Risk Regulation in Non-Animal Food Imports: The European Union Approach

di Francesco Montanari (Autore)

Veronika Jezsó (Autore)

Carlo Donati (Autore)

Springer International Publishing AG, 2015

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).

• Autore: Francesco Montanari, Veronika Jezsó, Carlo Donati
• Editore: Springer International Publishing AG
• Collana: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
• Anno: 2015
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 99 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9783319140131

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