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Coffee C21 and protection of DNA from strand breaks: evaluation of a health claim pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC)

12-04-2020

Published on: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 Following an application from Tchibo GmbH submitted for authorisation of a health claim pursuant to Article 13(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 via the Competent Authority of Germany, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition,...

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Technical Report on the notification of roasted seeds from Plukenetia volubilis L. as a traditional food from a third country p

12-04-2020

Published on: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 Following a notification from PROMPERU/Agroindustrias Osho SAC/Amazon Health Products SAC/Comercio Alternativo de Productos No Tradicionales y Desarrollo para Latino América Perú – Candela/Shanantina SAC (Peru)...

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Horizon Scan of Synthetic Biology Developments for Microorganisms with application in the Agri‐Food Sector

12-04-2020

Published on: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 The European Commission requested the European Food and Safety Authority for an opinion on genetically modified organisms for agri‐food uses and developed through synthetic biology (SynBio) and their implications...

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Mapping of plant SynBio developments in the agri‐food sector

12-04-2020

Published on: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 The European Commission (EC)requested the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) for an opinion on genetically modified organisms for agri‐food uses and developed through synthetic biology (SynBio) and their...

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Data sources on animal diseases: Country Card of Montenegro

12-04-2020

Published on: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 Mapping the ‘data sources’ on animal diseases, in each European Union (EU) Member State and, since 2020, in Pre‐accession countries, is one of the activities of EFSA's SIGMA 1, 2, 3 project. The aim of this...

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Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance kieselgur (diatomaceous earth)

12-04-2020

Published on: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 The conclusions of EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Austria and co‐rapporteur Member State Greece for the...

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Stakeholder workshop “Problem formulation for the environmental risk assessment of gene drive modified insects” (15 May 2019, B

12-04-2020

Published on: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 Recent advances in molecular and synthetic biology are enabling the engineering of gene drives that spread genes of interest through interbreeding populations at a frequency greater than the rate expected by simple...

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Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance lavandulyl senecioate

12-04-2020

Published on: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State Italy for the pesticide...

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Analysis of wild boar‐domestic pig interface in Europe: preliminary analysis

11-04-2020

Published on: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 The ENETWILD consortium (www.enetwild.com) aims at defining the spatial interface between wild boar and domestic pigs in Europe, which is essential to evaluate the risk for ASF spread between wild and domestic. This...

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Data sources on animal diseases: Country Card of Turkey

11-04-2020

Published on: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 Mapping the ‘data sources’ on animal diseases, in each European Union (EU) Member State and, since 2020, in Pre‐accession countries, is one of the activities of EFSA's SIGMA 1, 2, 3 project. The aim of this...

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Outcome of the pesticides peer review meeting on general recurring issues in mammalian toxicology

11-04-2020

Published on: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 The technical report reflects the outcome of the discussion during the mammalian toxicology experts’ meeting on general recurring issues,which took place in Parma in October 2019. The issues discussed and identified...

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National summary reports on pesticide residue analysis performed in 2018

11-04-2020

Published on: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 In accordance with Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005, European Union (EU) Member States have to communicate to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) the results of their official controls on pesticide...

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