challenging food contaminations the world has ever faced, the melamine dairy scandal did not produce any tangible negative health …Ensuring that European food imports are safe presents special challenges, as production takes place in third countries …-risk products (such as animals and animal products), the regulation of food import safety in the European Union (EU) is not the …

Food systems worldwide have experienced a significant level of integration in recent decades, creating a global and … dynamic food supply. In the US, imports amount to 15% of the American diet and nearly doubled in value during the last decade …, reaching $90 billion in 2008. If food imports satisfy a growing domestic demand, they also pose formidable regulatory …