An online info‐session, held on the 8 th of October 2020, was organized by EFSA to communicate the results of the recently concluded CLEFSA project: Climate change as a driver of emerging risks for food and feed safety, plant, animal health and nutritiona ...
The European Commission (DG SANTE) requested the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (EFSA mandate M‐2017‐00137), to support and assist the EU Member States (MSs) in the preparation and design of plant pest surveys. The MSs selected Phyllosticta citrica ...
The European Commission (DG SANTE) requested the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (EFSA mandate M‐2017‐00137), to support and assist the EU Member States (MSs) in the preparation and design of plant pest surveys. The MSs selected Agrilusplanipennis a ...
Plant protection products (PPPs) are pesticides containing at least one active substance that drives specific actions against pests (diseases). PPPs are regulated in the EU and cannot be placed on the market or used without prior authorisation. EFSA asses ...
The currently applied approaches, procedures and tools used for the identification of emerging risks vary greatly among Member States of the EU. EFSA established a structured approach for emerging risk identification that mainly consists of systematically ...
The European Commission is asking EFSA for scientific and technical support in the epidemiological analysis of animal disease outbreaks (i.e. African swine fever, lumpy skin disease and avian influenza) and to assess surveillance data (i.e. Echinococcus m ...
The history of agriculture includes many animal and plant disease events that have had major consequences for the sector, as well as for humans. At the same time, human activities beyond agriculture have often driven the emergence of diseases. The more th ...