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.
In 2013, EFSA published a literature review on epidemiological studies linking exposure to pesticides and human health outcome. As a follow up, the EFSA Panel on Plant Protection Products and their residues (PPR Panel) was requested to investigate the pla ...
Following a request from EFSA, the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues developed an opinion on the science behind the risk assessment of plant protection products for in-soil organisms. The current risk assessment scheme is reviewed, tak ...
EFSA was requested to provide a scientific assessment of additional information submitted to demonstrate whether the active substance pymetrozine can be used such that exposure to humans may be considered negligible. The context of the assessment was that ...
No abstract available. Keywords: epigenetics, scientific colloquium, risk assessment, DNA methylation, histone acetylation, non-coding RNA doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.EN-1129 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2016-00555 Adopted: 23 November 2016 Type: Event repo ...
EFSA asked its Scientific Committee to review its own cross-cutting guidance for scientific assessments in order to identify gaps requiring either new or the revision of existing guidance. Through strategic discussions, the Scientific Committee identified ...
According to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on maximum residue levels (MRLs) of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin, Member States have to monitor pesticide residue levels in food samples and submit the monitoring results to EFSA and ...
According to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, active substances of plant protection products evaluated under Directive 91/414/EEC for which no MRLs are required shall be defined and listed in Annex IV to this Regulation. Among the active subst ...
Following a request by France relating to emergency measures with regard to the use of dimethoate on vegetables and orchards/fruits and the placing on the market of cherries from Member States or third countries where the use of such plant protection prod ...
No abstract available. Keywords: Threshold of Toxicological Concern, TTC, safety assessment, low exposure, chemicals, unintended chemicals, health risk. doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2016.EN-1006 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2016-00080 Adopted: 16 February 2016 Typ ...
According to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was required to review the maximum residue levels (MRLs) currently established at European level for the pesticide active substance carvone (d-/l-carvone at ...
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