Risk Regulation in Non-Animal Food Imports
The European Union Approach
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Beschreibung
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).
Provides a general understanding of the rationale behind EU policy and risk management for non-animal food imports Examines chemical (and also non-chemical) risks associated with imports of non-animal origin Explains the role of a careful, scientifically supported risk analysis for sensible risk-management decisions at the EU level Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Francesco Montanari
Themen in »Risk Regulation in Non-Animal Food Imports«
Chemical Risks of Non-animal Food Imports Contaminants in Non-animal Food E. Coli Contaminated Sprout Seeds EU Border Controls EU Policy for Non-animal Food Imports Virus Containing Strawberries