CFSAN's Risk Management Framework: Best Practices for Resoving Compox Food Safety Risks

摘要

"However good our future's research may be, we shall never be able to escape from the ultimate dilemma that all our knowledge is about the past, and all our decisions are about the future." The above quote, attributed to Ian Wilson, describes the challenge food safety risk managers must wrestle with each day—decisions must be made in the face of uncertainty. Risk management is defined as the process of weighing policy alternatives and implementing appropriate control options. Leaders at the Food andDrug Administration's (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) recognized that the principles of risk management were embedded within the Center's mission, decision-making process, scientific knowledge, legal authorities and culture. However, CFSAN lacked a formal framework to ensure that these principles were applied uniformly and consistently throughout the Center.