Identification of emerging risks: an appraisal of the procedure trialled by EFSA and the way forward

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doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2015.en-824

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“…The emerging risks identification requires a high level of expertise due to the data gaps and uncertainties in the evaluation process. Since 2010, EFSA has provided scientific criteria and recommendations to address consistent and up-to-date activities on emerging risks in Europe and European Member States; since 2012 a Standing Working on Emerging Risks is on place (32). In Italy, the National Reference Centre on Emerging Risks has been implemented in Milano (Lombardia Region) as a structure of the Istituto Zooprofilattico of Lombardia and Emilia (located in Brescia): currently, main activities concern procedures and methodologies to assess and collect data sources and reinforcement of a knowledge exchange network inside and outside Italy, involving other institutions and stakeholders in conformity with the Regulation CE 178/2002 (33).…”

Section: Global Aspectsmentioning

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The Hotspot for (Global) One Health in Primary Food Production: Aflatoxin M1 in Dairy Products

Frazzoli

Gherardi

Saxena

et al. 2017

Front. Public Health

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One Health involves the multifaceted environment-animal-human web: nevertheless, the role of toxicological issues has yet to be fully explored in this context. Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) contamination of feeds is a risk for the health of several farm animals, including fishes; milk is the only food of animal origin where a significant feed-food carry over may occur. The main AFB1-related compound present in milk is the hydroxy-metabolite aflatoxin M1 (AFM1). Besides contamination of raw milk, AFM1 is of concern for the whole dairy chain; AFM1 may also contaminate the milk of several other ruminants used for milk/dairy production. In a One Health perspective, milk represents a sentinel matrix for AFB1 vulnerability of the agro-food system, that is crucial in a phase when food/nutritional security becomes a global issue and climatic changes may affect agricultural productions. In the global setting, food chain exposure to long-term toxicants, such as AFM1, is a growing concern for economically developing countries, whereas global trade and climatic change makes AFM1 an emerging hot issue in economically developed countries as well. We critically review the state of the art on AFM1 risk assessment and risk management using two scenarios as case studies: a European Union country where the health system aims at ensuring a high-level protection of food chain (Italy) and the world’s largest (and economically developing) producer of dairy products by volume (India). The case studies are used to provide building blocks for a global One Health framework.

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Section: Global Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Hotspot for (Global) One Health in Primary Food Production: Aflatoxin M1 in Dairy Products

Frazzoli

Gherardi

Saxena

et al. 2017

Front. Public Health

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Emerging risk identification in the food chain – A systematic procedure and data analytical options

Farkas

Országh

Engelhardt

et al. 2023

Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies

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Emerging risks identification on food and feed – EFSA

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Garnett²,

Afonso³

et al. 2018

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The European Food Safety Authority's has established procedures for the identification of emerging risk in food and feed. The main objectives are to: (i) to carry out activities aiming at identifying, assessing and disseminating information on emerging issues and ensure coordination with relevant networks and international organisations; (ii) promote the identification of data sources and data collection and /or data generation in prioritised emerging issues; and the (iii) evaluate of the collected information and identify of emerging risks. The objective(s) of the Standing Working Group on Emerging Risks (SWG-ER) is to collaborate with EFSA on the emerging risks identification (ERI) procedure and provide strategic direction for EFSA work building on past and ongoing projects related to EFSA ERI procedure. The SWG-ER considered the ERI methodologies in place and results obtained by EFSA. It was concluded that a systematic approach to the identification of emerging issues based on experts' networks is the major strength of the procedure but at present, it is mainly focused on single issues, over short to medium time horizons, no consistent weighting or ranking is applied and clear governance of emerging risks with follow-up actions is missing. The analysis highlighted weaknesses with respect to data collection, analysis and integration. No methodology is in place to estimate the value of the procedure outputs in terms of avoided risk and there is urgent need for a communication strategy that addresses the lack of data and knowledge uncertainty and addresses risk perception issues. Recommendations were given in three areas: (i) Further develop a food system-based approach including the integration of social sciences to improve understanding of interactions and dynamics between actors and drivers and the development of horizon scanning protocols; (ii) Improve data processing pipelines to prepare big data analytics, implement a data validation system and develop data sharing agreements to explore mutual benefits; and (iii) Revise the EFSA procedure for emerging risk identification to increase transparency and improve communication.

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Identification of emerging risks: an appraisal of the procedure trialled by EFSA and the way forward

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

The Hotspot for (Global) One Health in Primary Food Production: Aflatoxin M1 in Dairy Products

The Hotspot for (Global) One Health in Primary Food Production: Aflatoxin M1 in Dairy Products

Emerging risk identification in the food chain – A systematic procedure and data analytical options

Emerging risks identification on food and feed – EFSA

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