EFSA organised the first Risk Assessment Research Assembly (RARA), with a view to stimulating new partnerships in food safety research to safeguard public health, and highlighting the importance of public funding. Bringing together EU and national researc ...
This discussion group has been set-up to establish the terms of reference for the EU Bee Partnership, which is expected to be up and running in 2018. The proposed partnership was one of the outcomes of a scientific symposium co-organised by EFSA in 2017. ...
Registration for this event is now closed. EFSA is organising, together with COPA-COGECA, the European Professional Beekeepers Association (EPBA), Bee Life (European Beekeeping Coordination) and the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA), a scientifi ...
Background The way that stressors (mainly biological, chemical and environmental) affect honey bees (Apis mellifera) and contribute to losses in bee populations is poorly understood. The underlying mechanisms remain unclear due to the complex nature of th ...
EFSA held a workshop with pesticide specialists from Member States, industry and consumer groups to present, exchange points of view and clarify the main points of the Authority’s Guidance Document on the Risk Assessment of Plant Protection Products on Be ...
Experts debate bee health at EFSA Colloquium More than 100 bee experts gathered in Parma, Italy, this week to debate the latest scientific developments on the risk assessment of multiple stressors in bees. EFSA’s 18th Scientific Colloquium was convened in ...
The Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service hosts a conference entitled From Safer Food to Healthier Nutrition where views will be exchanged on nutrition-related diseases, and on strengthening the ability of public institutions to influence the eatin ...
This meeting, organised by the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST), will focus on risk assessment, management and communication and discuss the role and main functions of EFSA. Speakers include Steingrímur Sigfússon, Iceland’s Minister for Agri ...