Potential drivers of emerging risks are discussed in the report. Whilst drivers themselves are not specifically risks, they may, individually and/or in combination, affect the way that potential risks develop in the food and feed chain. Understanding the increasing complexity of how these drivers influence each other is a challenge in itself. These drivers are related to general themes of social/economic developments, changes in human lifestyle/diet, operation and functioning of the feed and food chain, technology/analytical developments and environmental/climate change.