Food Safety Governance Integrating Science, Precaution and Public Involvement

This book offers a detailed analysis and a set of carefully measured suggestions towards achieving greater integration of science, precaution, and public involvement in current arrangements for European food safety governance. The devised governance framework provides a distinctive system of methodo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dreyer, Marion (Editor), Renn, Ortwin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
Series:Risk, Governance and Society
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A General Framework for the Precautionary and Inclusive Governance of Food Safety
  • The Need for Change
  • Overview of the General Framework
  • The Process of Framing
  • The Process of Assessment
  • The Processes Evaluation and Management
  • Legal and Institutional Aspects of the General Framework
  • A Structured Approach to Participation
  • Communication About Food Safety
  • Implementation of the General Framework: Genetically Modified (Cry1Ab) Maize Case Study1
  • Summary: Key Features of the General Framework
  • Input and Commentaries by Key Actors in Food Safety Governance
  • Input of Key Actors in the Development of the General Framework
  • Commentaries on the Revised General Framework1