The meeting, to be held in Parma on 2 October, will provide an opportunity to update NGOs on EFSA’s activities in the area of GMOs and to hold an exchange of views between EFSA scientists, including members of its GMO Panel, and representatives from NGOs …
The Forum has agreed today its approach to cooperation and networking with European Union (EU) Member States. Projects will be started by the Forum in order to: increase the exchange of scientific data and information and build European databases share …
PFOS and PFOA, two man-made chemicals, are increasingly being found in the food chain owing to environmental pollution from industrial practices. These substances have been widely used in industrial and consumer applications, including stain- and water- …
GM plants developed for non-food or non-feed purposes are plants which may be used for a wide range of applications such as the production of: industrial enzymes; raw materials for bio-fuels, paper and starch; medicinal products (such as vaccines and …
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) advises that there is no epidemiological information available to date suggesting that avian influenza (AI) - an infectious disease primarily affecting birds - can be transmitted to humans via food. Nevertheless, …
There is apparently some confusion concerning the risk assessment carried out on another GM maize, the hybrid GM maize MON 863 X MON 810, which was also addressed in the opinions of 2 April 2004 concerning MON 863. With respect to MON 863 X MON 810, the …
The Management Board will be the first of the Authority’s four main operational elements, and its establishment will be closely followed by the next main component, which is the appointment of the Executive Director. He/she should be in post early in 2003, …
EFSA undertook a series of actions to give a considered response to the European Commission on this issue: Member States (MS) were asked to provide any analyses and comments that may contribute to consideration of this issue. EFSA set up a Task Force of …
Get Consumer Updates by E-mail Download PDF (344 K) On this page: As parents and caregivers fill out a multitude of forms at the start of the school year, they may have questions about some requirements, including the vaccine schedule. According to …
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In December 2003, the European Council decided that Parma would be the seat of the European Food Safety Authority. In June 2004, EFSA began renting provisional premises in Viale Mentana in Parma in order to get operational as soon as possible until a …
The main conclusions of the opinion are as follows[2]: In humans, the major adverse health effects caused by Ambrosia plants are allergic symptoms – such as a runny nose, conjunctivitis and asthma – brought about by inhaling their pollen. Skin allergies …
Aspartame, an intense sweetener, has been authorized for use in foods and as a table-top sweetener for more than 20 years in many countries throughout the world. Extensive investigations have been carried out on aspartame and its breakdown products through …
Classical scrapie, which is the most common form of TSE among sheep and goats, is present in 0.1% of the general sheep population. In scrapie affected flocks, it is estimated that scrapie is present in between 3% and 41% of the animals. Animals infected …
The Management Board has responsibility for establishing the budget and work programmes, monitoring their implementation, and appointing the Executive Director and members of the Scientific Committee and the Scientific Panels. The Board meets five times a …
