Renn / Dreyer Food Safety Governance

Integrating Science, Precaution and Public Involvement
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-69309-3
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
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E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

working mechanisms and to develop the overall governance framework in which we operate. Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Executive Director European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Parma, March 2008 Acknowledgements This book and the General Framework for the Precautionary and Inclusive Governance of Food Safety that it presents and critically discusses have grown out of research undertaken within one of the subprojects (work package 5) of the research project SAFE FOODS, 'Promoting Food Safety through a New Integrated Risk Analysis Approach for Foods'. The Integrated Project SAFE FOODS has been funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme (April 2004 to June 2008) and coordinated by Dr H.A. Kuiper and Dr H.J.P. Marvin of RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety at the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands. Subproject 5 of SAFE FOODS has dealt with institutional aspects of food safety governance with a focus on ways (procedural and structural mec- nisms) to improve the implementation of precaution, participation and a politi- science interface, and has been coordinated by the editors of this book. The General Framework and this book have been a collaborative effort of subproject 5 in which all contributors to the first part of this book were involved. We have very much appreciated this exceptionally fruitful cooperation. It has always been both greatly intellectually inspiring (with many intensive, focused discussions) and very pleasant (highly cooperative and reliable).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Renn, Ortwin

Dreyer, Marion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword by Robert Madelin;5
2;Foreword by Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle;6
3;Acknowledgements;8
4;Contents;10
5;Contributors;12
6;Acronyms and Abbreviations;14
7;List of Figures;16
8;List of Tables;18
9;A General Framework for the Precautionary and Inclusive Governance of Food Safety;19
9.1;Introduction;21
9.2;The Need for Change;29
9.2.1;1.1 Fundamental Challenges;29
9.2.2;1.2 Policy Imperatives;34
9.2.3;1.3 Practical Aims of the Present Exercise;44
9.3;Overview of the General Framework;46
9.3.1;2.1 Historical Precedents;46
9.3.2;2.2 The General Framework: A Schematic Picture;49
9.3.3;2.3 An Overview of Framing: Review, Referral and Terms of Reference;51
9.3.4;2.4 An Overview of Assessment;53
9.3.5;2.5 An Overview of Evaluation;56
9.3.6;2.6 An Overview of Management;57
9.3.7;2.7 An Overview of Communication and Participation;59
9.3.8;2.8 Summary;61
9.4;The Process of Framing;63
9.4.1;3.1 Introduction;63
9.4.2;3.2 Review;65
9.4.3;3.3 Referral;69
9.4.4;3.4 Setting the Terms of Reference;70
9.5;The Process of Assessment;72
9.5.1;4.1 Introduction;72
9.5.2;4.2 Screening;74
9.5.3;4.3 Assessment;78
9.5.4;4.4 Potential Opportunities for Interlinkages Between Different Forms of Assessment;84
9.5.5;4.5 Outputs of Assessment;84
9.6;The Processes Evaluation and Management;85
9.6.1;5.1 Introduction;85
9.6.2;5.2 Tolerability/Acceptability Judgement in Evaluation;86
9.6.3;5.3 Decision-Making in Management;90
9.6.4;5.4 Approaches to Management;92
9.7;Legal and Institutional Aspects of the General Framework;97
9.7.1;6.1 Introduction;97
9.7.2;6.2 Proposal for Institutional Changes;97
9.7.3;6.3 Improved Capacities of EFSA;100
9.7.4;6.4 Interface Between Assessment and Management;101
9.7.5;6.5 Management: Re-Consideration of the Comitology Procedure;113
9.7.6;6.6 The General Framework and General Principles of European Law;114
9.7.7;6.7 The General Framework and WTO Law;121
9.7.8;6.8 Conclusions;122
9.8;A Structured Approach to Participation;124
9.8.1;7.1 Introduction;124
9.8.2;7.2 Participation Through Food Safety Interface Institutions;124
9.8.3;7.3 A Guiding Tool For Deciding on Extended Participation;126
9.9;Communication About Food Safety;134
9.9.1;8.1 Introduction;134
9.9.2;8.2 Definition and Objectives of Risk Communication;137
9.9.3;8.3 Risk Communication Requirements for Each Stage of the Food Safety Governance Cycle;139
9.9.4;8.4 Communication Tools;148
9.9.5;8.5 Evaluation of Risk Communication;150
9.9.6;8.6 Conclusions;152
9.10;Implementation of the General Framework: Genetically Modified ( Cry1Ab) Maize Case Study;155
9.10.1;9.1 Introduction;155
9.10.2;9.2 Framing;156
9.10.3;9.3 Assessment;163
9.10.4;9.4 Evaluation and Management;167
9.11;Summary: Key Features of the General Framework;170
9.12;References (Part 1);177
9.13;Possible Instruments for Extending Public Participation Beyond the Internet Forum and the Interface Committee;188
9.13.1;A. Epistemic Discourse;188
9.13.1.1;References for Epistemic Discourse;192
9.13.2;B. Reflective and Practical Discourse;193
9.13.2.1;References for reflective and practical discourse;201
10;Input and Commentaries by Key Actors in Food Safety Governance;204
10.1;Input of Key Actors in the Development of the General Framework;205
10.1.1;11.1 Introduction;205
10.1.2;11.2 Overall Response;207
10.1.3;11.3 Feedback on Suggestions for Procedural Reform;207
10.1.4;11.4 Feedback on Suggestions for Structural Reform;209
10.1.5;11.5 The Revised Recommendation for Designing the Food Safety Interface Under Review;211
10.1.6;References;213
10.2;Commentaries on the Revised General Framework;214
10.2.1;12.1 A Risk Management Perspective on the Governance Framework;214
10.2.1.1;References;219
10.2.2;12.2 A Risk Assessment Perspective on the Governance Framework, with a Focus on the Proposed Procedural Reforms of Risk Assessment;220
10.2.2.1;References;228
10.2.3;12.3 A Consumers’ Association’s Perspective on the Governance Framework;230
10.2.3.1;References;238
10.2.4;12.4 An Industry Perspective on the Governance Framework;238
10.3;Glossary;246
10.4;Index;253