EFSA Journal

Outcome of the consultation with Member States and EFSA on the basic substance application for approval of Comfrey steeping to be used in plant protection as an insect repellent and plant elicitor in fruit trees, grass and vegetables

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked by the European Commission to provide scientific assistance with respect to the evaluation of applications received by the European Commission concerning basic substances. In this context, EFSA's sc ...

Multi‐country outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 6 infections linked to ready‐to‐eatmeat products – 25 November 2019

Twenty‐one cases of Listeria monocytogenes IVb sequence type ST6 infections have been reported from the Netherlands (19 cases) and Belgium (two cases). This outbreak was identified using whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis. The patients had onset of il ...

Testing the study appraisal methodology from the 2017 Bisphenol A (BPA) hazard assessment protocol

Prior to being applied to the new bisphenol A (BPA) re‐evaluation, the study appraisal methodology described in the 2017 BPA hazard assessment protocol, i.e. the so‐called ‘2017 methodology’, was tested on a selection of studies that had been previously a ...

Outcome of the consultation with Member States, the applicant and EFSA on the pesticide risk assessment for aluminium ammonium sulfate (approved as aluminium ammonium sulphate) in light of confirmatory data

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked by the European Commission to provide scientific assistance with respect to the risk assessment for an active substance in light of confirmatory data requested following approval in accordance with Artic ...

Outcome of the public consultation on the scientific report on the establishment of cumulative assessment groups of pesticides for their effects on the nervous system

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive inputs from interested parties on a draft scientific report on the establishment of cumulative assessment groups of pesticides regarding their combined effects on the n ...

Outcome of the public consultation on the scientific report on the establishment of cumulative assessment groups of pesticides for their effects on the thyroid

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive inputs from interested parties on the draft scientific report on the establishment of cumulative assessment groups of pesticides regarding their combined effects on the ...

EFSA's activities on emerging risks in 2018

The main objectives of EFSA's activities on emerging risks are:(i) to identify emerging risks in the areas within the remit of EFSA;and (ii) to develop and improve emerging risk identification methodologies and approaches. The current technical repor ...

Public consultation on the draft guidance on risk assessments for stereoisomers

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive inputs from interested parties on the draft guidance on risk assessments for active substances of plant protection products that have stereoisomers as components or imp ...

Outcome of the consultation with Member States, the applicant and EFSA on the pesticide risk assessment for metobromuron in light of confirmatory data

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked by the European Commission to provide scientific assistance with respect to the risk assessment for an active substance in light of confirmatory data requested following approval in accordance with Artic ...

Guidelines for reporting surveillance data on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) in the EU within the framework of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

These guidelines are specifically aimed at guiding the reporting of information under the framework of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001/EC. The technical aspects for the reporting of surveillance data on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in bovine animals, scra ...

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