This scientific report provides an overall assessment of the impact of the infection on animal health, animal production and animal welfare of the provisionally named “Schmallenberg” virus (SBV) first detected in Germany. In Europe, 3745 holdings have bee ...
Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), carried out a revised exposure assessment of ethyl lauroyl arginate (LAE) from its use as a food additive, for children and adults, based on the revised proposed ...
A quantitative approach to estimate the likelihood of introduction of an infectious disease agent into a disease-free country through the movement of animals is essential to assess the risk of introduction of such disease agent. This approach was used to ...
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a viral disease primarily of cloven-hoofed animals that can profoundly affect animal husbandry by evolving into severe epidemics that reduce the productivity of susceptible livestock.. Hunting activities are considered valu ...
Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA was asked to evaluate if calcium L-ascorbate with a content of threonate produced by a new manufacturing process and resulting in the by-product 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-3(2H)-furanone (4-HMF), was covered ...
Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a revised exposure assessment for children of Sunset Yellow FCF (E 110) from its use as a food additive, based on the revised proposed use levels as pr ...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked to evaluate a new study provided by industry that reports on the bioavailability of aluminium from several aluminium compounds in the rat. EFSA was asked whether the scientific data provided by the study ...
The European Food Safety Authority was asked to provide scientific advice on two studies, namely a carcinogenicity study in mice (Soffritti et al., 2010) and a prospective cohort study on the association between intakes of artificially sweetened soft drin ...
A simulation exercise was performed to contribute to the assessment of the impact of Salmonella spp. on public health. The aim of this simulation approach was to investigate the effect of the prevalence of contaminated broiler carcasses at slaughterhouse ...