43rd meeting of the Advisory Forum

On 07 March and 08 March EFSA’s Advisory Forum held the 43^rd meeting in Parma (Italy).

Final Agenda

1. Welcome and opening of the meeting

1. Adoption of the agenda

1. Strategic discussion on EFSA’s work with Member States

• Risk perceptions – risk communications: Independence of scientific advice
  • EFSA’s policy on independence and scientific decision-making processes
  • Implementing rules of EFSA’s policy on independence and scientific decision-making processes
  • Addressing communications challenges and opportunities
  • Perspectives from the AFCWG
  • National perspectives on independence
• Status of the planning of strategic Advisory Forum discussions in 2012
• Food safety research
• Chemical mixtures
• Cooperation in the NDA area - Description of EFSA’s work in the NDA area on the EFSA website

1. Other matters raised by EFSA and the Member States

• Update on bisphenol A - Description of EFSA’s work on bisphenol A on the EFSA website
• Schmallenberg virus - EFSA report on Schmallenberg virus
• Update on the Scientific Committee Opinion on Threshold of Toxicological Concern
• GLP studies
• Heavy metals: nickel and total chromium in food and hexavalent chromium in water
• Other matters raised by EFSA and the Member States

1. Any other business