Application of the BRAFO-tiered approach for benefit-risk assessment to case studies on natural foods

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL4, 2012, Pages

  Watzl, Bernhard ^a   Gelencsér, Eva ^b   Hoekstra, Jeljer ^c   Kulling, Sabine ^a   Lydeking Olsen, Eva ^d   Rowland, Ian ^e   Schilter, Benoît ^f   Klaveren, Jakob van ^c   Chiodini, Alessandro ^g  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Institute for Optimum Nutrition   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^g International Life Sciences Institute of Europe   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benefit risk assessment; BRAFO; Fish; Soy; Tiered approach

Indexed keywords

SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL FOOD; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ASSESSMENT OF FOODS; SALMON;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DIOXINS; EUROPE; FISH OILS; FISHERIES; FOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMON; SEAFOOD; SOY FOODS;

EID: 84867720038     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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