Foodborne Transmission of Norovirus: Mechanism modelling, seasonality and policy implications 

In this month’s webinar, Prof David Lane will look at a study which was completed for the Food Standards Agency in London. David will outline the implications of Norovirus, its effects on people and its transmission via food. He will also consider the aims of the study and what was done to model the range of transmission mechanisms.

David will then go on to describe an unexpected second phase of the work which allowed for an assessment of scale to be made of the foodborne effects. This stage generated insights into possible sources of seasonality and raised questions about the most effective leverage points in the system. He will close by summarising the findings and exploring their policy implications and the clients reactions to them including further work and actions to implement the lessons of the study.