Development of a risk management tool for prioritizing chemical hazard-food pairs and demonstration for selected mycotoxins

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 257-265

  Stornetta, Alessia ^a   Engeli, Barbara E ^b   Zarn, Jürg A ^b   Gremaud, Gérard ^b   Sturla, Shana J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY AND VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food safety; Hazard; Mycotoxin; Prioritization; Ranking; Risk management; Tool

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; POLICY; PRIORITY INDEXING TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWITZERLAND; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84938498396     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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