Risk Regulation in Non-Animal Food Imports

The European Union Approach
2015
ISBN: 978-3-319-14013-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 99 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1883 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science

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).

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Montanari, Francesco

Donati, Carlo

Jezsó, Veronika

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Lebensmittelsicherheit und -versorgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.