Hans Marvin from RIKILT, WUR on the Inventory among DEMETER Stakeholders on EMERGING RISKS Systems. Joint Workshop on Food Risk Assessment Research & Practice 24th November 2017, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

1. Inventory among DEMETER stakeholders
on EMERGING RISK systems
Demeter: DEtermination and METrics of Emerging Risks
24 November 2017, Dr. Hans Marvin

2. Terminology: emerging food risks
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 Emerging risk: “A risk resulting from a newly identified hazard to
which a significant exposure may occur, or from an unexpected new
or increased significant exposure and/or susceptibility to a known
hazard.” (EFSA, 2007) http://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/scientific_output/files/main_documents/escoemriskdefinition.pdf
 Emerging issue: “An issue that could be a food or feed safety risk
that has very recently been identified and merits further
investigation, and for the information collected is still too limited to
be able to assess whether it meets the requirements of an emerging
risk. Thus, emerging issues are identified at the beginning of the
emerging risks identification process as subjects that merit further
investigation and additional data collection. Emerging issues can
include specific issues (e.g. a specific chemical substance or
pathogen, or a specific susceptible group of the population), as well
as general issues, called drivers (e.g. climate change), that could
result in emerging risks.” (Costa et al., 2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.04.045

3. Global consultative stakeholder group
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4. FPDI (USA)
 Has developed various tools, examples include:
 FoodShield: web-based collaboration platform (document
centers, on-line meetings, surveys, news feeds,
calendars, discussion forums)
 FIDES: “comprehensive, systematic process for
monitoring potential food threats and identifying adverse
food events”
 Focus is on food safety threats and catastrophes
 Various data sources are gathered, but skilled user input
is still required
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7. FAO [EMPRES]
 System: EMPRES Food Safety (Emergency Prevention System),
established in 2009 as an extension of EMPRES (plant+animal health)
 EMPRES Food Safety collaborates with INFOSAN
 The main aim of EMPRES Food Safety is to prevent and control food
safety risks. Central to this is the early detection, early warning and
rapid response to food safety emergencies at global, regional and
local levels.
 A primary objective is to leverage FAO’s comparative advantage
and establish an international programme that enables horizon
scanning to identify emerging food safety hazards, provide guidance
to countries on what to watch out for, how to prevent emerging food
safety risks and facilitate preparedness to react in a timely manner.
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9. FSA (UK)
 Is working on a new ‘Strategic Surveillance approach’ for
emerging risks
 Has started ‘pilot studies’ to demonstrate proof of
concept of the new approach: to commission work from
various stakeholders so the FSA can learn how a wide
selection of data providers/analysts address the two
scenarios given systems, processes and information
already available to them.
 Report on these pilot studies is expected soon
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10. FSA ‘Surveillance High Level Operating Model’
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11. DAWR (AU)
 System: IBIS (International Biosecurity Intelligence
System)
 Current version is no longer publicly accessible
 Online intelligence gathering and analysis platform: 24/7
automated web-crawler/horizon scanner
 Not specifically for food safety, but:
 Customizable to different types of topics (biosecurity,
human health, etc.), additional features can be added,
including levels of access
 Data is automatically analyzed with artificial intelligence
software to reduce noise
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12. IBIS (old version): articles (i.e. notices)
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13. IBIS (old version): issues (aggregated articles)
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14. End
Thank you!