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J Food Prot. 1998 Aug;61(8):1075-1086. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-61.8.1075.
One of the components of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement that will have far-reaching effects on International trade in foods and food products is the requirement for countries to provide risk assessments as part of the process of resolving disputes that involve food safety issues. Risk assessment is a means of evaluating the likelihood and impact of hazards. It provides a framework for systematically considering available data, providing rationales for assumptions, and identifying areas where additional information is needed. While the application of quantitative risk assessment techniques to microbial food safety has been limited, recent studies have increasingly demonstrated its feasibility. Quantitative risk assessment is particularly well suited for use with the hazard analysis critical control point and appears to have potential as an approach for comparing the equivalence of international food safety programs and inspection systems.
《关税与贸易总协定卫生与植物卫生协定》中对食品和食品国际贸易将产生深远影响的一个组成部分，是要求各国在解决涉及食品安全问题的争端过程中提供风险评估。风险评估是一种评估危害可能性和影响的手段。它提供了一个系统地考虑现有数据、为假设提供依据以及确定需要额外信息领域的框架。虽然定量风险评估技术在微生物食品安全方面的应用一直有限，但最近的研究越来越多地证明了其可行性。定量风险评估特别适合与危害分析关键控制点一起使用，并且似乎有潜力作为一种比较国际食品安全计划和检查系统等效性的方法。
