EFSA (PRAS Unit) have been requested to provide a Guidance Document (GD) on bees, which was published in July 2013. The GD uses Shortcut Values (SVs) in the estimation of the oral risk to bees. SVs express the theoretical residue intake of the bees using ...
Quantitative risk assessments facilitate the decisions of risk managers. In the EU, risk assessment in food and feed safety is the responsibility of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Quantitative risk models should be informed by systematically r ...
The EFSA has undertaken a public consultation on the draft guidance on expert knowledge elicitation in food and feed safety risk assessment. The draft guidance was prepared by a dedicated working group. The task of the working group is to propose a practi ...
This scientific report provides an overview of all research carried out on Schmallenberg virus (SBV), reviewing the current knowledge on SBV regarding genotyping findings, susceptible species, pathogenesis, transmission routes, immunity, seroprevalence, g ...
Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing requires slaughterhouse operators to carry out regular checks to ensure that animals do not present any sign of consciousness following stunning. The Co ...
In applied sciences in general, and in particular when dealing with animal health and welfare assessments, one is often confronted with the collection of correlated data (not independent data). This generic term embraces a multitude of data structures, su ...
No abstract available Keywords: Tuberculosis, Freedom from disease, Hypergeometric, Herd sensitivity, Area sensitivity doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2013.EN-450 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2013-00008 Adopted: 26 June 2013 Contact: sas@efsa.europa.eu On request fr ...
No abstract available Keywords: Pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, pest freedom, risk based sampling, detection method, sample size doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2012.EN-385 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2012-00984 Adopted: 19 December 2012 Contact: SA ...
No abstract available Keywords: Freedom from disease, Risk Based, Survey, Surveillance, Standard Sample Description data model doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2012.EN-366 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2012-00746 Adopted: 30 November 2012 Contact: SAS@efsa.europa.eu O ...
No abstract available Keywords: Absence of infection, data collection, freedom from disease, reporting, risk-based, surveillance, wildlife doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2973 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2012-00640 Journal Number: EFSA Journal 2012;10(11):2973 A ...