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Possibilities of Risk Quantification in the System of Save-for-Health Food Production

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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

All foods are made of nutritive and non-nutritive compounds. Nutritive compounds contribute to maintenance of homeostasis and metabolism of the human body. On the other hand, the non-nutritive components are often hazardous and used in excessive used doses can cause diseases. Estimation of non-nutritive harmful substances intake is a very complex process based on risk assessment.

The elements of risk are assessed and can be graded according to degree of hazards, size of exposure, and the consequences that may arise. Using method of risks quantification it is possible to evaluate each elements of risk and in this case, risk assessment is more reliable. The methods of assessing and quantifying risk in the food chain can be used in the implementation of the food safety management system.

The modern approach to risk analysis requires monitoring of hazards in all of the food chain, from the farm to the table. There are limitations in the hazards when monitoring the size of the food chain. It is one of reason why risk assessment and validation processes are performed. Risk assessment in food, either chemical or microbiological is made at the level of the company or at the state level implementation of the food safety management system.

The aim of this chapter is to present a contemporary approach in theoretical and practical sense of risk assessments in the system of food production. This chapter analyses the most common contaminants in food as well as reviewing methods and approaches to the process of assessment and quantification of the risks in the save-for-health food production.

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  1. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Midhat Jašić

  2. Department of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Dejana Dimitrijević

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    Dejana Dimitrijević

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Jašić, M., Dimitrijević, D. (2011). Possibilities of Risk Quantification in the System of Save-for-Health Food Production. 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_17

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