Biological hazards working groups

Name Minutes (last update) Composition
AMR and GP feed residues (EFSA-Q-2019-00221) 23 Diciembre 2020
Atypical Scrapie Surveillance (EFSA-Q-2020-00662) 18 Diciembre 2020
BIOHAZ WG on applications for alternative methods of use or disposal of animal by-products or derived products 22 Diciembre 2020
Date Marking (EFSA-Q-2019-00438-439) 21 Diciembre 2020
Joint Inter-agency Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance Analysis (JIACRA) III (EFSA-Q-2018-00135) 15 Enero 2021
Organic fertilisers endpoint (EFSA-Q-2020-00401) 22 Diciembre 2020
WG on ALP milk pasteurisation (EFSA-Q-2020-00301) 14 Enero 2021
WG on AMR environment (EFSA-Q-2019-00343) 10 Diciembre 2020
WG on high pressure processing of food (EFSA-Q-2020-00380) 7 Enero 2021
WG on the transport/storage of fresh fishery products (EFSA-Q-2019-00053 and EFSA-Q-2019-00437) 16 Noviembre 2020
WG on the update of the list of QPS recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA (2020-22) 24 Noviembre 2020

Past working groups

Annual DoIs of former EFSA experts are available on request.

Name Minutes (last update)
ABPs - colostrum treatment by microfiltration 4 Mayo 2015
Alternative method ECN tunnel composting (Q-2019-00583) 8 Junio 2020
Alternative method for production of biodiesel from processed fats derived from category 1, 2 and 3 animal byproducts (EFSA-Q-2019-00432) 6 Marzo 2020
AMR Milk Feed calves (EFSA-Q-2015-00611) 18 Noviembre 2016
Analysis of the baseline survey on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods 11 Agosto 2014
Analysis of the baseline survey on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods: Subgroup on predictive models for Listeria growth 4 Noviembre 2013
Analytical methods for biological agents 20 Marzo 2013
Application for a revision of the annual monitoring programme for BSE from Norway 19 Julio 2013
Application for new alternative biodiesel process for rendered fat of Cat 1 (EFSA-Q-2017-00136) 18 Octubre 2017
Assessment of ABPs 8 Febrero 2012
Atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) 3 Julio 2014
Bioreduction 24 Septiembre 2013
BSE - Croatia 13 Enero 2016
BSE cases born after the total feed ban (EFSA-Q-2016-00350) 23 Mayo 2017
BSE risk in bovine intestine and mesentery 13 Diciembre 2013
Carbapenem resistance in food animal ecosystems 8 Noviembre 2013
Chronic Wasting Disease - CWD - (EFSA-Q-2016-00387; EFSA-Q-2016-00411) 9 Noviembre 2017
Clarification on the scientific opinion on the public health risks related to the maintenance of the cold chain during storage and transport of meat 11 Mayo 2015
Delayed meat inspection (EFSA-Q-2019-00124) 8 Octubre 2020
Development of risk ranking tool 27 Noviembre 2014
Dyes in aquaculture Available soon
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of cattle 27 Mayo 2013
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of farmed game 5 Junio 2013
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of poultry 31 Mayo 2012
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of poultry: Subgroup on case studies 13 Febrero 2012
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of poultry: Subgroup on ESBL 13 Febrero 2012
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of small ruminants 24 Junio 2013
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of small ruminants: Subgroup on Mycobacteria 31 Marzo 2017
Epidemiological indicators for meat inspection of solipeds 27 Mayo 2013
European baseline survey of norovirus in oysters Available soon
European Union Summary Report on TSE 31 Mayo 2016
Evaluation of processing method for ABP Cat. 3 (EFSA-Q-2017-00619) 9 Abril 2018
Evaluation of the NExBTL process as an alternative method for treatment of rendered animal fat (NESTE OIL) 16 Octubre 2015
Fish storage 27 Mayo 2015
Food-borne outbreaks reporting specifications 8 Octubre 2013
Genetic resistance to scrapie in Cyprus 20 Septiembre 2012
Genetic resistance to TSEs in goats (EFSA-Q-2016-00268) 4 Julio 2017
Growth of spoilage bacteria during storage and transport of meat 8 Julio 2015
Growth of spoilage bacteria during storage and transport of meat (EFSA-Q-2015-00163) 14 Abril 2016
HACCP (EFSA-Q-2015-00593) 19 Diciembre 2016
Harmonised monitoring of AMR 22 Mayo 2012
Harmonised monitoring of MRSA 13 Septiembre 2012
Hatchery waste 16 Octubre 2015
Hazard analysis approaches for certain small retail establishments and food donations (HACCP) 19 Junio 2018
