EFSA seeks new experts to join Scientific Committee and Panels
31 March 2011
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a call to renew the membership of its Scientific Committee and Panels[1]. The call, which runs from 31st March 2011 and closes on 31st May 2011, seeks to identify scientific experts who wish to join Europe’s network of top food safety scientists. Selected applicants, who will be offered a three-year mandate, will contribute to delivering the highest quality scientific advice for Europe’s decision makers in the areas of consumer, animal and plant protection.
EFSA’s Scientific Panels are composed of experts who deliver their advice in the form of scientific opinions. These opinions are published in the EFSA Journal which has been accepted for indexation by leading bibliographic databases.
Scientific experts are being sought to join Panels covering plant health and plant protection, GMOs, food additives and nutrient sources, food contact materials, enzymes and flavourings, feedstuffs, animal health and welfare, toxicology, contaminants in the food chain, biological hazards, dietetic products, allergies, novel foods and nutrition. Applicants should demonstrate experience in carrying out scientific risk assessment and have proven scientific excellence in one, or preferably several, of the fields in EFSA’s remit.
EFSA Director of Risk Assessment, Riitta Maijala, said:
“EFSA’s Scientific Committee and Panels are made up of leading scientists who have gained experience through working in universities, research institutions, national food safety authorities and risk assessment bodies in Europe and internationally. With this call, we are looking to attract experts to EFSA who are interested in making a real difference to European food safety.”
Simon More, who was appointed as a member of the Animal Health and Welfare Panel (AHAW) in 2009, said:
“Working on EFSA’s AHAW Panel has been very rewarding both from a professional and personal point of view. I have not only been called on to contribute my own expertise but also been given the opportunity to network with and learn from colleagues, many of whom come from different scientific backgrounds and are leaders in their field. My time at EFSA has also served to strengthen the ties between my places of work in Ireland, namely University College Dublin and the Irish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and the scientific community in Europe and beyond.”
Interested experts are invited to apply for EFSA Scientific Committee or Panel membership through an online procedure, details of which are available through the link below or through the homepage of EFSA’s website for the duration of the call. The call has also been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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James Ramsay, Press Officer or
Steve Pagani, Head of Press Office
Tel: +39 0521 036 149
Email: Press@efsa.europa.eu
[1] The mandate for the Scientific Committee and all Panels - except the two Panels on Food Additives & Nutrient Sources and on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes & Flavourings - will run from mid-2012 to mid-2015. These Panels include: Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW); Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ); Panel on Contaminants in the food chain (CONTAM); Panel on Feed Additives and products or substances used in animal feed (FEEDAP); Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO); Panel on Dietetic products, nutrition and allergies (NDA); Panel on Plant Health (PLH); Panel on Plant Protection Products and their residues (PPR); Scientific Committee (SC). The mandate for the Panel on Food Additives & Nutrient Sources (ANS) and the Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes & Flavourings (CEF) will run from mid-2014 to mid-2017.
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