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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298613903321

Autore

Montanari Francesco

Titolo

Risk Regulation in Non-Animal Food Imports : The European Union Approach / / by Francesco Montanari, Veronika Jezsó, Carlo Donati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-14014-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Collana

Chemistry of Foods, , 2199-689X

Disciplina

341.2422

54

579

612015

616.9041

641.3

664

Soggetti

Food—Biotechnology

Medical microbiology

Law—Europe

Microbiology

Medical biochemistry

Food Science

Medical Microbiology

European Law

Medical Biochemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Risk Analysis, Contaminants and Impact on Health in Imports of Non-Animal Origin -- Managing Risks in Imports of Non-Animal Origin: the EU System of Reinforced Border Surveillance -- Managing Risks in Imports of Non-animal Origin: EU Emergency Measures.

Sommario/riassunto

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).