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3. Answers to questions posed by classical toxicology methods
3.1 A few historical facts
Toxicology is an ancient discipline, but its application to the food industry is more recent. However, this concern dates back more than a century, both in France and in the United States. In France, it was the law of August 1 er 1905 (which already aimed to protect public health by preventing and punishing food fraud) that gradually introduced regulations based on a scientific approach to risk assessment. In the USA, it was around the same time, in 1906, that the first consumer protection measures were introduced: the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
It was in 1955 that the first international discussions on risk assessment methodology in the food sector really took...
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In 2007, GMPs were grown on more than 114 million hectares worldwide (figure ); 101 Mha on the American continent, around 6 Mha in India and 4 Mha in China, and very few in Europe (less than 300,000 ha, including 100,000 ha in Spain and Romania, and around 22,000 ha in France). In 2007, therefore, these GMPs were field crops grown in major agricultural countries.
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