Parisi / Barone / Sharma Chemistry and Food Safety in the EU

The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-33393-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 72 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Chemistry of Foods

This Brief provides a general description of the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). It describes the RASFF approach on the legal level and with reference to notification procedures, including also new tools, which were launched in 2014: iRASFF and the RASFF Consumer Portal. In an introduction, the present status of the RASFF, which had originally been introduced in 1979, is briefly reviewed. It is described as the main basis of modern food policy in Europe, enabling member countries to take rapid corrective actions on the one hand, and to perform statistically reliable analyses of food-related hazards on the other hand.

One chapter contains a statistical evaluation of RASFF notifications in general, and specifically with regard to chemical contaminants, including also allergens. In another chapter, reasons for rejections of food and feed at the European borders are analyzed in selected case studies. The Brief provides an easy description for the chemical dangersand contaminants it is referring to, outlining the names, properties, uses and importance in the food and feed industry, toxicological effects, and contamination sources. The last chapter offers an outlook on the future of the RASFF and possible expectations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parisi, Salvatore

Barone, Caterina

Sharma, Ramesh Kumar

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The RASFF: Legal Bases, Aims and Procedures for Notifications.- RASFF Alert and Information Notifications: A

Statistical Review.- EU Border Rejection Cases: Reasons and RASFF Notifications.- Conclusions and the Future of the RASFF.