Heat treatment of bivalve molluscs 21 Diciembre 2015
Indicators AMR & AM use (EFSA-Q-2016-00638) 18 Septiembre 2017
JIACRA II 26 Octubre 2018
Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat foods (EFSA-Q-2015-00597) 27 Noviembre 2017
Listeria monocytogenes in frozen fruit, vegetables and herbs (EFSA-Q-2018-01006) 11 Marzo 2020
Listex P100 treatment of ready to eat foods 1 Julio 2016
Meat inspection: bovines 29 Abril 2013
Meat inspection: small ruminants 6 Marzo 2013
Meat Inspection: solipeds 13 Marzo 2013
Mechanically separated meat 14 Febrero 2013
Molecular typing 25 Junio 2014
Molecular typing methods of food-borne pathogens 19 Noviembre 2013
Negligible risk classical scrapie 16 Octubre 2015
NGS for risk assessment of foodborne microorganisms 9 Octubre 2019
Proposed EU minimum quality requirements for water reuse in agricultural irrigation and aquifer recharge 24 Mayo 2017
Public health hazards to be covered by inspection of meat: farmed game 30 Enero 2013
Public health risks associated with food-borne parasites 8 Octubre 2018
Public health risks associated with Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) as a food-borne pathogen (EFSA-Q-2016-00315) 23 Mayo 2017
Public health risks Bacillus in foodstuffs 17 Mayo 2016
Public health risks Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) 7 Diciembre 2015
Public health risks of table eggs due to deterioration and development of pathogens 6 Junio 2014
QPS 2012 update 29 Octubre 2012
Raw milk 17 Octubre 2014
Reduction of the need to use antimicrobials 10 Noviembre 2016
Request for scientific and technical assistance on the baseline survey of Norovirus in oysters - 2018 1 Julio 2019
Request for scientific and technical assistance on the baseline survey of Norovirus in oysters 2015-16 11 Febrero 2016
Requirements for development of microbiological criteria (EFSA-Q-2016-00227) 19 Junio 2017
Risk of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) via in embryo transfer in sheep 21 Noviembre 2012
Risk of transmission of Ebola Virus (EBOV) via the food chain 24 Octubre 2014
Risk of transmission of EBOV via the food chain - part 2 10 Febrero 2015
Risk posed by pathogens in food of non-animal origin 1 Octubre 2014
Ruminant collagen and gelatine (EFSA-Q-2019-00436) 8 Septiembre 2020
Safety and efficacy of peroxyacetic acid for reduction of pathogens on poultry 24 Febrero 2014
Salmonella controls in poultry flocks (EFSA-Q-2017-00692) 20 Diciembre 2018
Sample size BSE monitoring 20 Septiembre 2012
Scientific coordination group on meat inspection 11 Marzo 2013
Scrapie situation in the EU after 10 years of monitoring and control in sheep and goats 4 Junio 2014
Stakehoders' technical hearing on meat inspection in bovines 3 Mayo 2013
Stakehoders' technical hearing on meat inspection of farmed game 15 Mayo 2012
STEC pathogenicity and public health risk_Q-2018-00293 14 Noviembre 2019
Technical specifications on the harmonised monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in zoonotic and indicator bacteria transmitted through food (EFSA-Q-2018-00051) 28 Octubre 2019
Technical support to collect and analyse whole genome sequencing (WGS) data in the joint ECDC-EFSA molecular typing database 29 Abril 2019
The evaluation of the NExBTL process as an alternative method for treatment of rendered animal fat (Neste Oil) 15 Septiembre 2015
The risk posed by pathogens in foods of non-animal origin 3 Noviembre 2014
Tracing of food items in connection to the multinational Hepatitis A virus outbreak in Europe 1 Julio 2014
Transport of meat 2 Abril 2014
Update of the list of QPS recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA (2017-19) (M-2016-0211) 13 Noviembre 2019
Update of the list of Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS) recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 10 Noviembre 2016
Updated Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) of the BSE risk posed by Processed Animal Protein (PAP) (EFSA-Q-2017-00705) 8 Mayo 2018
Urgent request on Lm sampling and testing (EFSA-Q-2018-00347) 10 Julio 2018
Verotoxinogenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) Austria 4 Febrero 2013
WG on an update of the scientific opinion on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in cervids - (EFSA-Q-2018-00763) 26 Julio 2019
WG on Update on Campylobacter control options (EFSA-Q-2018-00676) 18 Diciembre 2019
Zoonotic potential scrapie 8 Julio 2015