Risk analysis Flashcards
what are the components of risk analysis?
risk assessment
risk communication
risk management
what are the two main frame works of risk analysis?
Risk analysis (CAC) - based on food safety
import risk analysis (OiE)
what are the parts of the risk assessment in risk analysis (CAC) framework?
hazard identification
exposure assessment
hazard characterisation
risk characterisation
what are the parts of the risk assessment in import risk analysis (OiE) framework?
entry assessment
exposure assessment
consequence assessment
risk estimation
what does the CAC of risk analysis stand for?
codex alimentarius commission
what is the most common place to start in a risk analysis?
the risk management part (evaluation and realisation of risk)
what do risk profiles provide?
contextual and background information about the potential risk when a food and hazard are combined
what is the question asked when carrying out hazard identification?
is a particular agent a public health hazard when present in food
what is hazard identification?
identification of biological, chemical and physical agents capable of causing adverse health effects and which present in a particular food or group of foods
where can information about hazard identification be found?
scientific literature, databases and expert opinions
what is the question asked when carrying out hazard characterisation?
what is the nature of the adverse effects associated with the agent in the food on the consumer?
what assessment is included in hazard characterisation?
dose-respose
what is a dose-response assessment?
determination of the relationship between the magnitude of exposure (dose) of chemical, biological or physical agent and the severity/frequency of associated adverse health affects (response)
what is the question asked when carrying out exposure assessment?
what is the level of the agent in the food at the time of consumption?
what needs to be determined/estimated for an accurate exposure assessment?
food product flows (farm to fork)
pathogen dynamics
consumption pattern (intake/preparation)
