Food safety regulations are only effective if they are based on state-of-the-art science

Half a century of authoritative research has shown that science-based regulations are key to achieving real-world food safety protections for consumers around the globe. However, throughout the world, food safety regulations, if based on science at all, often are originated from decades-old data and methods, many of which are not relevant to human exposure or to mitigating actual risks from unsafe food.