risk characterization
Definition 1
Corporate: Component of risk assessment in which risks are ranked according to the extent and severity of their potential economic, environmental, financial, social, or other consequences.
Definition 2
Food industry: According to FAO/WHO, it is the integration of hazard identification and exposure assessment into the estimation of risk, and is similar to the definition of risk assessment. Other organizations suggest inclusion of determination of causative factors, contributing to the risk from a particular food product, to facilitate the action(s) required to effectively reduce the risk.
risk characterization is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law, Disaster Planning & Risk Management and HACCP & Food Industry subjects.
risk characterization appears in the definition of the following term: risk assessment
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