36th meeting of the Advisory Forum

Agenda

1. Welcome and opening of the meeting
2. Adoption of the agenda
3. Update on meetings and visits since the 35th Advisory Forum meeting
   • Management Board meeting in Toledo on 18 March 2010
   • Visit of the EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy to EFSA on 12 March 2010
   • Visit of the President of the European Commission to EFSA on 12 April 2010
   • Visits of EFSA’s Executive Director to the United Kingdom and Poland
   • Scientific Committee meeting in Parma on 28-29 April 2010
   • AFCWG meeting in Parma on 25-26 February 2010
   • Update on the focal point work
4. Strategic discussion on EFSA’s work with the Member States
   • Work of the Scientific Committee
   • Medium term planning
   • Preliminary work programme on grants and procurement for 2011
   • Data collection and sharing
   • EFSA’s preliminary management plan for 2011
   • Target audience research
   • EFSA’s Communications Strategy 2010-2013
5. Emerging issues
   • Follow up on emerging issues raised at the previous AF meeting
     • Bisphenol A (Agenda of the Member State consultation)
     • Endocrine active substances
     • Q-fever
   • Germany: Hazard assessment for substances evaluated by EFSA and ECHA
   • Lithuania: Pine nuts
   • Hungary: Energy drinks
   • Hungary: Hungarian food consumption survey
   • Cyprus: Exposure assessment – Initiatives from the perspective of small Member States
   • France: Critical blood concentration levels for PCB
   • Denmark: Risk assessment of inorganic Arsenic in rice flour for use in infant food
   • Other emerging issues
6. Other matters raised by EFSA and the Member States
   • Impact assessment indicators
   • Food classification
   • Network on emerging risks
   • National expert report on aspartame
   • Exchange of experiences on assessing the independence of scientific experts
   • Other matters raised by EFSA and the Member States
7. Any other business