processes used in the derivation of genomic information for regulatory food safety purposes, and to facilitate interactions and the transfer of information in the interest of public health.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Laboratory (Carling), Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.affiliation: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, College Park, MD.
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pightling
authors.affiliation: Simon Fraser University, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.affiliation: Public Health Agency of Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Domselaar
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Laboratory (Carling), Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berthelet
authors.affiliation: Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Canberra, Australia.
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: P Scott
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chandry
authors.affiliation: Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stones
authors.affiliation: Simon Fraser University, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brinkman
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angers-Loustau
authors.affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy.
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kreysa
authors.affiliation: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research, Little Rock, AR.
authors.forename: Weida
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Laboratory (Carling), Bldg 22, 960 Carling Ave, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0Y9.
authors.forename: Burton
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blais
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005516:Food Microbiology; D059022:Food Safety; D023281:Genomics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results