Food Safety in ASEAN : Pitfalls of Complacency

• Main Authors: Caballero-Anthony, Mely, Montesclaros, Jose Ma. Luis P., Schlundt, Joergen
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: East Asia and Asia Pacific; Country and Region Studies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88813; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45930
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

ASEAN food safety regulators may think it conservative to stick to testing for hazards in food, neglecting the need to base control in the notion of risk. This mindset however has a number of pitfalls, which can end up making the region more vulnerable to ‘unknown unknowns’ in food safety.