EFSA Journal

SIGMA Animal Disease Data Model: A comprehensive approach for the collection of standardised data on animal diseases

The European Commission is routinely asking EFSA for scientific and technical support in the epidemiological analysis of animal disease outbreaks (i.e. African swine fever, lumpy skin disease and avian influenza) and to report or assess surveillance data ...

Phenylbutazone in horse meat

Controls in Member States have revealed the presence of phenylbutazone in horse carcasses intended for the food chain. Following the request from the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency and the European Food Safety Authority jointly conclu ...

Review of the Séralini et al. (2012) publication

On 19 September 2012, Séralini et al. published online in the scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology a publication describing a 2-year feeding study in rats investigating the health effects of genetically modified (GM) maize NK603 with and withou ...

EFSA Statement on the safety of Irradiation of Food

No abstract available Keywords: Food irradiation, efficacy, microbiological safety, food-borne pathogens, chemical food safety, radiolytic products, 2-alkylcyclobutanone, hydrocarbon, radiation dose doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2107 Question Number: EFSA-Q ...

Statement of EFSA on the possible risks for public and animal health from the contamination of the feed and food chain due to possible ash-fall following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland.

Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a scientific advice on the possible short-term risks for food and feed safety including drinking water, in the wake of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull ...

Risks for public health due to the presence of chlormequat in table grapes from India

No abstract available Keywords: Chlormequat, grapes, threshold residue, quaternary ammonium plant growth regulator doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1590 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2010-00790 Journal Number: EFSA Journal 2010; 8(1):1590 Adopted: 22 April 2010 Co ...

Bovine besnoitiosis

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare to deliver a scientific statement on bovine besnoitiosis. Recent epidemiological data confirm an increased number of cases and geographic expansion of besnoitiosis in c ...

Consolidated presentation of the joint Scientific Opinion of the GMO and BIOHAZ Panels on the "Use of Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Marker Genes in Genetically Modified Plants” and the Scientific Opinion of the GMO Panel on “Consequences of the Opinion

No abstract available Keywords: Directive 2001/18/EC, Regulation 1829/2003, GMOs, GM plants, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance marker genes, safety, food safety, human health, environment, horizontal gene transfer, nptII, aadA. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009 ...

Potential risks for public health due to the presence of nicotine in wild mushrooms

No abstract available Keywords: nicotine, wild mushrooms, cep, Boletus edulis, maximum residue level (MRL), Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, consumer risk assessment, acute reference dose (ARfD), acceptable daily intake (ADI) doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.286r Q ...

EFSA statement on the presence of 4-methylbenzophenone found in breakfast cereals

No abstract available Keywords: benzophenone, 4-methylbenzophenone, photoiniators, printing inks, cereals doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.243r Question Number: EFSA-Q-2009-410 Adopted: 4 March 2009 Type: Statement of EFSA ...

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