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Setting an import tolerance for 2,4‐D in soyabeans

17-04-2019

Published on: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicant Dow AgroSciences submitted a request to the competent national authority in Greece to set an import tolerance for the active substance 2,4‐D...

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EFSA Workshop on in vitro comparative metabolism studies in regulatory pesticide risk assessment

17-04-2019

Published on: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 The European Union (EU) pesticides Regulation established that in vitro comparative metabolism studies shall be performed. At present an Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) test guideline...

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Reporting data on pesticide residues in food and feed according to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 (2018 data collection)

17-04-2019

Published on: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 According to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed, Member States have to monitor pesticide residue levels in food samples and submit the monitoring results to EFSA...

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Outcome of a public consultation on the draft scientific opinion on the health risks related to the presence of cyanogenic glyc

17-04-2019

Published on: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the interested parties on a draft scientific opinion on the health risks related to the presence of cyanogenic...

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Evaluation of the health risks related to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides in foods other than raw apricot kernels

17-04-2019

Published on: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 In 2016, the EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) published a scientific opinion on the acute health risks related to the presence of cyanogenic glycosides (CNGs) in raw apricot kernels in which an...

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Evaluation of confirmatory data following the Article 12 MRL review for dimethenamid‐P

17-04-2019

Published on: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 The applicant BASF SE submitted a request to the competent national authority in Germany to evaluate the confirmatory data that were identified for dimethenamid‐P in the framework of the maximum residue level (MRL)...

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Outcome of the public consultation on the draft administrative guidance on the preparation and presentation of applications for

17-04-2019

Published on: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the draft administrative guidance on the preparation and...

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Safety of whey basic protein isolate for extended uses in foods for special medical purposes and food supplements for infants p

17-04-2019

Published on: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 In 2018, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) concluded that whey basic protein isolate obtained by ion exchange chromatography from skimmed cow's milk is safe for human consumption under...

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Administrative guidance on submission of dossiers and assessment reports for the peer‐review of pesticide active substances

17-04-2019

Published on: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 This document provides guidance to applicants submitting dossiers for approval of pesticide active substances, and to Member States preparing assessment reports on active substances within the scope of Regulation (EC)...

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Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the environment

17-04-2019

Published on: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 This guidance document is intended to assist the applicant in the preparation and the presentation of an application, as foreseen in Article 7.6 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003, for the authorisation of additives used...

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Assessment of genetically modified maize Bt11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × 1507 × 5307 × GA21 and subcombinations, for food and feed use

17-04-2019

Published on: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 Maize Bt11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × 1507 × 5307 × GA21 (six‐event stack maize) was produced by conventional crossing to combine six single events: Bt11, MIR162, MIR604, 1507, 5307 and GA21. The GMO Panel previously...

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Outcome of the public consultation on the draft guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the environment

17-04-2019

Published on: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the draft guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed...

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