EFSA Journal

Update: methodological principles and scientific methods to be taken into account when establishing Reference Points for Action (RPAs) for non‐allowed pharmacologically active substances present in food of animal origin

EFSA was asked by the European Commission to update the Scientific Opinion on methodological principles and scientific methods to be taken into account when establishing Reference Points for Action (RPAs) for non‐allowed pharmacologically active substance ...

Maximum levels deoxynivalenol, fumonisins, zearalenone

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 ...

Reference points for action

EFSA was asked by the European Commission to deliver a Scientific Opinion on guidance on methodological principles and scientific methods to be taken into account when establishing Reference Points for Action (RPAs) for non-allowed pharmacologically activ ...

Phenylbutazone in horse meat

Controls in Member States have revealed the presence of phenylbutazone in horse carcasses intended for the food chain. Following the request from the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency and the European Food Safety Authority jointly conclu ...

Ammonium released from water filters

The European Commission (EC) asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for scientific assistance regarding the possible impact on human health of exposure to ammonium released from water filter cartridges. EFSA was asked whether a level of ammonium ...

EFSA Statement on the safety of Irradiation of Food

No abstract available Keywords: Food irradiation, efficacy, microbiological safety, food-borne pathogens, chemical food safety, radiolytic products, 2-alkylcyclobutanone, hydrocarbon, radiation dose doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2107 Question Number: EFSA-Q ...

Statement of EFSA on the possible risks for public and animal health from the contamination of the feed and food chain due to possible ash-fall following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland.

Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a scientific advice on the possible short-term risks for food and feed safety including drinking water, in the wake of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull ...

Revision of the joint AFC/BIOHAZ guidance document on carcass decontamination

The BIOHAZ Panel of EFSA revised the joint AFC/BIOHAZ guidance on the submission of data for the evaluation of the efficacy of substances for the removal of microbial surface contamination of foods of animal origin. The guidance is intended to provide gui ...

Bovine besnoitiosis

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare to deliver a scientific statement on bovine besnoitiosis. Recent epidemiological data confirm an increased number of cases and geographic expansion of besnoitiosis in c ...

Consolidated presentation of the joint Scientific Opinion of the GMO and BIOHAZ Panels on the "Use of Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Marker Genes in Genetically Modified Plants” and the Scientific Opinion of the GMO Panel on “Consequences of the Opinion

No abstract available Keywords: Directive 2001/18/EC, Regulation 1829/2003, GMOs, GM plants, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance marker genes, safety, food safety, human health, environment, horizontal gene transfer, nptII, aadA. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009 ...

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