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Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Food Safety for Application by Governments - First edition

Principes de travail pour l’analyse des risques en matière de sécurité sanitaire des aliments destinés à être appliqués par les gouvernements - Première édition

Principios Prácticos sobre el Análisis de Riesgos para la Inocuidad de los Alimentos Aplicables por los Gobiernos - Primera edición

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World Health Organization/Organisation Mondiale de la Santé/Organización Mundial de la Salud
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture/ Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la agricultura y la alimentación
Rome, Roma 2007

ABSTRACT

The Working Principles for Risk Analysis for Food Safety for Application by Governments are intended to provide guidance to national governments for risk assessment, risk management and risk communication with regard to food related risks to human health. This first edition includes the text as adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 2007.

RÉSUMÉ

Les Principes de travail pour l’analyse des risques en matière de sécurité sanitaire des aliments destinés à être appliqués par les gouvernements visent à fournir des directives aux gouvernements nationaux concernant l’évaluation et la gestion des risques pour la santé humaine liés aux aliments et la communication sur ces risques. Cette première édition comprend le texte adopté par la Commission du Codex Alimentarius en 2007.

RESUMEN

Los Principios Prácticos sobre el Análisis de Riesgos para la Inocuidad de los Alimentos Aplicables por los Gobiernos tienen como propósito proveer orientaciones a los gobiernos nacionales para la evaluación, la gestión y la comunicación de riesgos respecto a riesgos para la salud humana relacionados a los alimentos. Esta primera edición incluye el texto adoptado por la Comisión del Codex Alimentarius en 2007.

The Codex Alimentarius Commission is an intergovernmental body with over 170 members, within the framework of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO). The main result of the Commissions’ work is the Codex Alimentarius, a collection of internationally adopted food standards, guidelines, codes of practice and other recommendations, with the objective of protecting the health of consumers and ensuring fair practices in the food trade.

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