Biological hazards working groups

Name Minutes (last update) Composition
AMR and GP feed residues (EFSA-Q-2019-00221) 23. Dezember 2020
Atypical Scrapie Surveillance (EFSA-Q-2020-00662) 18. Dezember 2020
BIOHAZ WG on applications for alternative methods of use or disposal of animal by-products or derived products 22. Dezember 2020
Date Marking (EFSA-Q-2019-00438-439) 21. Dezember 2020
Joint Inter-agency Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance Analysis (JIACRA) III (EFSA-Q-2018-00135) 15. Januar 2021
Organic fertilisers endpoint (EFSA-Q-2020-00401) 22. Dezember 2020
WG on ALP milk pasteurisation (EFSA-Q-2020-00301) 14. Januar 2021
WG on AMR environment (EFSA-Q-2019-00343) 10. Dezember 2020
WG on high pressure processing of food (EFSA-Q-2020-00380) 7. Januar 2021
WG on the transport/storage of fresh fishery products (EFSA-Q-2019-00053 and EFSA-Q-2019-00437) 16. November 2020
WG on the update of the list of QPS recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA (2020-22) 24. November 2020

Past working groups

Annual DoIs of former EFSA experts are available on request.

Name Minutes (last update)
ABPs - colostrum treatment by microfiltration 4. Mai 2015
Alternative method ECN tunnel composting (Q-2019-00583) 8. Juni 2020
Alternative method for production of biodiesel from processed fats derived from category 1, 2 and 3 animal byproducts (EFSA-Q-2019-00432) 6. März 2020
AMR Milk Feed calves (EFSA-Q-2015-00611) 18. November 2016
Analysis of the baseline survey on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods 11. August 2014
Analysis of the baseline survey on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods: Subgroup on predictive models for Listeria growth 4. November 2013
Analytical methods for biological agents 20. März 2013
Application for a revision of the annual monitoring programme for BSE from Norway 19. Juli 2013
Application for new alternative biodiesel process for rendered fat of Cat 1 (EFSA-Q-2017-00136) 18. Oktober 2017
Assessment of ABPs 8. Februar 2012
Atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) 3. Juli 2014
Bioreduction 24. September 2013
BSE - Croatia 13. Januar 2016
BSE cases born after the total feed ban (EFSA-Q-2016-00350) 23. Mai 2017
BSE risk in bovine intestine and mesentery 13. Dezember 2013
Carbapenem resistance in food animal ecosystems 8. November 2013
Chronic Wasting Disease - CWD - (EFSA-Q-2016-00387; EFSA-Q-2016-00411) 9. November 2017
Clarification on the scientific opinion on the public health risks related to the maintenance of the cold chain during storage and transport of meat 11. Mai 2015
Delayed meat inspection (EFSA-Q-2019-00124) 8. Oktober 2020
Development of risk ranking tool 27. November 2014
Dyes in aquaculture Available soon
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of cattle 27. Mai 2013
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of farmed game 5. Juni 2013
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of poultry 31. Mai 2012
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of poultry: Subgroup on case studies 13. Februar 2012
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of poultry: Subgroup on ESBL 13. Februar 2012
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of small ruminants 24. Juni 2013
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of small ruminants: Subgroup on Mycobacteria 31. März 2017
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of solipeds 27. Mai 2013
European baseline survey of norovirus in oysters Available soon
European Union Summary Report on TSE 31. Mai 2016
Evaluation of processing method for ABP Cat. 3 (EFSA-Q-2017-00619) 9. April 2018
Evaluation of the NExBTL process as an alternative method for treatment of rendered animal fat (NESTE OIL) 16. Oktober 2015
Fish storage 27. Mai 2015
Food-borne outbreaks reporting specifications 8. Oktober 2013
Genetic resistance to scrapie in Cyprus 20. September 2012
Genetic resistance to TSEs in goats (EFSA-Q-2016-00268) 4. Juli 2017
Growth of spoilage bacteria during storage and transport of meat 8. Juli 2015
Growth of spoilage bacteria during storage and transport of meat (EFSA-Q-2015-00163) 14. April 2016
HACCP (EFSA-Q-2015-00593) 19. Dezember 2016
Harmonised monitoring of AMR 22. Mai 2012
Harmonised monitoring of MRSA 13. September 2012
Hatchery waste 16. Oktober 2015
Hazard analysis approaches for certain small retail establishments and food donations (HACCP) 19. Juni 2018
