Application of risk assessment in the fish industry

Abstract

In recent years, the concept of risk has become paramount in international food regulation. Industries are increasingly required to undertake product risk assessment, particularly in the export arena. This publication has been developed as a complete "How to" package on risk assessment for seafood technologists, regulators and health professionals. It is designed in five parts and takes the user from a basic knowledge to being able to conduct credible risk assessments: 1. The basics of risk asse ssment: definitions and language of the discipline 2. How to perform risk assessments: stepwise progression 3. How to use risk assessments: risk management, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), risk profiling 4. Risk Ranger – how to use it 5. Examples of risk assessments: an interactive setting for the readerThis publication also includes the Resources Bank, a CD-ROM, which provides a large amount of additional information for the would-be risk assessor.