Among the tasks of EFSA, according to its founding regulation (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002), there is the establishment of a system of Networks of organisations operating in the fields within EFSA's mission, the objective being to facilitate a scient ...
The EFSA Scientific Network on bovine spongiform encephalopathies and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (BSE‐TSE) held its 15thmeeting on 7‐8October 2020 as a web‐meeting. The meeting served as an opportunity to exchange scientific informati ...
Since 1 August 2019, a multi‐country outbreak, caused by Salmonella Typhimurium ST19 and S. Anatum ST64, has affected three European Union (EU) countries, the United Kingdom and Canada. As of 20 October 2020, 123 cases of S. Typhimurium ST19 and one case ...
The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) was developed to provide a generic safety evaluation for biological agents to support EFSA's Scientific Panels. It is based on an assessment of the taxonomic identity, the body of knowledge, safety concerns a ...
Thisguidanceis specifically aimed at guiding the reporting of information to EFSA under the framework of Regulation(EC) No 999/2001. The technical aspects for the reporting of surveillance data on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in bovine animals, scrapi ...
Avian influenza surveillance data should be submitted twice a year from Member States to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) using the EFSA Standard Sample Description version 2 (SSD2). Specific guidelines to support reporting countries with this da ...
A multi‐country outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis, delineated by whole genome sequencing (WGS), linked to eggs,has been ongoing in the EU/EEA for several years. From 1 February 2017 to 14 January 2020, 15 EU/EEA countries reported 656 confirmed cases a ...
This reporting manual provides guidance to Member States (MSs) for reporting on zoonoses and zoonotic agents in animals, food and feed under the framework of Directive 2003/99/ECand of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 and also on the reportin ...
This manual provides guidance for reporting antimicrobial resistance under the framework of Directive 2003/99/EC and Commission ImplementingDecision 2013/652/EU in food‐producing animalsand foodstuffs derived thereof. The objective is to harmonise and str ...
This technical report of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) presents guidance to reporting European Union (EU) Member Statesand non‐Member States in data transmission using extensible markup language (XML) data transfer covering the reporting of is ...