Development of a novel scoring system for identifying emerging chemical risks in the food chain

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Oltmanns ◽  
O. Licht ◽  
A. Bitsch ◽  
M.-L. Bohlen ◽  
S. E. Escher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Scoring System ◽  
European Food Safety Authority ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Feed Safety ◽  
Food And Feed Safety

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is responsible for risk assessment of all aspects of food and feed safety, including the establishment of procedures aimed at the identification of emerging risks to food safety.

scholarly journals Inventory of microbial species with a rationale: a comparison of the IDF/EFFCA inventory of microbial food cultures with the EFSA Biohazard Panel qualified presumption of safety

2019 ◽  
Vol 366 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. i83-i88
Author(s):  
F Bourdichon ◽  
S Laulund ◽  
P Tenning
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
European Food Safety Authority ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Microbial Species ◽  
Food Cultures ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Microbial Strains ◽  
International Dairy Federation

ABSTRACT In order to provide a harmonised preassessment to support risk assessment performed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Biohazard Panel in 2007 published guidelines for evaluation of the safety of a strain included in the food chain, the Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS). Since 2008, the Biohazard Panel has published on a regular basis an update of the microbial strains submitted for approval and extends the list of species which have been granted QPS status. The International Dairy Federation (IDF) and the European Food and Feed Cultures Association (EFFCA) have, since 2002, been conducting a project on the safety demonstration of microbial food cultures (MFCs). Following the publication of IDF Bulletin 377–2002, an inventory of MFCs was published in IDF Bulletin 455–2012 and updated most recently in IDF Bulletin 495–2018. These two lists developed by EFSA (QPS) and IDF/EFFCA both propose as an outcome an inventory of microbial species that are safe for human consumption. To avoid confusion when these two inventories are compared, this review attempts to explain the rationale that was used to develop them and explain how the two lists should be understood.

Reference on Mycotoxins Occurrence, Prevalence, and Risk Assessment in Food Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 294-343
Author(s):  
Griffiths Atungulu ◽  
Zeinab Mohammadi-Shad
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Filamentous Fungi ◽  
Human Exposure ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Feed Safety ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Food And Feed Safety

Mycotoxins are a group of naturally occurring toxins that are produced by different filamentous fungi genera such as Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium, etc. The word mycotoxin literally is derived from Greek word “myke” meaning fungus and “toxicum” meaning toxin. These contaminants can develop on different food and feed commodities during different stages including pre-harvest, harvest, and storage. Mycotoxins are of concern because their outbreak result in animal and human diseases and economic losses. It has been estimated that global post-harvest losses are approximately at 50%. Human exposure to mycotoxins is typically through consumption of contaminated agricultural products or indirectly by consumption of animal products containing mycotoxins or their metabolites. The chapter provides the latest information on mycotoxin issues and challenges related to food and feed safety.

scholarly journals Food and feed safety assessment of RNAi plants and products.

2021 ◽  
pp. 131-153
Author(s):  
Hanspeter Naegeli ◽  
Gijs Klete ◽  
Antje Dietz-Pfeilstetter
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Recombinant Proteins ◽  
Safety Assessment ◽  
Plant Metabolism ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Feed Safety ◽  
Interfering Rna ◽  
Data Requirements ◽  
Food And Feed Safety

Abstract This paper evaluates the potential hazards of food and feed derived from RNAi plants including: adverse changes of plant metabolism; mechanisms and potential for non-target gene silencing in humans and livestock, including gut microbiome; bioinformatics tools for predictionof off-target sequences of interfering RNA; the possible non-specific effects of dsRNA and siRNA in mammals; and the comparison of data requirements for safety assessment of food and feed from RNAi plants and from plants expressing recombinant proteins. It also discusses exposure and RNAi-specific risk assessment.

EFSA under Revision: Transparency and Sustainability in the Food Chain

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Leone
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
European Food Safety Authority ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Member States ◽  
Management Structure

Abstract In a time of structural challenges to the integrity, validity, and reliability of science, the new Regulation 2019/1381 aims to rethink the risk assessment phase for greater transparency and sustainability in the food chain. The novel set of provisions calls, inter alia, for Member States’ and civil society’s involvement in the management structure and scientific panels of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Using the European process of ‘agencification’ as a theoretical background, this analysis addresses which problems the reformed legal framework aims to solve as regards EFSA’s governance and which new questions it simultaneously brings to the forefront.

scholarly journals Applicability and Feasibility of Systematic Review for Performing Evidence-Based Risk Assessment in Food and Feed Safety

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 1026-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Aiassa ◽  
J.P.T. Higgins ◽  
G.K. Frampton ◽  
M. Greiner ◽  
A. Afonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Feed Safety ◽  
Food And Feed Safety

scholarly journals Establishment of a prototypic Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) food and feed safety model repository

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Estibaliz Lopez de Abechuco ◽  
Octavio Mesa Varona ◽  
Lars Valentin ◽  
Miguel de Alba Aparicio ◽  
Thomas Schüler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment ◽  
Microbial Risk Assessment ◽  
Microbial Risk ◽  
Model Repository ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Feed Safety ◽  
Food And Feed Safety
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