Last year EFSA closed around 700 questions via scientific outputs and technical reports. We prepare all of these outputs with the objective of satisfying the needs of risk managers whilst at the same time engaging our stakeholders as much as possible in t ...
Trusted science for safe food- Protecting consumers’ health with independent scientific advice on the food chain. Adopted on 12 December 2018. ...
The year 2017 witnessed the first full year of implementation of the EFSA Strategy 2020 that was adopted in March 2016. The five strategic objectives that guide EFSA to face new challenges and opportunities drove the Authority’s day-to-day work programme. ...
SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) are Procedures that prescribe the operational steps to be followed in relation to processes or policies. SOPs are mandatory instructions. SOPs are drafted by staff directly involved with the process in question followi ...
Trusted science for safe food- Protecting consumers’ health with independent scientific advice on the food chain. Adopted by written procedure on 30 January 2018 ...
The EFSA Strategy 2020 is built on cooperation as one of its five fundamental values. This annual report gives an overview of the activities undertaken by EFSA in 2016 together with different partners, in particular with Member States. It highlights how E ...
The year 2016 was significant for EFSA as we completed a strategic review of our work. The result is our new guiding document, the EFSA Strategy 2020, which translates the key priorities of our work into five strategic objectives, illustrating how EFSA wi ...
A constantly changing world, with its increasingly globalised trade, influences the future of how we produce and consume food in the European Union. Emerging new risks and hazards lead to complex food safety questions and help to evolve scientific knowled ...
EFSA has been working over the past years to set up, and constantly improve, its Quality Management System (QMS) so as to ensure that the organisation has a solid basis for scientific excellence, independence, openness, innovation and cooperation. In 2016 ...
Pesticide residues in vegetables? Contaminants in palm oil? Traces of veterinary medicines in meat? This report provides an overview of data collected by EU Member States and analysed by EFSA in 2015 and 2016 to monitor chemicals in food and help protect ...
