This document discusses how food safety risk assessment can be applied to improve farm hygiene. It provides an example of a risk assessment of staphylococcal poisoning from informally marketed milk in Ethiopia. The assessment involved hazard identification of S. aureus enterotoxins, exposure assessment through surveys of contamination rates, modeling bacterial growth, and risk characterization. Sensitivity analysis identified efficient control options like training for hygienic milking and mastitis control. The conclusion is that food safety risk assessment can help identify factors to reduce risk and improve farm hygiene.