This pest survey card was prepared in the context of the mandate on plant pest surveillance (EFSA‐Q‐2017‐00831), upon request by the European Commission. The purpose of this document is to assist the Member States in planning annual survey activities of q ...
Article 42 of the new Plant Health Law (Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants), introduce a concept of “high risk plants, plant products and other objects” in relation to the presence of a pest risk of an unacceptable le ...
Heat processing of food gives rise to a plethora of chemical compounds whose toxicological effects are largely unknown. Due to a general lack of experimental toxicological data, assessing the risks associated with the consumption of these substances remai ...
Plant protection products (PPPs) are pesticides containing at least one active substance that drives specific actions against pests (diseases). PPPs are regulated in the EU and cannot be placed on the market or used without prior authorisation. EFSA asses ...
EFSA has carried out a public consultation on the draft Guidance of the EFSA Scientific Panel on Plant Health (PLH Panel) on quantitative pest risk assessment with the aim of collecting input from the scientific community and all interested parties. The d ...
The report summarises the monitoring data collected in 2016 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 710,839 samples were reported to the Euro ...
The European Commission requested EFSA to facilitate the Member States in the planning and execution of their survey activities. In particular, EFSA is asked to provide scientific and technical guidelines in the context of the new plant health regime (Reg ...
Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) initiated a procedure for the evaluation of data supporting the necessity of the application of fungicide active substances to control a serious danger to plant he ...
The report summarises the monitoring data collected in 2015 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 729,881 samples were reported to the Euro ...
At the request of the European Union Joint Research Centre, a Joint Research Centre draft report on European Union minimum quality requirements for water reuse in agricultural irrigation was reviewed, to determine whether: the methodology used was appropr ...