EFSA monitors the occurrence of food-borne zoonoses, zoonotic agents and antimicrobial resistance in humans, animals and food in collaboration with the ECDC as defined in the Zoonoses Directive 2003/99/EC. As part of this responsibility, EFSA annually pub ...
Last year EFSA closed around 700 questions via scientific outputs and technical reports. We prepare all of these outputs with the objective of satisfying the needs of risk managers whilst at the same time engaging our stakeholders as much as possible in t ...
The year 2017 witnessed the first full year of implementation of the EFSA Strategy 2020 that was adopted in March 2016. The five strategic objectives that guide EFSA to face new challenges and opportunities drove the Authority’s day-to-day work programme. ...
SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) are Procedures that prescribe the operational steps to be followed in relation to processes or policies. SOPs are mandatory instructions. SOPs are drafted by staff directly involved with the process in question followi ...
Trusted science for safe food- Protecting consumers’ health with independent scientific advice on the food chain. Adopted by written procedure on 30 January 2018 ...
En juin 2017, l'EFSA a publié deux avis scientifiques sur la réévaluation des nitrites et des nitrates ajoutés aux aliments. Ce résumé explique pourquoi des nitrites et des nitrates sont présents dans les aliments et ce que les experts de l'EFSA ...
The EFSA Strategy 2020 is built on cooperation as one of its five fundamental values. This annual report gives an overview of the activities undertaken by EFSA in 2016 together with different partners, in particular with Member States. It highlights how E ...
The year 2016 was significant for EFSA as we completed a strategic review of our work. The result is our new guiding document, the EFSA Strategy 2020, which translates the key priorities of our work into five strategic objectives, illustrating how EFSA wi ...