Objectif 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. Champ scientifique 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 Mots‑clés benefit-risk analysis decision analysis environmental health risks fish persistent pollutants risk analysis value of information Programme(s) FP6-FOOD - Food Quality and Safety: Thematic priority 5 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Thème(s) FOOD-2004-T5.4.8.3 - Assessing health benefits against potential effects of environmental contaminants in selected food groups Appel à propositions FP6-2004-FOOD-3-B Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinateur TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS (NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE) Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Mannerheimintie 166 HELSINKI Finlande Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (7) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Pays-Bas Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Julianalaan 134 DELFT Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée OY FOODFILES LTD Finlande Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Neulaniementie 2 L6 KUOPIO Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND Irlande Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Abbey Court, Lower Abbey Street DUBLIN Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK Danemark Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Anker Engelunds vej 1 KGS LYNGBY Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION Danemark Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Morkhoj bygade 19 SOBORG Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée LENDAC DATA SYSTEMS LTD Irlande Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Unit 6 Trinity Enterprise Centre, Pearse street DUBLIN 2 Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée FUNDACIÓN PRIVADA PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL Espagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Calabria 273 entl.1a BARCELONA Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée