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Safety Authority

This authority, responsibility, and accountability should also be clearly defined for all levels of employees as well as union officials. Bill Hoyle (2005) confirms this  [Pg.121]

Workers do have important responsibilities regarding health and safety. These include the responsibility to report all injuries and near misses no matter how many prizes and bonuses are offered for non-reporting. Workers have an obligation to question inadequate work permits, procedures and training and to demand that these are done properly. Workers have a responsibility to not be pressured to eut corners when management is in a hurry to get a job completed. They are responsible to demand that engineering controls are used whenever possible rather than PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), (pp. 18-19) [Pg.121]

The three management terms above are widely used but seldom understood. In presenting workshops around the world I have asked numerous groups if they understood the difference and interrelationship between authority, responsibility, and accountability, and they had admitted that a refresher would be welcome. Since these are the most important assignments in the safety management process, some clearer definitions are given here. [Pg.121]

These powers of authority are normally spelled out in the manager or employee s position charter or job description. This is why it is vital to have updated and accurate position charters for all positions, as this is where safety authority is allocated. [Pg.122]


One of the few phytochemicals that has been subjected to the rigorous testing procedures required by food safety authorities is P-carotene, a naturally-occurring carotenoid that is also a pre-cursor of vitamin A in humans. It is increasingly used as a food colour since the food product can be claimed to contain all natural ingredients. For this reason, detailed toxicological studies were undertaken that enabled the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee for Food Additives (JECFA) to set an ADI of 0-5 mg/kg/bw/day based on a NOAEL of 50 mg/day and the application of an uncertainty factor of 10 (JECFA, 1974). This low factor was used because it was argued that the compound occurred naturally in food, that its use as a food additive would not lead to a substantial increase in the total amount normally consumed, and that there had been no reports of adverse effects in humans. The ADI would correspond to an acceptable intake in humans of up to 350 mg/day. [Pg.229]

EFSA - European Food Safety Authority (2009) Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain on a request from the European Commission on cadmium in food. EFSA J 980(2009) 1-139... [Pg.167]

EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) (2008) The EFSA Journal 653... [Pg.204]

European Food Safety Authority (2008) Scientific Report 186,1-109. Conclusion on the peer review of bifenthrin. http //www.efsa.europa.eu/en/scdocs/doc/186r.pdf. Accessed 14 Feb 2011... [Pg.106]

New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority... [Pg.221]

The European Food Safety Authority (EESA) (2006) Advice of the scientific panel on contaminants in the food chain on a request from the Commission related to relevant chemical compounds in the group of hrominated flame retardants for monitoring in feed and food. EFSA J 328 1. http //www.efsa.europe.eu... [Pg.288]

EFSA (2005) Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC). European Food Safety Authority, http //www.efsa. europa.eu/EFSA/ScientiflcPanels/efsa locale-l 178620753812 AFC.htm... [Pg.331]

The provisional tolerable daily intake (TDI) values proposed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA 2008) and Health Protection Agency (HPA 2009) amount to 150 ng/kg body weight (bwt)/d and 300 ng/kg bwt/d, for PFOS and PFOA, respectively. [Pg.361]

According to the Directive, an active substance cannot be used in a PPP unless it is included in an EU positive list. The Directive also requires very extensive risk assessments for effects on health and environment to be carried out, before a PPP can be placed on the market and used. In 1992, the European Commission started a Community-wide review process for aU active substances used in PPPs within the EU. Based on scientific assessments, each applicant had to prove that a substance could be used safely regarding human health, the environment, ecotoxicology and residues in the food chain. This program will be completed by 2008. From the end of 2003, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) deals with risk assessment issues and the European Commission retains the risk... [Pg.39]

EES A. 2006. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) website. http /www.efsa.europa.eu EU. 2000. Communication from the Commission on the Precautionary Principle. Brussels, 2.02.2000, COM (2000) 1. http /ec.europa.eu/dgs/health consumer/library/pub/pub07 en.pdf EU. 2001. White Paper on the Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy, http //ec.europa.eu/consumers/ cons safe/prod safe/other EU/chem policy en.htm... [Pg.46]

The stmcmre-based, tiered TTC approach as outlined by Munro et al. (1996, 1999) is used by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) in a procedure for the evaluation of flavoring substances in food, including an acceptance of the general TTC of 1.5 pg/person/day, i.e., the US-FDA Threshold of Regulation (Section 4.13.1). The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) also uses this approach for evaluation of flavoring substances, except that the general TTC of 1.5 pg/person/day is not accepted (Larsen 2006). [Pg.198]

Similarly, in order to avoid any quantitative estimate, an MOE approach has been recommended by, e.g., JECFA (the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives) and EFSA (the European Food Safety Authority) in the assessment of compounds that are both genotoxic and carcinogenic by using a benchmark dose (BMD) approach to estimate the BMDLio (benchmark dose lower limit) representing the lower bound of a 95% confidence interval on the BMD corresponding to a 10% tumor incidence (see Section 6.4). [Pg.302]

EFSA. 2005. Draft opinion on a harmonized approach for risk assessment of compounds which are both genotoxic and carcinogenic. Request No EFSA-Q-2004-020, EFSA Scientific Committee, The European Food Safety Authority, 7 April 2005. Brussels EFSA. http /www.efsa.eu.int/en/... [Pg.313]

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), based in Parma, Italy, since 2005 is the keystone of EU risk assessment regarding food and feed safety. [Pg.366]

EC. 2007c. European Commission. Eood and feed - Chemical contaminants website. http /ec.europa.eu/ food/food/chemicalsafety/contaminants/legisl en.htm EES A. 2007. European Eood Safety Authority website. http /www.efsa.europa.eu/en.html EMEA. 2007. The European Medicines Agency website. http /www.emea.europa.eu/... [Pg.368]

European Union member states European Food Safety Authority, European Union No ban. Issued opinion from advisory group. Recommended a notification to public of the potential health risks and proper preparation practices Alexander et al. (2004)... [Pg.16]

Food Safety Authority of Ireland (2006), available at http //www.fsai.ie/surveillance/food safety/ chemical/PAH levels.pdf. [Pg.659]

Recently, there has been an issue with the detection of 4-methylbenzophe-none (MBP) in breakfast cereal in Europe, leading to publicity concerning the presence of this photoinitiator in the food. Based on the close similarity between MBP and benzophenone, a photoinitiator for inks and coatings that are cured with UV light, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that short-term consumption of breakfast cereals containing ppm traces of MBP should not pose a risk to most people, but recommended that this substance undergo more detailed evaluation if it will continue to be used in food packaging. ... [Pg.236]

The general criteria for the use of food additives in the EU are described in Annex II of the Framework Directive 89/107/EEC. The authorization of a new food additive in the EU involves a two-step procedure a safety evaluation is completed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the food additive is included in the appropriate Directive by the Commission and the Commission adopts a specification of the purity criteria for the food additive. [Pg.79]

Food Safety Authority of Ireland 2004. Investigation into Levels of Dioxins, Furans, PCBs and Some Elements in Battery, Free-range, Barn and Organic Eggs. Food Safety Authority of Ireland, Dublin. [Pg.324]

Parker AW, Hubinger L, Green S, Sargent L, Boyd R. A survey of the health, stress and fatigue of australian seafarers. Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Canberra, 1997. [Pg.287]

NZFSA (2006) NZFSA Technical Rules for Organic Production, Version 6. New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Wellington. [Pg.5]


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