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Risk Regulation in Non-Animal Food Imports

The European Union Approach

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Francesco Montanari

    1. Lisbon, Portugal

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  2. Veronika Jezsó

    1. Budapest, Hungary

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  3. Carlo Donati

    1. Roma, Italy

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  • 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

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)

Part of the book sub series: Chemistry of Foods (BRIEFSCHEFO)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Risk Analysis, Contaminants and Impact on Health in Imports of Non-animal Origin: The EU Context

    • Carlo Donati
    Pages 1-27

  3. Managing Risks in Imports of Non-animal Origin: The EU System of Reinforced Border Surveillance

    • Francesco Montanari
    Pages 29-56

  4. Managing Risks in Imports of Non-animal Origin: EU Emergency Measures

    • Veronika Jezsó
    Pages 57-95

  5. Conclusion

    • Veronika Jezsó
    Pages 97-99

  6. Erratum to: Conclusion

    • Francesco Montanari, Veronika Jezsó, Carlo Donati
    Pages E1-E1
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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).

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lisbon, Portugal

    Francesco Montanari

  • Budapest, Hungary

    Veronika Jezsó

  • Roma, Italy

    Carlo Donati

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