Slaughter of animals is a necessary step of meat production process that takes place out of public view, but that is a subject of consumers' and civil society organisations' concern. Public policies are progressing constantly to meet social expectations and optimize official controls in...

The extension of the food industrial chain increases the overall food safety risk, and such changes in risk level are related to the behavior of enterprises along the chain. The selection of behavior strategies by enterprises is not only affected by the behaviors of upstream and downstream...

Risk communication is defined as the interactive exchange of information and opinions concerning risk, risk-related factors and risk perceptions amongst all the stakeholders of food safety throughout the risk analysis process. The interactive exchange of information occurs at three different levels ...

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the applicability of the NUTrition Risk in the Critically Ill and modified NUTrition Risk in the Critically Ill with C-reactive protein scores for assessing nutritional risks and predicting outcomes of these critically ill coro- navirus disease 2019...

Objectives: Taenia solium is ranked the most significant global foodborne parasite and the leading cause of epilepsy in low and middle-income countries. Diagnostic challenges have hampered disease control efforts to date and WHO has called for the development of risk mapping tools to assist endemic ...

Background: Exposure to build environments, especially residential greenness, offers benefits to reduce the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD). The 10-year ASCVD risk is a useful indicator for long-term ASCVD risk, but the evidence on the association and potential...

Background and aims: Nutritional risk in older health care service users is a well-known challenge. Nutritional risk screening and individualised nutrition plans are common strategies for preventing and treating malnutrition. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether nutritional risk...

Previous prospective studies have reported inconsistent findings on the association between coffee consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). This study aimed to investigate their association using a meta-analysis of prospective studies. We searched PubMed and EMBASE for prospective...

The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) has been applied as a nutritional screening tool in oncology patients. This meta-analysis aimed to assess the association between the risk of malnutrition defined by the NRS 2002 and adverse outcomes in patients with cancer. We comprehensively searched ...

The purpose of this project was to improve the ability to perform risk ranking of current chemical and microbiological hazards in foods. The work was performed in three work packages (WPs) comprising an overview of chemical and microbiological risk assessment (WP1), development of methods for risk...