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Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Food for Public Health Protection

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Understanding and Managing Threats to the Environment in South Eastern Europe

Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security ((NAPSC,volume 2))

Abstract

World climate, environmental and other global changes would have wide-ranging and, mostly, adverse consequences for human health. These changes are a significant and emerging threat to public health, including the growing season, variability of crop yields and water demands. Above mentioned factors have been influenced in areas of food security and food safety and moreover the food industry struggle for profits. These factors control the conditions and affect the use of chemicals in the agriculture and food industry. In this chapter, the risk assessment of chemicals in food as a part of risk analysis process have been addressed. We would like to point out the importance of this process in the area of public health and consumer protection. Through food and nutrition products and most often misleading advertisements, people are exposed to different hazards that could have severe harmful consequences. Among the consumer groups, children are mostly vulnerable because of their adult dependencies, age and body weight. In this chapter, an example of risk assessment of exposure to food additives among preschool children in Slovenia is evaluated.

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  1. Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Kotnikova 8, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Elizabeta Mičović

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Mario Gorenjak & Avrelija Cencič

  3. Faculty of Agriculture and Life sciences, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

    Mario Gorenjak & Avrelija Cencič

  4. Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Institute of Security Strategies, University of Maribor, Kotnikova 8, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Gorazd Meško

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  1. Institute of Security Strategies, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Ulica Bratov Babnik 10, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia

    Gorazd Meško

  2. , Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Gospodare Vučića 50, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

    Dejana Dimitrijević

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    Charles B. Fields

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Mičović, E., Gorenjak, M., Meško, G., Cencič, A. (2011). Risk Assessment of Chemicals in Food for Public Health Protection. In: Meško, G., Dimitrijević, D., Fields, C. (eds) Understanding and Managing Threats to the Environment in South Eastern Europe. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0611-8_16

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