Up to speed: How food risk assessment is changing
Science on the Menu: A Food Safety Podcast by EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Keeping pace with change is a challenge for risk assessors. How are they innovating? How can they speed up their work? On this episode, we get a unique insight from Nik Kriz, head of the EU’s food safety agency. We hear his views on the EU’s food system, trust in science and how the top EU food assessor intends to stay relevant in an increasingly noisy and confusing world. From vet to science manager, we discover his professional journey and what leading an international organisation looks like. Join us for a view from the top!
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| 0:00.0 | I always take two examples. One is this apple. I won't say which apple it is. It's actually my favorite apple. |
| 0:06.2 | So yes, like everybody, I have a favorite apple. I know where it's from, I know its name, |
| 0:12.8 | I know where it's grown and what the background is, and I know also how many plant protection products, |
| 0:19.6 | on average, have been sprayed on there |
| 0:21.5 | and I expect it to be safe. At the same time here, I have a medicine I need to take every day |
| 0:29.0 | to stay alive. That's my particular health condition. I know the name of this medicine because |
| 0:36.0 | I'm a vet. I know what is in this medicine and I know what it does. |
| 0:40.3 | But other than that, I have no emotional connection to this. |
| 0:48.3 | Welcome to another episode of Science on the Menu. |
| 0:53.3 | My name is Ed Bray, and today we've got a unique perspective on food in Europe. |
| 1:00.0 | And that's going to come from the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority, |
| 1:04.0 | Nick Krz. |
| 1:05.0 | Welcome to the podcast name. |
| 1:07.0 | Thank you very much, Ed. Great to be here. |
| 1:09.0 | We're going to talk about science and trust in science. |
| 1:12.6 | And we're going to be talking about your priorities as well. |
| 1:15.6 | Before we get on to that, let's find out more about you, Nick, as a person. |
| 1:20.6 | Okay. |
| 1:21.6 | You were a vet. You're an Austrian. |
| 1:23.6 | How has that shaped you? |
| 1:24.6 | And what perspective do you bring to your role now? |
| 1:29.3 | You refer to me being a vet. |
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