The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) requested the Panel on Plant Health to develop a methodology for assessing the environmental risks posed by harmful organisms that may enter, establish and spread in the European Union. To do so, the Panel first r ...
Following a request from the European Commission, the Scientific Committee developed principles and guidance for the establishment of protocols for 90-day whole food/feed studies in rodents. The guidance complements the OECD Test guideline 408 and provide ...
The European Commission asked the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA GMO Panel) to update its 2006 scientific opinion on Post-Market Environmental Monitoring (PMEM) of Genetically Modified Plants (GMPs). Fo ...
The European Food Safety Authority has developed a practical approach for assessing potential risks arising from applications of nanoscience and nanotechnologies in the food and feed chain. Guidance is provided on: (i) the physico-chemical characterisatio ...
This Opinion follows a request from the European Commission for the data required for the risk assessment of flavourings. The Panel considered that the elaboration of a proposal concerning the data required for the risk assessment of new flavouring substa ...
The BIOHAZ Panel of EFSA revised the joint AFC/BIOHAZ guidance on the submission of data for the evaluation of the efficacy of substances for the removal of microbial surface contamination of foods of animal origin. The guidance is intended to provide gui ...
In this opinion, EFSA’s Scientific Committee provides guidance on the scientific data needed to carry out a safety assessments of a botanical or a botanical preparation. It also proposes a two-tiered scientific approach for the safety assessment depending ...
No abstract available Keywords: guidelines, dossier for safety evaluation, active intelligent substances present in active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1208 Question Number: EFS ...
No abstract available doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1305 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2007-080 Panels: Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids Panel members at the time of adoption: Arturo Anadón, David Bell, Mona-Lise Binderup, Wilfried Bu ...
No abstract available doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1150 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2005-232 Panel members at the time of adoption: Susan Barlow, Andrew Chesson, John D. Collins, Albert Flynn, Anthony Hardy, Klaus-Dieter Jany, Ada Knaap, Harry Kuiper, John-Chr ...