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RASFF Alert and Information Notifications. A Statistical Review

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This chapter contains a statistical evaluation of RASFF alert notifications in general. The study concerns the comparison between recorded alerts in two different temporal periods, the broad 1979–1990 and the four-year 2011–2014 intervals. The analysis of product categories and hazard categories has been performed with the aim of defining the next ‘emerging concerns’ by the food safety viewpoint. Moreover, authors have analysed all calculated results with relation to a new risk classification (seven different risk typologies, including adulteration, and fraud episodes, processing failures, allergens, and GMO). In addition, the chapter discusses chemical risks and contaminants, including also allergens.

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    The RASFF Portal can be accessed at the following link: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/portal/?event=SearchForm&cleanSearch=1.

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  1. Industrial Consultant, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

    Salvatore Parisi

  2. Associazione ‘Componiamo Il Futuro’ (CO.I.F.), Via Enrico Albanese 92/A, CAP 90100, Palermo, Italy

    Caterina Barone

  3. Tilam Sangh Rajasthan, 334004, Rajasthan, India

    Ramesh Kumar Sharma

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Parisi, S., Barone, C., Sharma, R.K. (2016). RASFF Alert and Information Notifications. A Statistical Review. In: Chemistry and Food Safety in the EU. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33393-9_2

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