Risk assessment of chemicals in food and feed is a major activity of EFSA, covering the work of many units and panels, including: food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) (2005-2008), food additives and nutrien ...
At the end of 2011, a study was commissioned by EFSA to the Consortium Nomisma-Areté, with the objective of gathering consumption data for “energy” drinks (ED) in specific consumer groups (adults, adolescents and children) in EU. The study also aims at es ...
To provide assistance to the SAS Unit of EFSA in the production of a standardised statistical programming practices document for SAS and R software packages this report proposes program templates and corresponding manuals for R and SAS. The templates are ...
This report summarises the “current” statistical programming methods and practices at EFSA, which were obtained by reviewing scientific outputs and associated statistical R and SAS programs and interviewing selected EFSA staff. The assessment was based on ...
No abstract available Keywords: Crisis preparedness, urgent request, urgent response, training strategy, simulation scenario doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2013.EN-388 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2011-01106 Adopted: 9 January 2013 On request from: EFSA Type: Exte ...
Systematic reviews (SR) are an evidence synthesis approach that provides robust and transparent answers to clearly formulated questions. Originally developed for use in clinical practice, SRs have wider applicability, including food and feed safety risk a ...
This project comprised the development of a commodity-based hazard identification protocol for biological hazards in plants and animals as a decision support tree programmed in Excel. The content of the decision tree is based on the results of a systemati ...
Aflatoxin (AF) contamination in maize is of worldwide importance. Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus are the principal fungi responsible for AF production. Based on the current literature, AFs are not considered a problem in wheat and rice at harvest a ...
As a part of improving risk preparedness, EFSA organised the IV crisis simulation exercise involving the participation of a number of key stakeholders to identify the best way to deal with the consequences of a new biohazard contaminating the feed/food ch ...
Within the Service-level agreement (SLA), EFSA and JRC have extended the threat detection system MedISys to food & feed hazards. The media coverage of MedISys has been extended by 300 sources (task 1a of SLA). Over 200 filters for common food & fe ...