The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) and Risk Sciences International (RSI) have taken all reasonable precautions in creating the FDA-iRISK^® quantitative risk assessment system (version 4.2) and the documentation accompanying it. FDA, JIFSAN and RSI are not responsible for errors, omissions or deficiencies regarding the system and the accompanying documentation. The FDA-iRISK system and the accompanying documentation are being made available "as is" and without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of performance, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose. FDA, JIFSAN and RSI are not making a commitment in any way to regularly update the system and the accompanying documentation.

Responsibility for the interpretation and use of the system and of the accompanying documentation lies solely with the user. Risk scenarios and data provided in the FDA-iRISK system are for illustration purposes only; they do not represent endorsements by FDA, JIFSAN or RSI. In no event shall FDA, JIFSAN or RSI be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use, misuse, or inability to use the system and the accompanying documentation.

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Where the FDA-iRISK system is used in risk assessment research and other food safety activities, reference to the system should be made as follows:

Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA/CFSAN), Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) and Risk Sciences International (RSI). 2021. FDA-iRISK® version 4.2. FDA CFSAN. College Park, Maryland. Available at https://irisk.foodrisk.org/.