# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/2013 of 3 April 2013 on applications for authorisation of genetically modified food and feed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 641/2004 and (EC) No 1981/2006 (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1: DEFINITIONS

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purpose of this Annex, the following definitions shall apply:
1.. ‘hazard identification’ means the identification of biological, chemical and physical agents capable of causing adverse health effects and which may be present in a particular food and feed or group of foods and feeds;
2.. ‘hazard characterisation’ means the qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation of the nature of the adverse health effects associated with biological, chemical and physical agents which may be present in food and feed;
3.. ‘risk characterisation’ means the qualitative and/or quantitative estimation, including attendant uncertainties, of the probability of occurrence and severity of known or potential adverse health effects in a given population based on hazard identification, hazard characterisation and exposure assessment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/503/annex/II/division/I/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-503/annex-II/division-I/division-1
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