Risk-Benefit assessment & Multicriteria analysis

Risk-benefit assessment (RBA) has emerged over the last decade to consider not only the risks associated with food consumption but also the benefits, in the microbiological, nutritional and toxicological fields. Secalim is recognized in this field at the international level and participates in a European network: RISKBENEFIT4EU.Secalim is also participating in an EFSA project, ALTERNATIVA, on the risk-benefit assessment associated with the consumption of insect proteins as a replacement for red meat (see ongoing projects). Risk-Benefit assessement and multicriteria analysis are highly connected to risk assessment but integrate other scientific domains. A European project is ongoing on holistic assessment of the food chain, HOLIFOOD. Therefore they are included in thematic 1: Assess the safety risk.

On this topic, Secalim assesses the effects of climate change on food safety, taking into account health (nutrition, microbiology, and toxicology), environmental, and economic factors. The multi-criteria assessment also examines protein alternatives such as insect proteins and new plant-based formulations.

PhD theses supervised in this topic:

Two theses were supervised by Secalim, one devoted to the risk-benefit evaluation associated with the consumption of infant milk in the first six months of children's life, and the second, on the risk-benefit evaluation associated with consumption of red meat. Currently, there are four phD theses on Risk-benefit assessment or multicriteria analysis, that of Xin Yan, that of Pauline Mombert, that of Victoire Le Cozic and that of Steve Nanema.

Contact persons :

• Géraldine Boué, assistant-professor at Secalim
• Jeanne-Marie Membré, researcher at Secalim
• Rodney Feliciano, researcher at Secalim
• Boris Misery, assistant-professor at Secalim

Other persons involved in this theme:

• Sandrine Guillou, researcher at Secalim

Below is the list of publications devoted to this field.