Action was proposed in a number of areas: the creation of a new Panel, the further use of scientific experts to support the Scientific Committee working across EFSA’s scientific remit. EFSA will also consider opportunities to build awareness, appreciation …
In 2002, the former Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) identified 15 PAHs as being carcinogenic and suggested to use benzo[a]pyrene as an indicator of occurrence and effect of the carcinogenic PAHs in food. In 2005, these findings were confirmed by the …
The Panel said that, although no single mechanism has been found to be responsible for the survival of the bluetongue virus through winter, infected Culicoides midges still remain the most likely way. Although recent data showed that in different …
Avian influenza is an infectious disease primarily affecting birds. The viruses which cause AI can be divided into two groups based on the severity of the disease they cause. Highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI*) may result in mortality within a flock …
EFSA’s independent status is one of the main reasons it was set up. Consequently, experts working for EFSA are required to make annual Declarations listing all relevant interests arising from employment, fees, affiliations, etc. which are published online. …
The European Commission (EC) has put in place since 2001 a comprehensive programme[1] to protect both consumers and animals from risks related to TSE/BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy). Since its establishment in 2002, EFSA has provided scientific …
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked by the European Commission to provide scientific support concerning the safety of the long grain GM rice LLRICE601 which had been inadvertently released in the United States (US) and exported to the …
The nine substances and five mixtures/groups of substances in question have a variety of different industrial or agricultural uses. EFSA’s expert Panel on contaminants in the food chain (the CONTAM Panel) assessed their safety as previous cargoes on the …
This is a major milestone in European food safety,’ said Geoffrey Podger, EFSA’s Executive Director. ‘It means that we have arrived at the point where the Authority can begin the core work that it was set up to do, That is; to have the best available …
Members elected Andreas Varlamos as the new Platform chair. Mr Varlamos is a member of the management board of Greek consumer association “The Quality of Life”, (EKPIZO), which is a member of the European Consumers’ Organisation, BEUC. “I am honoured that …
The EFSA Plant Health Panel examined in detail documents provided by Poland and Lithuania and evaluated the quality, quantity, accuracy and relevance of data. The Panel concluded that the evaluated risk assessments did not provide sufficient evidence to …
EFSA has today published its first [1] annual Community summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses. The report provides data on 11 zoonotic diseases from the 25 European Union (EU) countries [2] and Norway for 2004 and data for previous years from …
The European Directive on the assessment of additives in animal nutrition[1] stresses the importance of assessing the environmental impact of feed additives, since they are typically used over an extended period of time, often for large numbers of animals …
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Ministers, ladies and gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to be here with you today in Oslo and I am very grateful to the organisers (the Norwegian Ministries of Health and Care Services, Agriculture and Food, and Fisheries and …
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Introduction It gives me great pleasure to be with you here in Brussels this morning and I would like to thank the organisers for the opportunity to address the conference. I would …
A call inviting European experts to apply for membership of selected Panels was published in December 2003 in the Official Journal of the European Communities, in selected scientific journals and on the Authority’s website. 241 Scientists responded to the …
To further reinforce EFSA’s co-operation with Member States, Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle signed a further set of Focal Point agreements with several Member States including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. …
Ahead of the Board session, members held a joint meeting with EFSA’s Advisory Forum which groups representatives of national bodies responsible for risk assessment in EU Member States, Iceland and Norway, to take stock of achievements to date and discuss …
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Introduction It gives me great pleasure to address this meeting of the Asia Pacific Weeks business and science programme and I would like to thank the organisers for their kind …
Directive 2000/13/EC on food labelling requires the mandatory labelling of ingredients present in foodstuffs, including all known allergens, in order to provide consumers with better information and to protect the health of those suffering from food …
