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Call for new scientific information as regards the risk to bees from the uses of the active substance fipronil in the EU

Deadline: 15 January 2016 Background Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 781/2013 amended the conditions for approvals of the active substance fipronil for use in plant protection products. The specific provisions of the approval were amended to r ...

Call for new scientific information as regards the risk to bees from the use of the three neonicotinoid pesticide active substances clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam applied as seed treatments and granules in the EU

Deadline: 30 September 2015 Background Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 485/2013 amended the conditions for approvals of the active substances clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam for use in plant protection products, all belonging to th ...

Call for data on Bovine Tuberculosis testing

Deadline: 26 April 2012 Background The Commission requested the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to issue a scientific opinion on the suitability of the IFN test or other, possibly newer, tests for inclusion amongst the official tests for the purp ...

Request for data on T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin and Nivalenol in food and feed, and Zearalenone in food

Deadline: 1 November 2010 Background EFSA has received/will receive several requests from the European Commission for scientific opinions on the following mycotoxins and plant toxicants in food and/or feed: T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin, nivalenol, zearalenone, ...

Health and welfare aspects of genetic selection in broilers

Deadline: 14 October 2009 Call for data The Commission requested EFSA to assess all the scientific and proprietary information available on the genetics of broilers as well as the welfare of grandparent and parent stocks. The Commission also requests EFS ...

Call for data for further advice on the implications on animal cloning (SCNT)

Deadline: 29 April 2009 Background The European Commission has requested EFSA for further advice on the implications on animal cloning (somatic cell nucleus transfer, SCNT). The request is related to the recommendations included in the Opinion of the Sci ...

Call for scientific data on Salmonella in poultry

Deadline: 30 September 2008 Background The European Commission has requested EFSA guidance[1] (EFSA-Q-2008-294) on the detailed rules of a food safety criterion for fresh poultry meat during shelf life with the purpose to be in accordance with the exis ...

Call for scientific data on the prevalence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in food

Deadline: 26 May 2008 Background EFSA has requested that the Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ Panel) elaborates an Opinion on “Food borne antimicrobial resistance as a biological hazard”. In the process of preparing this Opinion, and taking ...

EFSA Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment on Salmonella in Pigs: call for data

Deadline: 8 June 2008 After a request from the European Commission for a scientific opinion on “Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment on Salmonella in slaughter and breeder pigs” (EFSA-Q-2006-176) the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked it ...

EFSA Workshops on Salmonella in Pigs: call for contributions

Deadline: 16 March 2008 After a request from the European Commission for a scientific opinion on “Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment on Salmonella in slaughter and breeder pigs” (EFSA-Q-2006-176) the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked ...