The separation of science-based risk assessment from policy-based risk management is meant to safeguard scientific autonomy whilst improving evidence-based policy-making. This risk regulation model is used in several policy domains and, especially, those targeting public health like food safety....

Lifestyle and risk — concepts that are today so commonplace and popular that we tend to take their meaning (and social history) for granted. This is a mistake since none of them are either value-free or uncontested. Bringing them together — theoretically as much as with regard to policy —...

This article reviews the policy process of setting maximum levels for aflatoxins by the European Union and the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The differences between the two regulatory organizations and the difficulties entailed in the alignment of the two standards are illustrative of the...