RISK MANAGEMENT

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FAO FOOD AND NUTRITION PAPERNUMBER 65RISKMANAGEMENTANDFOOD SAFETYReport of a Joint FAO/WHO ConsultationRome, Italy, 27 to 31 January 1997ISSUED BY THEFOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONOF THE UNITED NATIONSIN COLLABORATION WITH THEWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONROME, 1997The designation employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply theexpression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of itsauthorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or issued in March 1997 in PDF format: reissued in April 1997 with copyright in this document is vested in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UnitedNations.

of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the SPS Agreement). The overall objective of the SPS Agreement is to permit countries to take legitimate measures to protect the life and health of their consumers (in relation to food safety matters), while prohibiting them from using those measures in a way that unjustifiably restricts trade.

  Management, Risks, Risk management, Measure, Sanitary, Phytosanitary, Sanitary and phytosanitary measures