Background As part of the ongoing re-evaluation of authorised food additives, under Regulation (EC) No 257/2010, EFSA is currently focussing on the safety assessment of sweeteners. The Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) has developed two draft ...
EFSA organised a technical meeting with stakeholders of feed additive applications on 14-15 November in Parma. The overall aim of this technical meeting was to discuss questions on the scientific evaluation of applications related to feed additives. This ...
Agenda Participants Report Agenda 1. Welcome, apologies for absence 2. Adoption of agenda 3. Update status progress of TG IUCLID. Pesticides submission types and cross walks Presentation 4. Feedback from meetings: EFSA IUCLID PSN meeting and EC PAFF Prese ...
The 1 st “EFSA Technical Group on PESTICIDES IUCLID – Pilot” took place in Parma on 6&7 th November 2019. The technical group foresees the participation of all relevant actors in order to test the feasibility and usability of the IUCLID modules for PE ...
Second European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa Around 350 plant health specialists from around the world gathered in Corsica for two days of intensive discussions on how science can help find solutions to Xylella fastidiosa, the plant pest that is causi ...
Background EFSA is finalising two pilot risk assessments looking at the cumulative risks of pesticide residues in food. EFSA has performed retrospective assessments of cumulative risks for the nervous system and the thyroid using monitoring data from 2014 ...
Agenda Participants Report Agenda Day 1 1. Welcome and Apologies for absences adoption of agenda 2. Where we are today: status of progress of the TG Presentation 3. Database: requirements for notified studies Presentation 4. Processes: Notificatio ...
The third edition of the Forum that took place in Parma, 17-18 October 2019 provided a platform for networking and building relations between EFSA and the registered stakeholders. Participants appreciated this year’s Forum set-up with its onboarding sessi ...
EFSA annual exchange with registered food industry associations The 6th Roundtable with industry associations took place in Parma on 24 June 2019. The meeting was open to the registered business and food industry associations, was dedicated to the new Tra ...