Risk Assessment Terminology

The term risk: etymology, legal definition and various traits

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Received: 4 February 2014
Accepted: 5 February 2014
Published: 27 February 2014
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The etymology of the term risk and its legal qualification and definitions are reported in this article; decription of the various traits of the term risk used in food safety management (acceptable risk, current risk, emerging risk, crude risk, unrestricted risk, perceived risk, real risk, residual risk, reduced risk, baseline risk, serious risk, major technological risk, etc.) are presented and discussed.

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The term risk: etymology, legal definition and various traits. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2014 Feb. 27 [cited 2025 Nov. 7];3(1). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2014.2269

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