The European Commission asked the Panel to revise the Guidance Document on persistence in soil (SANCO/9188VI/1997 of 12 July 2000). Therefore the Panel started the development of a revised methodology for the assessment of exposure of soil organisms. This ...
On 07 May 2009, EFSA issued a statement on the potential risk for public health due to the presence of nicotine in wild mushrooms. Questions about this statement of EFSA were raised by the Chinese authorities. This position was further clarified by means ...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) received in May 2010, a request from the European Commission for an update on the state of play of the possible scientific developments on the issue of cloning of farmed animals for food production purposes. The p ...
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 ...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare to deliver a scientific statement on bovine besnoitiosis. Recent epidemiological data confirm an increased number of cases and geographic expansion of besnoitiosis in c ...
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 doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.319r Question Number: EFSA-Q-2009-00449 Adopted: 23 June 2009 Last Updated: 24 November 2009 Type: Statement of EFSA ...