The main objectives of EFSA’s Activities on Emerging Risks are: (i) to carry out activities aimed at identifying emerging risks in the areas on the remit of EFSA (public health impacts related to food and feed, animal and plant health); and (ii) to develo ...
At the request of the European Union Joint Research Centre, a Joint Research Centre draft report on European Union minimum quality requirements for water reuse in agricultural irrigation was reviewed, to determine whether: the methodology used was appropr ...
This document provides guidance on the practical arrangements necessary to ensure that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) responds effectively to incidents requiring urgent advice on food and feed safety and when a crisis is activated by the Europe ...
Eighteen potential emerging issues were presented for the first time in 2015 by the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Scientific Committee and Emerging Risks Unit, the Emerging Risks Exchange Network, and/or the Stakeholder Consultative Group o ...
A qualitative analysis of the 2015 annual collection of analytical results on chemical contaminants in food and feed covering the sampling year 2014 was performed. Data are submitted annually to EFSA by European data providers to support EFSA’s work progr ...
The report summarises the monitoring data collected in 2014 on the presence of residues of veterinary medicinal products and certain substances in live animals and animal products in the European Union. A total of 736,907 samples were reported to the Euro ...
A qualitative analysis of the 2014 annual collection of analytical results on chemical contaminants in food and feed covering the sampling year 2013 was performed. Data are submitted annually to EFSA by European data providers to support EFSA’s work progr ...
The present report summarises the monitoring data collected in 2013 on the presence of residues of veterinary medicinal products and certain substances in live animals and animal products in the European Union. A total of 1,005,835 samples were reported t ...
In 2014, the procedure for emerging risk identification was further developed and follow-up activities on the specific issues identified were carried out. Eighteen issues were evaluated, 5 issues have been so far selected for further investigation. In add ...
EFSA established an Emerging Risks Exchange Network (EREN) to exchange information between EFSA and the MSs on possible emerging risks for food and feed safety in 2010. The Network is currently composed of delegates from 21 Member States and an EFTA count ...