The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on human and animal health aspects (Part 1) of the risk assessment of nanoscience and nanotechnology appl ...
This Guidance describes how to perform hazard identification for endocrine-disrupting properties by following the scientific criteria which are outlined in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2100 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/605 for biocidal ...
Managed and wild bees provide essential ecosystem services by pollinating crops and wild plants. Losses of managed honey bee colonies as well as the decline of many wild bee species in the EU and elsewhere have raised considerable concern about bee health ...
To enhance cooperation with EU Member States on nanomaterials, EFSA established in 2010 the Network for Risk Assessment of Nanotechnologies in Food and Feed. This Network facilitates the exchange of information between EFSA and Member States, as well as t ...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the clarification of some aspects related to genotoxicity assessment. The draft opinion was prepared b ...
The main objectives of EFSA’s Activities on Emerging Risks are: (i) to carry out activities aimed at identifying emerging risks in the areas on the remit of EFSA (public health impacts related to food and feed, animal and plant health); and (ii) to develo ...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the draft Guidance on the risk assessment of substances present in food intended for infants below 16 ...
This document provides guidance on the practical arrangements necessary to ensure that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) responds effectively to incidents requiring urgent advice on food and feed safety and when a crisis is activated by the Europe ...
This report is linked to a first report describing the conceptual model of a honey bee colony model to assess pesticide exposure with other stressors and effects on colony dynamics. In this report, a study site design to collect data is proposed that ulti ...
This document reflects the outcome of the experts’ discussions during the joint session on the assessment of endocrine disrupting properties in mammalian toxicology and ecotoxicology adjacent to the Pesticides Peer Review meetings 148 and 149. The main sc ...