Edition

SAFE FOODS - promoting food safety through a new integrated risk analysis approach for food

Filip Cnudde.
Journal: British Nutrition Foundation Nutrition Bulletin, 2005, 30, pp 194-195.

Abstract

The European food chain is generally considered as one of the safest in the world. Paradoxically, consumers in Europe have little confidence in the safety of their food supply and remain sceptical and distrustful of the institutions and the procedures currently in place. Consumer trust has declined as a result of a series of recent food safety incidents (e.g. BSE, dioxins) and the introduction of genetically modified foods in Europe. SAFE FOODS aims to restore consumer confidence in the food chain through the development of a new integrated risk analysis approach for foods. In this new framework, an efficient interaction between the risk analysis components and integration of societal values will play a central role.