EFSA Journal

Assessment of the incidents of histamine intoxication in some EU countries

According to its mission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) shall provide scientific advice and scientific and technical support for the Community's legislation and policies in all fields that have a direct or indirect impact on food and feed ...

Assessment of classical scrapie infectivity in sheep embryos

No abstract available. Keywords: classical scrapie, infectivity, seeding activity, embryos, embryo transfer doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1300 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2013-00235 Adopted: 22 September 2017 Contact: biohaz@efsa.europa.eu On request from ...

Genetic resistance to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in goats

Breeding programmes to promote resistance to classical scrapie, similar to those for sheep in existing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) regulations, have not been established in goats. The European Commission requested a scientific opinion ...

ECDC/EFSA/EMA second joint report on the integrated analysis of the consumption of antimicrobial agents and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food-producing animals

The second ECDC/EFSA/EMA joint report on the integrated analysis of antimicrobial consumption (AMC) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria from humans and food-producing animals addressed data obtained by the Agencies’ EU-wide surveillance network ...

Update of the list of QPS-recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 6: suitability of taxonomic units notified to EFSA until March 2017

The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) concept was developed to provide a harmonised generic pre-evaluation to support safety risk assessments of biological agents performed by EFSA's scientific Panels. The identity, body of knowledge, safety conc ...

Closing gaps for performing a risk assessment on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods: activity 2, a quantitative risk characterization on L. monocytogenes in RTE foods; starting from the retail stage

No abstract available. Keywords: quantitative risk characterization, Listeria monocytogenes, ready-to-eat food, doseresponse model, growth parameter, number of listeriosis cases doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1252 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2014-00025 Adopt ...

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) cases born after the total feed ban

Sixty bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) cases of Classical or unknown type (BARB-60 cases) were born after the date of entry into force of the EU total feed ban on 1 January 2001. The European Commission has requested EFSA to provide a scientific opi ...

Public health risks associated with hepatitis E virus (HEV) as a food-borne pathogen

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important infection in humans in EU/EEA countries, and over the last 10 years more than 21,000 acute clinical cases with 28 fatalities have been notified with an overall 10-fold increase in reported HEV cases; the majority (8 ...

Request for scientific and technical assistance on proposed EU minimum quality requirements for water reuse in agricultural irrigation and aquifer recharge

At the request of the European Union Joint Research Centre, a Joint Research Centre draft report on European Union minimum quality requirements for water reuse in agricultural irrigation was reviewed, to determine whether: the methodology used was appropr ...

Multi-country outbreak of new Salmonella enterica 11:z41:e,n,z15 infections associated with sesame seeds

An outbreak of a new serovar of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica with antigenic formula 11:z41:e,n,z15, initially detected in Greece, affected 47 individuals in five European Union countries (the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg and the ...

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