EFSA Scientific Opinion: Human health risk benefit assessment of foods

EFSA Scientific Opinion: Human health risk benefit assessment of foods

(...) The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked its Scientific Committee to prepare a guidance document for performing risk-benefit assessments of food related to human health risks and human health benefits. Risk-benefit assessments are performed in different disciplines, under various perspectives and use a wide range of quantitative or semi-quantitative tools. In this opinion, guidance for performing risk-benefit assessments of food focuses on human health risks and human health benefits and does not address social, economic and other considerations such as “cost-effectiveness” considerations. (...)