Integrated food chemical risk analysis

Abstract

The foregoing chapters of this book have described a multi-compartmental paradigm for food chemical risk analysis which suggests a series of discreet activities leading from the identification of a potential hazard through to its efficient control. Whilst this is a valuable means of describing the process, it is a poor representation of what actually occurs within organizations managing food safety. In reality, many of the activities merge into one another, producing a continuous process. The disadvantage of this blurring of functions is that it makes it difficult to track the process of decision-making, which in turn prevents transparency and impedes effective communication to those outside of the process.