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 ...
EFSA scientists held a day of discussions with experts from Member States on the newest scientific developments and approaches to assess possible environmental risks from genetically modified (GM) plants. Experts in the field of environmental risk assessm ...
Background EFSA’s Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR) received early 2009 the mandates for the revision of the Guidance Documents (GDs) Aquatic Ecotoxicology SANCO/3268/2001 and Terrestrial Ecotoxicology SANCO/10329/2002. Related t ...
EFSA held a technical meeting with Member State experts to exchange views on the environmental risk assessment of GM maize MON810 in the context of the ongoing renewal application for cultivation. EFSA decided to call this meeting to address the scientifi ...
Background Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 establishes the rules governing the Community authorisation of additives for use in animal nutrition in order to provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection of human health, animal health and w ...
EFSA Scientific Colloquia aim to achieve a better understanding of the fundamental scientific issues in all areas of EFSA’s mission and are organised in a way to provide opportunity for an interactive exchange of expert views. To that end the Scientific C ...