EFSA Journal

The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2016

This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents the results of the zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2016 in 37 European countries (28 Member States (MS) and nine non-MS). C ...

Stakeholder meeting on the draft scientific opinion on Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat foods and the risk for human health in the EU

No abstract available. Keywords: ready-to-eat food products, Listeria monocytogenes, human listeriosis, Time Series Analysis, Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment, stakeholder event doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1343 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2017-00760 ...

The European Union summary report on surveillance for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in 2016

This report presents the results of surveillance activities on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in bovine animals, sheep, goats, cervids and other species, as well as genotyping data in sheep, carried out in 2016 in the European Union acco ...

Pilot study on uncertainty analysis in EFSA Reasoned Opinions on the modification of pesticide maximum residue levels

Applicability of the EFSA Scientific Committee revised draft Guidance on uncertainty in EFSA scientific assessment is tested in the context of an EFSA Reasoned Opinion on the modification of pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs). EFSA purchased servic ...

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 ...

Scientific support for preparing an EU position in the 49th Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR)

In accordance with Article 43 of Regulation (EC) 396/2005, EFSA received a request from the European Commission to provide support for the preparation of the EU position for 49th session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR). In 2016, JMPR e ...

Evaluation of data concerning the necessity of isoxaflutole as a herbicide to control a serious danger to plant health which cannot be contained by other available means, including non-chemical methods

The European Food Safety Authority was requested by the European Commission to provide scientific assistance under Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 regarding the evaluation of data concerning the necessity of isoxaflutole as a herbicide to contro ...

Evaluation of data concerning the necessity of flupyrsulfuron-methyl as a herbicide to control a serious danger to plant health which cannot be contained by other available means, including non-chemical methods

EFSA was requested by the European Commission to provide scientific assistance under Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 regarding the evaluation of data concerning the necessity of flupyrsulfuron-methyl as a herbicide to control a serious danger to ...

The 2015 European Union report on pesticide residues in food

This report provides a detailed insight in the official control activities performed by EU Member States, Iceland and Norway. Overall, 97.2% of the 84,341 samples analysed in 2015 were free of quantifiable residues or contained residues within the legally ...

Workshop Report on integrated approach for testing and assessment of developmental neurotoxicity

No abstract available. Keywords: developmental neurotoxicity, DNT, in-vitro, epidemiology, IATA doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2017.EN-1191 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2016-00360 Adopted: 9 March 2017 Type: Event report ...

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