Fish and other seafood are important sources of nutrients, but they are also sources of
chemical contaminants that may cause adverse health effects. This article aimed to identify …

Background In this paper, the European chapter of the International Society for Exposure
Science (ISES Europe) provides a vision on how dietary exposure sciences can contribute …

Quality is much sought after in, and a basic foundation for, good impact assessment (IA).
However, the term is rarely defined, has an uncertain relationship with IA effectiveness, and …

Background: Seaweed has a high potential for nourishing the future planet. However,
besides being beneficial, it also contains adverse components; this poses the question …

This Statement presents a proposal for harmonising the establishment of Health‐Based
Guidance Values (HBGV s) for regulated products that are also nutrients. This is a recurrent …

Risk-benefit assessment is the comparison of the risk of a situation to its related benefits, ie a
comparison of scenarios estimating the overall health impact. The risk–benefit analysis …

Background: In the food safety field, risk assessment, including microbial and chemical
components, has been applied for many years. However, a whole and integrated public …

The safety and quality of infant milk, whether it is breast milk (BM) or infant formula (IF), are a
major concern for parents and public health authorities. BM is recommended as the gold …

Background Human diet may present both risks and benefits to consumers' health. Risk-
benefit assessment of foods (RBA) intends to estimate the overall health impact associated …

This article compares and contrasts microbial and chemical risk assessment methodologies
in order to evaluate the potential for a common framework for ranking of risk of chemical and …