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.
EFSA commissioned a comprehensive review of the welfare aspects of electrical stunning methods for small ruminants with an emphasize on low ampere stunning to establish the state of the art in the field and to assess whether scientific studies would addr ...
EFSA commissioned a comprehensive review of the welfare aspects of carbon dioxide stunning in rabbits to assess whether scientific studies would address criteria outlined in an EFSA guidance on the assessment criteria for studies evaluating the effectiven ...
Nivalenol (NIV) and deoxynivalenol (DON) are structurally related mycotoxins produced by Fusarium fungi. These fungi typically infest cereal crops such as wheat, maize, barley, oats and rye, and NIV and DON are regularly found in cereal grains, food and f ...
The objective of this project was to gain information on toxicokinetic behaviour and in vivo genotoxicity of alternariol (AOH) in NMRI mice. Therefore, commercially available AOH was purified using a preparative HPLC-method. Initial dose-range finding pro ...
The present report summarises the monitoring data collected in 2012 on the presence of residues of veterinary medicinal products and certain substances in live animals and animal products in the European Union. A total of 772,540 samples were reported to ...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked to deliver a scientific statement on the increase of risk for public health related to a possible temporary derogation from the maximum level (tML) of deoxynivalenol (DON), fumonisins (FUMO) and zearalen ...
No abstract available Keywords: perfluoroalkylated substances, toxicity, in vitro, experimental animals, humans, literature search doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2014.EN-572 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2012-00971 Adopted: 24 March 2014 Contact: contam@efsa.europa. ...
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 ...
Nitrate is a naturally occurring compound that is part of the nitrogen cycle, as well as an approved food additive. Vegetables are the major source of nitrate in our nutrition, but nitrate content depends on type of vegetable as well as on environmental a ...
No abstract available Keywords: Tuberculosis, Freedom from disease, Hypergeometric, Herd sensitivity, Area sensitivity doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2013.EN-450 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2013-00008 Adopted: 26 June 2013 Contact: sas@efsa.europa.eu On request fr ...
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