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Assessing the health risks linked to food products: the biometricians' vision. 2. Implementation.

L'appréciation des risques sanitaires liés aux aliments : une vision de biométriciens. 2. Mises en oeuvre.

Author(s) : POUILLOT R., DENIS J. B., MARTIN A.

Type of article: Article

Summary

National and international authorities recommend carrying out risk assessment before any decision is taken in the field of health and nutritional safety of food. This article discusses the principles used in the implementation of such analyses. The construction of the model, from product contamination to the negative effects, is presented according to the different units. The different approaches for integrating the data of the model are then presented and discussed. If the one-off method remains the rule for fast decision-making, the distribution approach seems to be the only one that is likely to really answer the decision-maker's questions. For this approach, a comparison of the Monte Carlo simulation with the Bayesian approach is presented, in favour of the latter. These approaches are particularly useful in the nutrition field, above all when functional ingredients are deliberately incorporated.

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  • Original title: L'appréciation des risques sanitaires liés aux aliments : une vision de biométriciens. 2. Mises en oeuvre.
  • Record ID : 2005-1254
  • Languages: French
  • Source: Cah. Nutr. Diét. - vol. 39 - n. 2
  • Publication date: 2004

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