%A Erik Steen Kristensen
%A Hugo Fjelsted Alr?e
%A Birgitte Hansen
%J Proceedings of the 14th IFOAM Organic World Congress
%T Food safety in an organic perspective
%X 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.
%K food safety, product safety, agri-food system safety, organic farming, organic principles
%P 210
%D 2002
%I Canadian Organic Growers (COG)
%L orgprints19