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 ...
20181121_122408.jpg EFSA’s annual Stakeholder Forum brought together more than 100 representatives of stakeholder organisations, the European Commission, EFSA’s Management Board and EFSA staff for a one-day exchange of views on the Authority’s ongoing wor ...
On Tuesday 20th of November 2018, EFSA met with FEFANA, EUROPABIO AND AMFEP representatives in the context of an EFSA ad hoc meeting with industry stakeholders in order to address some question regarding the EFSA FEEDAP Panel guidance on the characterisa ...
The 2019 edition of EFSA’s Roundtable with NGOs took place on 13 February in Brussels. The objective of the NGO Roundtable was to; exchange views on recent stakeholder initiatives, provide the latest updates on EFSA’s activities which may be of interest t ...
The workshop with representatives of the Academia Stakeholder Category was the first event under EFSA’s Stakeholder Engagement Approach (SEA) specifically targeting scientific and technological communities, including scientific societies, universities and ...
EFSA held a one-and-a-half-day workshop on the implementation of its guidance on the risk assessment of applications of nanosciences and nanotechnologies in the food and feed chain. The workshop was an opportunity for stakeholders, EFSA and its experts to ...
On 15 May, EFSA met stakeholders and EU Member States to discuss plausible environmental risks associated with the release of gene drive modified insects into the environment. Gene drives consist of genetic elements that can pass traits among sexually rep ...
Background EFSA organised a web meeting with stakeholders to present its draft opinions on dietary reference values (DRVs) for sodium and chloride. DRVs guide professionals on the amount of a nutrient needed to maintain health in otherwise healthy people. ...
Background Food enzymes can be added to the EC list of authorised food enzymes only after their safety has been assessed by EFSA. The procedures for evaluation and authorisation of food enzymes are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008. EFSA’s Food In ...
On 19 June 2019, staff from EFSA’s FEED unit met with representatives of industry associations, consultants and the European Commission. Participants exchanged views on the update of the FEEDAP guidance on the renewal of feed additive authorisations. The ...