Heat treatment of bivalve molluscs 21. Dezember 2015
Indicators AMR & AM use (EFSA-Q-2016-00638) 18. September 2017
JIACRA II 26. Oktober 2018
Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat foods (EFSA-Q-2015-00597) 27. November 2017
Listeria monocytogenes in frozen fruit, vegetables and herbs (EFSA-Q-2018-01006) 11. März 2020
Listex P100 treatment of ready to eat foods 1. Juli 2016
Meat inspection: bovines 29. April 2013
Meat inspection: small ruminants 6. März 2013
Meat Inspection: solipeds 13. März 2013
Mechanically separated meat 14. Februar 2013
Molecular typing 25. Juni 2014
Molecular typing methods of food-borne pathogens 19. November 2013
Negligible risk classical scrapie 16. Oktober 2015
NGS for risk assessment of foodborne microorganisms 9. Oktober 2019
Proposed EU minimum quality requirements for water reuse in agricultural irrigation and aquifer recharge 24. Mai 2017
Public health hazards to be covered by inspection of meat: farmed game 30. Januar 2013
Public health risks associated with food-borne parasites 8. Oktober 2018
Public health risks associated with Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) as a food-borne pathogen (EFSA-Q-2016-00315) 23. Mai 2017
Public health risks Bacillus in foodstuffs 17. Mai 2016
Public health risks Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) 7. Dezember 2015
Public health risks of table eggs due to deterioration and development of pathogens 6. Juni 2014
QPS 2012 update 29. Oktober 2012
Raw milk 17. Oktober 2014
Reduction of the need to use antimicrobials 10. November 2016
Request for scientific and technical assistance on the baseline survey of Norovirus in oysters - 2018 1. Juli 2019
Request for scientific and technical assistance on the baseline survey of Norovirus in oysters 2015-16 11. Februar 2016
Requirements for development of microbiological criteria (EFSA-Q-2016-00227) 19. Juni 2017
Risk of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) via in embryo transfer in sheep 21. November 2012
Risk of transmission of Ebola Virus (EBOV) via the food chain 24. Oktober 2014
Risk of transmission of EBOV via the food chain - part 2 10. Februar 2015
Risk posed by pathogens in food of non-animal origin 1. Oktober 2014
Ruminant collagen and gelatine (EFSA-Q-2019-00436) 8. September 2020
Safety and efficacy of peroxyacetic acid for reduction of pathogens on poultry 24. Februar 2014
Salmonella controls in poultry flocks (EFSA-Q-2017-00692) 20. Dezember 2018
Sample size BSE monitoring 20. September 2012
Scientific coordination group on meat inspection 11. März 2013
Scrapie situation in the EU after 10 years of monitoring and control in sheep and goats 4. Juni 2014
Stakehoders' technical hearing on meat inspection in bovines 3. Mai 2013
Stakehoders' technical hearing on meat inspection of farmed game 15. Mai 2012
STEC pathogenicity and public health risk_Q-2018-00293 14. November 2019
Technical specifications on the harmonised monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in zoonotic and indicator bacteria transmitted through food (EFSA-Q-2018-00051) 28. Oktober 2019
Technical support to collect and analyse whole genome sequencing (WGS) data in the joint ECDC-EFSA molecular typing database 29. April 2019
The evaluation of the NExBTL process as an alternative method for treatment of rendered animal fat (Neste Oil) 15. September 2015
The risk posed by pathogens in foods of non-animal origin 3. November 2014
Tracing of food items in connection to the multinational Hepatitis A virus outbreak in Europe 1. Juli 2014
Transport of meat 2. April 2014
Update of the list of QPS recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA (2017-19) (M-2016-0211) 13. November 2019
Update of the list of Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS) recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 10. November 2016
Updated Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) of the BSE risk posed by Processed Animal Protein (PAP) (EFSA-Q-2017-00705) 8. Mai 2018
Urgent request on Lm sampling and testing (EFSA-Q-2018-00347) 10. Juli 2018
Verotoxinogenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) Austria 4. Februar 2013
WG on an update of the scientific opinion on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in cervids - (EFSA-Q-2018-00763) 26. Juli 2019
WG on Update on Campylobacter control options (EFSA-Q-2018-00676) 18. Dezember 2019
Zoonotic potential scrapie 8. Juli 2015