EFSA Journal

Multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis sequence type (ST)11 infections linked to poultry products in the EU/EEA and the United Kingdom

Between May 2018 and December 2020, 193 human cases of Salmonella Enteritidis sequence type (ST)11 were reported in Denmark (2), Finland (4), France (33), Germany (6), Ireland (12), the Netherlands (3), Poland (5), Sweden (6), and the United Kingdom (UK) ...

Outcome of the consultation with Member States and EFSA on the basic substance application for approval of caffeine to be used in plant protection as insecticide in cabbage, potatoes and buxus and as molluscicide in all edible and non‐edible crops

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 ...

Manual for reporting on zoonoses and zoonotic agents,within the framework of Directive 2003/99/EC, and on some other pathogenic microbiological agents for information derived from the year 2020

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/EC, Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 ...

Prevalence sample‐based guidance for reporting 2020 data

Prevalence sample‐based data should be transmitted from Member States to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) using the EFSA Standard Sample Description version 2 (SSD2) standard. To support reporting countries in data transmission using eXtensible M ...

Zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and food‐borne outbreaks guidance for reporting 2020 data

This technical report of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) presents the guidance to reporting European Union (EU) Member Statesand non‐Member States in data transmission using extensible markup language (XML) data transfer covering the reporting o ...

Guidance for reporting 2021 surveillance data on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE)

This guidanceis 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, scra ...

Manual for reporting 2020 antimicrobial resistance data within the framework of Directive 2003/99/EC and Decision 2013/652/EU

This manual provides guidance for reporting antimicrobial resistance under the framework of Directive 2003/99/EC and Commission Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU in food‐producing animalsand foodstuffs derived thereof. The objective is to harmonise and st ...

Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment for the active substance spiroxamine in light of confirmatory data submitted

The conclusions of the EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessment carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State, Germany, for the pesticide active substance spiroxamine are reported. The context of the peer revie ...

Scientific Opinion on the assessment of the control measures of the category A diseases of Animal Health Law: African Swine Fever

EFSA received a mandate from the European Commission to assess the effectiveness of some of the control measures against diseases included in the Category A list according to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases (‘Animal Health Law’). ...

The use of the so‐called ‘superchilling’ technique for the transport of fresh fishery products

Superchilling entails lowering the fish temperature to between the initial freezing point of the fish and about 1–2°C lower. The temperature of superchilled fresh fishery products (SFFP) in boxes without ice was compared to that of products subject to the ...

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