The role of the concept of "history of safe use" in the safety assessment of novel foods and novel food ingredients. Opinion of the Senate Commission on Food Safety (SKLM) of the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 957-963

  Engel, Karl Heinz ^a   Vogel, Rudi F ^a   Knorr, Dietrich ^a   Habermeyer, Michael ^a   Kochte Clemens, Barbara ^a   Eisenbrand, Gerhard ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food safety; History of safe use; Novel foods; Qualified presumption of safety; Safety assessment

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOODS, SPECIALIZED; GERMANY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79958027023     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201100206     Document Type: Article

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