EFSA publishes all its scientific outputs, including its scientific opinions, in the EFSA Journal. It also issues a range of supporting publications. See also Definitions of EFSA Scientific Outputs and Supporting Publications.
There is a fundamental change in thinking within the regulatory community due to a better understanding of the underlying biology of adverse effects to human health and the environment. The development of alternatives to use laboratory animals has become ...
EFSA aims to develop a quantitative risk assessment methodology to assess the welfare of the animals by applying animal-based measures (ABMs). In the last ten years, quite a number of resources were committed in the EU for improving the scientific knowled ...
The Commission requested EFSA to assess three studies concerning the use of rubber slats in pig holdings regarding the statistical differences between the welfare outcomes for sows and gilts when comparing concrete slatted floors and floors with a rubber ...
This scientific report provides a review of modern methodologies and tools to depict toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic processes and their application for the human hazard assessment of chemicals. The application of these methods is illustrated with example ...
Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing requires slaughterhouse operators to carry out regular checks to ensure that animals do not present any sign of consciousness following stunning. The Co ...
Council Directive 2007/43/EC on the protection of chickens kept for meat production requires Member States to submit to the Commission the results of a data collection of welfare indicators in broiler slaughterhouses. The Commission prepared a draft docum ...
The overall aim of the work outlined in this statement is to help establish a common framework for future scientific opinions dealing with the use of animal-based measures to assess the welfare of animals. The statement is mainly intended to support the w ...
EFSA requested the Animal Health and Welfare Panel to provide guidance on risk assessment for animal welfare. In order to ensure that the guidance is based on comprehensive, relevant and up-to-date information, a web-based consultation on the draft scient ...
No abstract available Keywords: Eurostat Comext database, emerging risk doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2012.EN-219 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2011-01111 Adopted: 16 December 2011 Contact: emrisk@efsa.europa.eu On request from: EFSA Type: Technical Report ...
The European Commission requested the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to assess the welfare aspects of the practice of harvesting feathers from live geese for down production. In order to ensure that the scientific opinion was based on comprehensive ...
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