Anticipate emerging risks that may have an impact on your business
An emerging risk is defined as the appearance of a new food hazard (biological or chemical) integrated or potentially integrated into the food chain, which is generally not covered by existing food legislation.
Emerging risk advice focuses on a strategic business approach, intended to identify and develop scenarios that may arise in the short, medium or long term, due to the emergence of new food hazards that could potentially have a negative impact on the organisation’s business.
Food legislation covers the identification of emerging risks through Regulation 178/2002 and Law 17/2011 on food safety and nutrition. In this sense, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) is the entity responsible for coordinating the identification and assessment of emerging risks using the tools available at national and international level, following in particular the guidelines of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
