Uniform standards ensure harmonised risk assessment in Europe
BfR publishes guidance document for health assessments
Health risks from foods, chemicals and consumer products are assessed on a federal and Laender level, on a European level and in international organisations. The assessments are available, more particularly, to competent institutions as independent, scientific expert reports and serve as a reliable scientific basis for decisions of legislators and public authorities.
The specifications for the scientific content and the appropriate structuring of health assessments as they result from science and legislation and have proven their worth based on many years of experience, are compiled in the new BfR guidance document. At the same time it constitutes a practical application of international principles of risk assessment, eg from the Codex Alimentarius, a body of rules with worldwide food standards of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), as well as the OECD programmes for international chemicals assessment. The guidance document has been compiled by the Institute with the participation of the approximately 200 members of its scientific committees.
Information on assessment criteria and an appropriate, uniform terminology, which should be used in health assessments, are covered by the brochure in the same way as explanations of typical terms of risk assessment such as the “Precautionary Principle” in consumer health protection and a selection of technical guidelines which serve as a basis for the orientation of international risk assessments.
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