New scientific panels elect chairs
Dr Juliane Kleiner, acting Head of Risk Assessment A specialised field of applied science that involves reviewing scientific data and studies in order to evaluate risks associated with certain hazards. It involves four steps: hazard identification, hazard characterisation, exposure assessment and risk characterisation and Scientific Assistance, said: “I’m really pleased to welcome our new panel members to Parma this week. The programme we’ve laid on was designed to quickly bring them up to speed on how EFSA works and what we expect of them. All the Panels have busy work plans so it’s important that they hit the ground running.”
Chairs elected
All 10 panels have elected a chair and two vice-chairs to steer their work over the next three years. The chairs are also members of the EFSA Scientific Committee, which met briefly yesterday and will elect a chair and vice-chairs at its first full plenary meeting in September.
| Panel | Chair | Vice-chairs |
|---|---|---|
| Additives and products or substances used in animal feed | Vasileios Bampidis | Giovanna Azimonti Roberto Villa |
| Animal health and welfare | Søren Saxmose Nielsen | Virginie Michel Miguel Angel Miranda |
| Biological hazards | Kostantinos Koutsoumanis | Ana Allende Lieve Herman |
| Contaminants in the food chain | Dieter Schrenk | Heather Wallace Christer Hogstrand |
| Food additives and flavourings | Maged Younes | Wim Mennes Maria Jose Frutos Fernandez |
| Food contact materials, enzymes and processing aids | Vittorio Silano | Henk van Loveren Alicja Mortensen |
| Genetically modified organisms | Hanspeter Naegeli | Tamas Dalmay Nils Rostoks |
| Nutrition The science of how diet relates to the body's need for sustenance, novel food Foodstuff or food ingredient that was not used for human consumption to a significant degree within the European Union before 15 May 1997 and food allergens | Dominique Turck | Androniki Naska Harry McArdle |
| Plant health | Claude Bragard | Jonathan Yuen Francesco Di Serio |
| Plant protection products and their residues | Hernandez Jerez Antonio | Silvia Pieper Christopher Topping |
The EU Food Law, which established the EFSA, requires the renewal of the Scientific Committee and the panels every three years. This year EFSA is renewing all 10 scientific panels simultaneously for the first time.
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