| Recent food safety incidents and the introduction of genetically modified foods in Europe have resulted in an intense public debate regarding the safety of the European food supply. Consumers have little confidence in the safety of their food supply and remain sceptical and distrustful of the management procedures currently in place. This Integrated Project addresses the issue of how consumer confidence in consumer protection and risk analysis can be restored and strengthened. SAFE FOODS will focus on the improvement of risk assessment methods and risk analysis practices for foods produced by different production practices (high or low input systems) and with different breeding technologies (traditional, molecular, genetic modification). The end goal of SAFE FOODS is to design a new risk analysis approach for foods, integrating scientific principles, societal aspects and effective public participation. |
