@inproceedings{orgprints19, title = {Food safety in an organic perspective}, author = {Erik Steen Kristensen and Hugo Fjelsted Alr\oe and Birgitte Hansen}, publisher = {Canadian Organic Growers (COG)}, year = {2002}, pages = {210}, journal = {Proceedings of the 14th IFOAM Organic World Congress}, keywords = {food safety, product safety, agri-food system safety, organic farming, organic principles}, url = {http://orgprints.org/19/}, abstract = {The holistic perspective of organic farming implies a broader conception of food safety that includes both product safety and agri-food system safety. The credibility of organic food can only be maintained if the organic agri-food system is developed in correspondence with the basic organic principles. In this way it will be possible to show the whole organic agri-food system as a safer alternative to conventional farming. Thereby trust will be supported in organic foods despite the sparse (and often unattainable) hard scientific evidence that organic food is healthier.} }