EFSA Journal

Annual Report on preparatory support for the statistical evaluation of the comparative assessment of GM plant field trials and for the evaluation of toxicological studies for GM plant food/feed safety – Lot 1: Comparative statistical analysis (2018)

To guide and assist applicants for the preparation and presentation of genetically modified (GM) plant market authorization applications, the GMO Panel of EFSA has developed guidance for the risk assessment of GM plants and derived food and feed, which de ...

Software for National Risk Assessment Activities

In specific contract No 9 issued under the framework agreement OC/EFSA/AMU/2015/02, EFSA requested Open Analytics to implement a web application for tracking national risk assessment activities. The web application has three modules: one for visualization ...

Explanatory note on literature searching conducted in the context of GMO applications for (renewed) market authorisation and annual post‐market environmental monitoring reports on GMOs authorised in the EU market

Guidance of the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assists applicants in the preparation and presentation of their market registration applications by describing elements and information/data requir ...

Scientific advice on the Testbiotech's request for internal review of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) No 2018/2046 on maize MON 87427 × MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and subcombinations (application EFSA‐GMO‐BE‐2013‐118)

Abstract Following a request of the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reviewed the scientific arguments raised by Testbiotech against the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2046 authorising the placing on the market of ...

Annual Report of preparatory work on the toxicological studies and animal feeding studies performed under the EFSA contract OC/EFSA/GMO/2014/01, Lot 2 during the period 1/3/2017 to 27/11/2018

This report describes the tasks performed in the period 1/3/2017 to 27/11/2018 under the EFSA contract OC/EFSA/GMO/2014/01, Lot 2 on toxicological studies and animal feeding studies included in applications for market authorisation of genetically modified ...

Annual report of the EFSA Scientific Network for Risk Assessment of GMOs for 2018

The EFSA Scientific Network for Risk Assessment of GMOs (the GMO Network) was established in accordance with EFSA's strategy for cooperation and networking with Member States. The goals of the GMO Network are to improve dialogue among members, build ...

Literature review in support of adjuvanticity/immunogenicity assessment of proteins

Based on the risk assessment of genetically modified plants, according to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 503/201321 “In cases when known functional aspects of the newly expressed protein or structural similarity to known strong adjuvants may indicate pos ...

Outcome of the Public Consultation on the draft Guidance on Communication of Uncertainty in Scientific Assessments

The first strategic objective of EFSA's strategy 2020 ‘Trusted science for safe food’ is the prioritisation of public and stakeholder engagement in the development of scientific assessment. To achieve this, objective public consultations are a key st ...

Software for Benchmark Dose Modelling

In specific contract No 7 issued under the framework agreement OC/EFSA/AMU/2015/02, EFSA requested Open Analytics to extend the Web application for Benchmark Dose Modelling built under specific contracts No 3 and No 4. The Web application is further devel ...

Joint project on Benchmark Dose modelling with RIVM

A web application for PROAST, a software package for BMD modelling, was developed to make the use of the BMD approach significantly easier for toxicologists and risk assessors. In addition, model averaging was included in the software, for the most freque ...

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