Objetivo Food safety and risks are a highly sensitive area. Recent food crises have shown that risks related to food must be dealt with in a sophisticated and scientifically justifiable manner. This project will utilise a benefit-risk approach with an iterative top-down approach to explore risks of food and its contaminants. An essential part of the work is to develop and use integrated methods to evaluate both the risks and health benefits related to any given food item. Decision analytical methods will be used to find out the critical uncertainties for decision-making. Other advancements in the project will be to work on existing databases of food intake and nutrients, and food consumption studies in several European countries, while most previous work has been on national level. The data will be integrated and its applicability to other countries will be studied. This information will be combined to chemical contaminant measurements for an exposure assessment of both nutrients and contaminants. Variability between subpopulations (area, gender, age) will be especially addressed. Health effects of contaminants and nutrients will be estimated by using new methods (to be developed in this project) integrating both epidemiological and toxicological data. Results and methods will be actively disseminated using a new Internet interface and other means, and feedback will be collected during the project. Major advancements in benefit-risk analysis require highly interdisciplinary work with epidemiologists, toxicologists, nutrition scientists, exposure assessors, risk analysts, and authorities. All these disciplines are represented in this project by several partners. We also have good contacts with potential sources of data in different parts of Europe, and with ongoing or proposed EU projects. End-users and authorities will be involved from the beginning thus improving the science-policy interface, and ensuring that the work has both scientific and societal relevance. Ámbito científico medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesengineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood safetymedical and health sciencesclinical medicineobstetrics Palabras clave benefit-risk analysis decision analysis environmental health risks fish persistent pollutants risk analysis value of information Programa(s) FP6-FOOD - Food Quality and Safety: Thematic priority 5 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Tema(s) FOOD-2004-T5.4.8.3 - Assessing health benefits against potential effects of environmental contaminants in selected food groups Convocatoria de propuestas FP6-2004-FOOD-3-B Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinador TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS (NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE) Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Mannerheimintie 166 HELSINKI Finlandia Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Participantes (7) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Países Bajos Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Julianalaan 134 DELFT Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos OY FOODFILES LTD Finlandia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Neulaniementie 2 L6 KUOPIO Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND Irlanda Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Abbey Court, Lower Abbey Street DUBLIN Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK Dinamarca Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Anker Engelunds vej 1 KGS LYNGBY Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION Dinamarca Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Morkhoj bygade 19 SOBORG Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos LENDAC DATA SYSTEMS LTD Irlanda Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Unit 6 Trinity Enterprise Centre, Pearse street DUBLIN 2 Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos FUNDACIÓN PRIVADA PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Calabria 273 entl.1a BARCELONA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos