European Policy on Food Safety: Comments and suggestions on the White Paper on Food Safety

Erik Millstone, Tim Lang, Androniki Naska, Malcolm Eames, David Barling, Patrick Van Zwanenberg, Antonia Trichopoulou

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Abstract

The paper provides a summary of the report written for the European Parliament's Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Programme, as a response to the Commission's 2000 Food Safety White Paper. The White Paper made a series of major proposals, including a plan to set up a new European Food Authority (EFA). This paper summarises the comments and proposals on the background and technical arguments in the White Paper. The key issues in food-related public health, which the EFA will have to address, are reviewed. The role of science and technological information in policy-making on food and health matters is explored, as is the core challenge of how to link nutrition and food safety to give a consumer-friendly public health policy for Europe.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)458-466
Number of pages9
JournalTrends in Food Science and Technology
Volume11
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2001

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