Risk Assessment Strategies for Contaminants in Seafood (RASCS)
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Rahmani, Djamel
Reig, Lourdes
Ramirez, Maria Saray
Poyato, Cristina
Gil, José Maria
Marques, António
Costa, Pedro
Nunes, Maria Leonor
Cardoso, Carlos
Santos, Marta
Maulvault, Ana Luísa
Manganelli, Maura
Scardala, Simona
Testai, Emanuela
Yung Hung, Christine
Minnens, Fien
Verbeke, Wim
Dietrich, Jessica
Lohmann, Mark
Bodi, Dorina
Spielmeyer, Astrid
Arnich, Nathalie
Biré, Ronel
Sirot, Véronique
Thébault, Anne
Publication date
2023-12-05ISSN
2397-8325
Abstract
Risk Assessment Strategies for Contaminants in Seafood (RASCS) is an EFSA Partnering Grant focusing on KEamong seven European Institutions. The project lasted from June 2021 to June 2023. The proposal was built to establish links among seven major research and regulatory institutions in the EU dealing with seafood safety: IPMA (Portugal), Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italy), Ghent University (Belgium), BfR (Germany), ANSES (France), CREDA and IRTA (Spain). The purpose was to increase KEto foster harmonization and improve strategies for RA of contaminants in seafood products and the related risk communication to the population. RASCS included 6 work-packages (WPs) focused on Hazard Identification, Dietary Exposure Assessment, RA: present and future strategies in a changing world and balance with nutritional benefits, Risk/Benefit Perception and Communication, Dissemination and outreach, and Management of the project. The project started during the COVID pandemic, and interaction during the first year was exclusively online. Although this circumstance partially limited interactions, the execution of the project was not significantly impacted. Exchange among partners was ensured through monthly meetings and additional exchanges by mail or web meetings, while during the second year also physical meetings were organised: the first meeting in Paris in June 2022, was followed by an additional interim meeting focused on specific webinars in Barcelona in November 2022. Four sessions of ToS were held in 2023 in Rome, Lisbon, Barcelona and Paris, and a final meeting in Parma at EFSA's premises in June 2023. The RASCS Partnering Grant has allowed to reach three main goals: i) Significantly improve the participant's knowledge within the subject of RA of contaminants in seafood, ii) Increase awareness on EFSA's goals and tools regarding RA, and iii) Strengthen links and network among multidisciplinary institutions and experts also for future consortia.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
663/664 - Food and nutrition. Enology. Oils. Fat
Pages
154
Publisher
Wiley
Is part of
EFSA Supporting Publications
Citation
Diogène, Jorge, Mònica Campàs, Maria Rambla, Djamel Rahmani, Lourdes Reig, Manuel Ramírez, Cristina Poyato, et al. 2023. “Risk Assessment Strategies for Contaminants in Seafood (RASCS).” EFSA Supporting Publications 20 (12). doi:10.2903/sp.efsa.2023.en-8419.
Program
Aigües Marines i Continentals
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© RASCS consortium, 2023