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Re‐evaluation of acetic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, mono‐ and diacetyltartaric acid, mixed acetic and tartar

22-03-2020

Published on: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 The Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) provided a scientific opinion re‐evaluating the safety of acetic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, mono‐ and diacetyltartaric acids, mixed acetic and...

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Re‐evaluation of stearyl tartrate (E 483) as a food additive

22-03-2020

Published on: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 The Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) provided a scientific opinion re‐evaluating the safety of stearyl tartrate (E 483) as a food additive. The previously evaluated toxicological studies were not...

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Safety assessment of the process RE‐PET, based on EREMA Basic technology, used to recycle post‐consumer PET into food contact m

22-03-2020

Published on: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 The EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids (CEP) assessed the safety of the recycling process RE‐PET (EU register number RECYC178) which uses the EREMA Basic technology. The input material...

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Risk assessment of chlorinated paraffins in feed and food

22-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 The European Commission asked EFSA for a scientific opinion on the risks for animal and human health related to the presence of chlorinated paraffins in feed and food. The data for experimental animals were reviewed...

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Pest categorisation of Liriomyza bryoniae

22-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Liriomyza bryoniae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) for the EU. L. bryoniae (the tomato leaf miner; EPPO code: LIRIBO) is a polyphagous Palaearctic species which...

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Outcome of a public consultation on the draft risk assessment of aflatoxins in food

22-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from interested parties on the draft risk assessment of aflatoxins in food. This draft scientific opinion was prepared by...

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Pest categorisation of Liriomyza sativae

22-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Liriomyza sativae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) for the EU. L. sativae (the cabbage or vegetable leaf miner; EPPO code: LIRISA) is a polyphagous pest native...

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Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food

22-03-2020

Published on: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of aflatoxins in food. The risk assessment was confined to aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), AFB2, AFG1, AFG2 and AFM1. More than...

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

21-03-2020

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

21-03-2020

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

21-03-2020

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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Plant Health Newsletter: Media Monitoring No. 36

21-03-2020

Published on: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 No abstract available. © European Food Safety Authority, 2015 Plant Health Newsletter: Media Monitoring No. 36

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