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13 - The Risk Analysis Framework and Biosafety Policy

from Part III - Risk-Analysis-Based Regulatory Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2017

Ademola A. Adenle
Affiliation:
Colorado State University
E. Jane Morris
Affiliation:
University of Leeds
Denis J. Murphy
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
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Summary

The colourful world of systematic risk analysis has just had its 25th birthday. In 1983 the US National Research Council issued the now famous Red Book, which laid out the foundation for the global risk analysis framework. This was modified in 1993 with the Blue Book and in 1996 by the Orange Book, which together contributed to the current stoplight risk analysis system (with green, yellow or red decisions) that operates in most developed countries. With the expansion of risky possibilities and the extension of the use of the risk analysis framework to new areas, the system at times seems to have degenerated at times into a debate that can be characterized as a mix of black and white positions mediated by complex shades of grey realities. This paper examines the underlying principles of risk analysis, the operation of the current systems of risk analysis and the challenges of emerging risks for both citizens, consumers, producers and regulators
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Genetically Modified Organisms in Developing Countries
Risk Analysis and Governance
, pp. 153 - 161
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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