Risk Regulation in Non-Animal Food Imports: The European Union Approach (2015) (SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science)
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- Synopsis
- This Brief aims at providing a general understanding of the rationale – scientific as well as political – behind EU policy and related risk management decisions in the area on non-animal food imports. Lately, various menaces associated with imported food and feed of non-animal origin appeared in the media: imported sprout seeds contaminated with E. coli, strawberries containing hepatitis A or noro viruses, to name but a few, are now as much discussed as the different well-known meat scandals. The authors explain the reinforced official controls at EU borders on certain imports of non-animal origin and the wide range of EU measures that currently foresee trade restrictions for imports presenting chemical and non-chemical ‘high risks’ from a public health perspective (so-called ‘emergency measures’). The Brief closely examines chemical (and also non-chemical) risks associated with imports of non-animal origin and their impact on human health. The authors also consider the role risk analysis is playing to underpin risk-management decisions at EU level, including the scientific output by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
- Copyright:
- 2015
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783319140148
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783319140131
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 09/05/19
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Technology, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine
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