1. Technical assistance in the field of risk communication
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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Laura Maxim, Mario Mazzocchi, Stephan Van den Broucke, Fabiana Zollo, Tobin Robinson, Claire Rogers, Domagoj Vrbos, Giorgia Zamariola, Anthony Smith, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Sciences, Innovations, Sociétés (LISIS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM)-ESIEE Paris-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Maxim L., Mazzocchi M., Van den Broucke S., Zollo F., Robinson T., Rogers C., Vrbos D., Zamariola G., and Smith A.
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ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ,PERCEIVED RISK ,PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ,Plant Science ,010501 environmental sciences ,Audience segmentation ,01 natural sciences ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences ,0403 veterinary science ,CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ,HEALTH LITERACY ,TX341-641 ,audience analysis ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Cros1223 ,risk profiling ,FOOD-SAFETY INFORMATION ,TECHNOLOGICAL RISKS ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Public relations ,Hazard ,Social research ,Food Science & Technology ,Disinformation ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,Risk analysis ,audience analysi ,040301 veterinary sciences ,Veterinary (miscellaneous) ,Scientific Report ,TP1-1185 ,Audience analysis ,Microbiology ,General plan ,Settore SPS/08 - Sociologia dei Processi Culturali e Comunicativi ,risk communication ,risk perception ,misinformation ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Science & Technology ,SOCIAL MEDIA ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,business.industry ,Chemical technology ,risk perceptions ,trust ,Public consultation ,(RE)BUILDING CONSUMER TRUST ,disinformation ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Parasitology ,PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS ,Business ,Food Science - Abstract
This report assesses peer‐reviewed and grey literature on risk communication concepts and practices, as requested by the European Commission to support the implementation of a ‘General Plan for Risk Communication’, i.e. an integrated framework for EU food safety risk assessors and risk managers at Union and national level, as required by the revised EU General Food Law Regulation. We conducted a scoping review of social research studies and official reports in relation to risk communication in the following areas: understanding and awareness of risk analysis roles and tasks, reducing misunderstanding of the different meaning of the terms ‘hazard’ and ‘risk’, tackling misinformation and disinformation, enhancing confidence in EU food safety, taking account of risk perceptions, key factors in trade‐offs about risks, audience segmentation and tools, channels and mechanisms for coordinated risk communications. We structured our findings as follows: i) definitions of key concepts, ii) audience analysis and information requirements, iii) risk profiling, models and mechanisms, iv) contributions to communication strategies. We make several recommendations for consideration by the Commission, both in terms of actions to support the design and implementation of the general plan, and research needs that we consider crucial to further inform appropriate risk communication in the EU. EFSA carried out a targeted consultation of experts and a public consultation open to all interested parties including the general public, in preparing and finalising this report., This publication is linked to the following EFSA Journal articles: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.e190401/full and http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2021.e190402/full
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- 2021