Risk Communication for Food Safety

Microbial food safety risk assessment

[Results and issues in risk communication on "food safety risk assessment related to methylmercury in seafood"].

Risk Perception of Food Safety by School Food-handlers

An exploratory descriptive study was conducted with a qualitative approach that used focus groups. The objective of this study was to identify the risk perception of food safety by school food-handlers. The results indicated that the food production process has certain inadequacies, including the weak risk perception by the food-handlers regarding the student's health. The students, the pedagog...

Food Safety Risk Analysis: A Global Issue

In the past, control of human health hazards in fresh food of animal origin has generally depended on traditional principles of hygiene, with few attempts to draw quantitative associations between hygiene activities and their outcomes in terms of human health. However, “modernization” of food hygiene programs for fresh foods of animal origin is now a commercial and regulatory goal in a number o...

Quantification and Communication of Construction Safety Risk

Construction risk is typically defined in terms of likelihood and severity and is quantified by multiplying the probability of an event by the potential impact of that event on project budget or schedule. The quantification and communication of construction safety risk, however, involves the application of safety terminology and management techniques to the field of risk management. This paper ...