Workshop on GFSP Food Chemical Risk Assessment

Risk assessment is a fundamental aspect of risk management in food safety. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has codified principles of risk assessment, there is a need to broaden understanding of the principles, and to teach practical data requirements and analysis procedures. To address these issues, the World Bank has commissioned learning modules on Food Chemical-Contaminant Risk Assessment under their Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP). These modules have been written by experts in this field and have been explicitly designed to target the food safety risk assessors, to facilitate their general understanding of risk assessment and their detailed understanding of food chemical-contaminant risk assessment. The modules can contribute to the ability of the risk assessors to conduct risk assessments, and this skill is needed in the ASEAN region.