Qualified presumption of safety (QPS): A generic risk assessment approach for biological agents notified to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 425-435

  Leuschner, Renata G K ^a   Robinson, Tobin P ^a   Hugas, Marta ^a   Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro ^b   Richard Forget, Florence ^c   Klein, Günter ^d   Licht, Tine R ^e   Nguyen The, Christophe ^f   Querol, Amparo ^g   Richardson, Malcolm ^h   Suarez, Juan E ⁱ   Thrane, Ulf ^e   Vlak, Just M ^j   von Wright, Atte ^k  

^a EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^g INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^h MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^j WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; SAFETY CONCERNS; TAXONOMIC UNITS;

HEALTH;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77956617045     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2010.07.003     Document Type: Review

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