date:Jul 24, 2013
t animal health, welfare and food law should be risk-based. However, whilst a number of respondents argued that EU risk assessment is generally science-based, there were concerns that some risk management decisions on animal health, welfare and food law had been disproportionate. Respondents gave several examples where broader societal concerns and other factors had been influential in decision making. Genetically modified food and feed was raised as an area of concern, where some respondents ar