The profile of risk and risk-related issues has risen markedly in the last 15 years. There is a growing recognition of the importance of proper risk management and increasing interest in how this can best be applied to governance. At the Food Safety Conference held in Washington DC, David Byrne highlighted the differences in risk perception between the EU and the USA. Here, a summary of his comments.
This article can also be found at Feed Tech, volume 8, no. 5