Background The EFSA GMO Panel published a guidance document on allergenicity assessment of GM plants in 2017 [1]. The topics addressed were IgE- and non-IgE-mediated adverse immune reactions to foods and risk assessment. For example, the role of in vitro ...
Building knowledge, protecting plant health banne-xylella-2021.png The 3 rd EFSA European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa and final meeting of the XF-ACTORS project will be held online between 26-30 April 2021. The meeting of XF-ACTORS, the EU Horizon 2 ...
Agenda here Summary Following its approval by the European Parliament, the Transparency Regulation was formally adopted on 13 June 2019. The main aims of the regulation are to increase the transparency of risk assessment in the EU food chain, strengthen t ...
09.00-12.00 (CET) EFSA organised an open online info session about the recently completed CLEFSA (Climate change and Emerging risks for Food Safety) project for developing and testing new methodologies for the identification, characterisation and analysis ...
As part of the reshaped programme to celebrate Parma2020, EFSA is helping to revitalise the city's cultural life by supporting some initiatives for Parma citizens. These include two film festivals in collaboration with Cinema D'Azeglio: LuneDOC ...
Background On 30 January 2020, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) endorsed its draft scientific opinion on the risks to human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food (EFSA-Q-2017-00549) for p ...