TY - BOOK ID - 4863866 TI - Risk Regulation in Non-Animal Food Imports : The European Union Approach AU - Montanari, Francesco. AU - Jezsó, Veronika. AU - Donati, Carlo. PY - 2015 SN - 9783319140148 3319140132 9783319140131 3319140140 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Chemistry. KW - Food Science. KW - Medical Microbiology. KW - European Law. KW - Microbiology. KW - Medical Biochemistry. KW - Food science. KW - Biochemistry. KW - Chimie KW - Microbiologie KW - Biochimie KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Biomedical Engineering KW - Food industry and trade KW - Foreign trade regulation KW - Produce trade KW - Food adulteration and inspection KW - Food law and legislation KW - Food contamination KW - Imports KW - Prevention. KW - Safety measures KW - Inspection KW - Contaminated food KW - Food KW - Foods, Contaminated KW - Analysis of food KW - Food, Pure KW - Food inspection KW - Inspection of food KW - Pure food KW - Agricultural marketing KW - Agricultural products KW - Food trade KW - Food preparation industry KW - Food processing industry KW - Contamination KW - Adulteration KW - Medical microbiology. KW - Medical biochemistry. KW - International law. KW - Biotechnology. KW - International trade KW - Contamination (Technology) KW - Agriculture KW - Commodity exchanges KW - Farm produce KW - Food processing KW - Food technology KW - Agricultural processing industries KW - Processed foods KW - Adulterations KW - Consumer protection KW - Public health KW - Sanitary chemistry KW - Economic aspects KW - Processing KW - Biological chemistry KW - Chemical composition of organisms KW - Organisms KW - Physiological chemistry KW - Biology KW - Chemistry KW - Medical sciences KW - Microbial biology KW - Microorganisms KW - Science KW - Composition KW - Food—Biotechnology. KW - Law—Europe. KW - Medical biochemistry KW - Pathobiochemistry KW - Pathological biochemistry KW - Biochemistry KW - Pathology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4863866 AB - 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). ER -