Campylobacteriosis accounted for 198,252 human cases notified in 2009[1] in the EU. However, this disease goes largely unreported and the effective number of cases is believed to be around nine million each year. The cost of campylobacteriosis to public …
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Management Board reviewed today the terms of reference for a future independent external evaluation of the Authority’s work to be carried out in 2005. Required by EFSA’s founding Regulation, the overall aim of this …
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Dear Commissioner Dalli, Minister Fazio, Mayor Vignali, President Bernazzoli, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Introduction It gives me great pleasure to open this conference, co-organised with the European …
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Introduction It gives me great pleasure to be here with you in Brussels this morning and I am very grateful for the opportunity to address this conference. To begin with I would like …
The evaluations of the NDA Panel were positive when there was sufficient scientific evidence available to support the claim, such as those related to vitamins and minerals. Experts issued unfavourable opinions on most of the claims in the second series due …
The 27 EU agencies were established to help implement EU policies more efficiently and to respond to particular needs identified by the EU institutions. In recognition of the critical role of the Parliament and Council in shaping the renewed institutional …
This evaluation follows a risk assessment on these two substances carried out by the EU’s former Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) in 2003. The ANS Panel considered that data which have recently been made available were sufficient to remove outstanding …
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EFSA’s BIOHAZ Panel Chair, Dan Collins, said, “Animal feed can be a source of several types of Salmonella. Eliminating Salmonella in animal feed even before it gets to the farm will make a contribution to reducing Salmonella in our food. EFSA with its …
The risk assessment of GM plants and derived food/feed is based on comparison with non-GM counterparts. The GMO Panel considers that a comparative approach following international risk assessment standards using molecular, compositional and other analyses[ …
“Experts found that, with respect to animal welfare risk, it is the interaction of key elements of the Atlantic salmon farming systems which play a determining role as opposed to any intrinsic differences in the farming methods themselves” commented Dr. …
This follows on from new EU legislation, adopted in December 2008, which sets out a common procedure for the authorisation of additives, flavourings and enzymes based on scientific risk assessments by EFSA. The data requirements indicated by the ANS Panel …
EFSA’s eight Scientific Panels and Scientific Committee have jointly issued some 300 opinions to date. The Scientific Panels are composed of leading experts in their field from all over Europe, including numerous German scientists, and deal with issues …
EFSA’s Panel on Plant protection products and their residues (PPR) proposed a series of changes to current practices in the evaluation of exposure to pesticides through skin contact and inhalation. In particular, it introduced an additional risk assessment …
For substances which are both genotoxic (damaging DNA, the genetic material of the cells) and carcinogenic (leading to cancer), it is generally assumed that even a small dose may have a potential adverse effect. In general, the advice given by risk …
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was informed on 23 March 2005 of the inadvertent release in the United States of a non-authorised genetically modified (GM) maize line called Bt10, and its unintended export as Bt11 for research purposes to Spain …
Herman Koëter has received the award principally in recognition of his achievements in introducing non-animal tests into the regulatory assessment approaches of all EU Member States, Canada, the USA, Japan, Australia and other countries. Before joining …
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Undersecretary, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning and welcome to EFSA’s conference on Nutrition and Health Claims. This is indeed an important event for EFSA and forms part of EFSA’s increasing activities in the field of …
Whilst avian influenza (AI) is recognised to be an infectious disease primarily affecting birds, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is continuously evaluating scientific evidence with respect to AI and food safety. In this context, EFSA’s Scientific …
