EFSA's approach to identifying emerging risks in food and feed: taking stock and looking forward

EFSA Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Robinson, Tobin ^a   Altieri, Andrea ^a   Chiusolo, Arianna ^a   Dorne, Jean Lou ^a   Goumperis, Tilemachos ^a   Rortais, Agnès ^a   Deluyker, Hubert ^a   Silano, Vittorio ^a   Liem, Djien ^a  

^a EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

emerging issues; Emerging risks; expert judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016124902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2012.s1015     Document Type: Article

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