Risk Regulation in Non-Animal Food Imports [electronic resource] : The European Union Approach

ISBN:

9783319140148

Title:

Author:

Montanari, Francesco.

Personal Author:

Montanari, Francesco.

Publication Information:

Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2015.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 p.)

Series:

SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science / Chemistry of Foods

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Contents:

Preface; Contents; 1 Risk Analysis, Contaminants and Impact on Health in Imports of Non-animal Origin: The EU Context; Abstract ; Abbreviations; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Objectives and Main Principles of the General Food Law; 1.1.2 How Do EU Citizens Perceive Food-Related Risks?; 1.1.3 Principles of Risk Analysis; 1.1.4 Transparency; 1.2 Risk Analysis: The Three Interrelated Components; 1.2.1 Risk Assessment; 1.2.2 Risk Management; 1.2.3 Risk Communication; 1.3 Main Contaminants for Food of Non-animal Origin; 1.3.1 General Food Safety Requirements; 1.3.2 Food Contaminants; 1.3.2.1 Acrylamide

1.3.2.2 Dioxins and Dioxin-like Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)1.3.2.3 Ethyl Carbamate; 1.3.2.4 3-Monochloropropane-1,2 Diol and Related Esters; 1.3.2.5 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH); 1.3.2.6 Metals; 1.3.2.7 Mycotoxins; 1.3.2.8 Pesticides; 1.3.3 Microbiological Contaminants; 1.3.3.1 Escherichia Coli Outbreak (Mid-2011); 1.3.3.2 Norovirus Outbreak (End 2012); 1.4 Radionuclides; 1.4.1 Chernobyl; 1.4.2 Fukushima; 1.5 Emerging Risks; 1.6 The ALARA Principle and the MOE Approach; References; 2 Managing Risks in Imports of Non-animal Origin: The EU System of Reinforced Border Surveillance

Abstract Abbreviations; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Official Controls: An Introduction; 2.1.2 Definition and Organisation of Official Controls; 2.1.3 Types of Checks; 2.1.4 Procedural Guarantees; 2.1.5 Effectiveness of Official Controls; 2.1.6 Review of Regulation (EC) No. 8822004; 2.2 EU Import Control Policy; 2.2.1 General Food Law and Imports; 2.2.2 Regulation (EC) No. 8822004 and Import Controls; 2.2.3 Towards a New EU Import Control Policy?; 2.3 Imports of Feed and Food of Non-animal Origin: The Relevant EU Legal Framework; 2.3.1 Market Surveillance; 2.3.2 Reinforced Border Surveillance

2.3.3 Emergency Measures2.3.4 Specific Import Conditions; 2.3.5 Approval of Pre-export Checks; 2.4 Regulation (EC) No. 6692009: Main Features of the System; 2.4.1 Control Activities; 2.4.2 Designated Points of Entry; 2.4.2.1 Use of Control Points; 2.4.2.2 Special Geographical Circumstances; 2.4.2.3 Highly Perishable Products and Packaging with Special Characteristics; 2.4.2.4 Onward Transportation; 2.4.2.5 Outcome of Official Controls; 2.5 Obligations for Feed and Food Business Operators; 2.6 Obligations for Competent Authorities in the Member States

2.7 Audits of the Food and Veterinary Office2.8 Annex I to Regulation (EC) No. 6692009; 2.8.1 Scope; 2.8.2 Listing and Quarterly Updates; 2.8.3 From Reinforced Controls to Emergency Measures; 2.9 EU Reinforced Border Surveillance in the Context of Multilateral Trade Rules; References; 3 Managing Risks in Imports of Non-animal Origin: EU Emergency Measures; Abstract ; Abbreviations; 3.1 Emergency Measures: An Introduction; 3.2 EU Emergency Measures on Imports of Non-animal Origin: The Relevant Legislative Framework; 3.2.1 The General Food Law: Articles 53 and 54

3.2.2 The GFL and Regulation (EC) No. 8822004

Subject Term:

Food adulteration and inspection -- European Union countries.

Food contamination -- European Union countries -- Prevention.

Food industry and trade -- European Union countries.

Food law and legislation -- European Union countries.

Foreign trade regulation -- European Union countries.

Imports -- Safety measures -- European Union countries.

Produce trade -- European Union countries.

Added Author:

Jezso, Veronika.

Donati, Carlo.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2015

Publication Information:

Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2015.

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Summary

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).