Risk Managers in the food industry have a good chance to give their opinion regarding improvements on risk assessment: On 27 February 2012, the three non-food scientific committees advising the European Commission will organise a hearing on the pre-consultation opinion concerning improvement of risk assessment in line with the needs…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must be built to meet the evolving needs of a 21st century agricultural economyaccording to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. He aims to increase the USDA efficiency and hence to help producers continue to drive America’s economy by streamlining operations and cutting costs.
“The European Union has developed capacities to manage health crises and to tackle serious cross-border health threats. However, until now, threats emerging from biological, chemical and environmental events are not addressed in the same way as those from communicable diseases.
Following the E.coli outbreak in Germany last year, the Panel on Biological Hazards were asked by the European Commission to issue scientific opinion on the public health risk of seed and sprouting seed that can be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria such as Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC).
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Risk managers have a responsible position. To help those managers, EU plans consultation for ways to improve risk assessment in view of their needs. The consultation will run until 21 February 2012 and stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on the scientific evidence and conclusions online.
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