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EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority

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Annual Report on surveillance for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds in Member States of the European Union in 2018.

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
Avian influenza (AI) is a viral infectious disease that affects all species of domestic and wild birds. The viruses causing this disease can be of high (HPAI) or low (LPAI) pathogenicity and represent a continuous threat to poultry in Europe. Council...

Safety and efficacy of Belfeed B MP/ML (endo-1,4-β-xylanase) as a feed additive for sows, in order to have benefits in piglets, and for all porcine species.

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of Belfeed B MP/ML as a feed additive for sows in or...

Dietary reference values for sodium.

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) derived dietary reference values (DRVs) for sodium. Evidence from balance studies on sodium and on the relationship between sodium int...

Safety of viable embryonated eggs of the whipworm as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver an opinion on viable embryonated eggs of the whipworm as a novel food (NF) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283...

Envisioning the expertise of the future.

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
Envisioning the expertise of the future in the field of food safety is challenging, as society, science and the way we work and live are changing and advancing faster than ever before. Future challenges call for multiple and multidimensional response...

Working with a new kind of team: harnessing the wisdom of the crowd in trial identification.

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
BACKGROUND: At a time when research output is expanding exponentially, citizen science, the process of engaging willing volunteers in scientific research activities, has an important role to play in helping to manage the information overload. It also...

Predicting toxicity of chemicals: software beats animal testing.

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
We created earlier a large machine-readable database of 10,000 chemicals and 800,000 associated studies by natural language processing of the public parts of Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) registrations u...

Avian influenza overview September - November 2017.

EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority
Between 1 September and 15 November 2017, 48 A(H5N8) highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry holdings and 9 H5 HPAI wild bird events were reported within Europe. A second epidemic HPAI A(H5N8) wave started in Italy on the third ...