<strong>Food Chemical Risk Analysis</strong> provides an introduction to the sciences of foodchemistry and risk analysis and demonstrates how the potential haza... » 

Food Chemical Risk Analysis provides an introduction to the sciences of foodchemistry and risk analysis and demonstrates how the potential hazardsassociated with food chemicals can be assessed and managed. Food scares arenever far from the news and particular attention is therefore focused on theconsumer perception of risk and risk communication. Leading internationalexperts provide unique insights in the future of food chemical risk analysis.Chapters on alternatives to animal testing show how emerging methods offer theprospect of a more rational humanbased approach to toxicity testing.Discussions about relative risks and protective factors highlight thepossibility that risks from food can be overestimated and approaches to avoidsuch risks are proposed. The science of risk management is presented as morethan just a method for translating science into policy by demonstrating howsocial psychological economic ethical and other factors can and should betaken into account. The book makes it clear that if risk communication is to beeffective an integrated approach to risk analysis must be adopted. «