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Carola SondermannEFSA Scientific Cooperation Unit
XII International Congress of ToxicologyBarcelona, 19 – 23 July 2010
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My presentation
Th EFSA J lThe EFSA Journal: a source of high quality risk assessments
1. EFSA – the keystone of EU risk assessment regarding food and feed safetyregarding food and feed safety
2. The EFSA Journal
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EFSA at a glance
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
• European reference body for the entire food chain• Established in 2002• Separation Risk Assessment / Risk Management• 420 staff members with 27 nationalities• 200 scientific experts in the Scientific Committee and
10 Scientific Panels • > 2300 international scientists in EFSA’s Expert
Database• > 1800 opinions and reports published to date
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What EFSA does…
EFSA’s tasks• Provide independent scientific advice and support
for EU legislation/policies in all fields that impact food and feed safetyimpact food and feed safety
• Collect and analyse data to allow characterisation and monitoring of risks
• Promote and coordinate development of pharmonised risk assessment methodologies
• Communicate risks related to food and feed
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Risk assessment
Scientific Panels• Animal health and welfare
(AHAW)
Food additives and
• Contaminants (CONTAM)• Feed additives (FEEDAP)
• Food additives and nutrient sources (ANS)
• Biological hazards (BIOHAZ)
• Genetically modified organisms (GMO)
• Nutrition (NDA)g• Food contact materials,
enzymes, flavourings (CEF)
• Nutrition (NDA)• Plant health (PLH)• Plant protection products p p
(PPR)
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Risk assessment
Scientific Committee• Chairs of all Scientific PanelsChairs of all Scientific Panels• 6 scientists not members of any Panel
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Scientific cooperation & networking
WithWith …EU bodies and institutionsEU Member StatesStakeholdersInternational bodies and organisationsorganisations
and with…Scientific experts across the world
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Risk assessment
Four work themes
• General requests for scientific opinions and advice• Risk assessment of regulated substances and
products M it i d i ifi bi l i l i k• Monitoring and assessing specific biological risk factors for human health and animal diseases
• Improving European risk assessment approachesImproving European risk assessment approaches and methodologies
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The process
EFSA EFSA receives question
EFSA’s scientists evaluate, assess, advise
Adoption and
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Adoption and communication
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Working principles
Principle of transparency
• Sound scientific work by scientific experts Publish all scientificscientific experts
• Scientific cooperation
Publish all scientific outputs: i.e. reviews on scientific topics
• Extensive literature research for each subject
related to food & feedresearch for each subject
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EFSA Journal
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Objectives of the EFSA Journal
EFSA Journal to be an online journal that…· Provides EFSA experts with an outlet
of their work· Is visible and influential in the scientific
communityd l· Is cited in literature
· Complies with best practices in d i bli hiacademic publishing
· Indexation in bibliographic databases
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EFSA Journal
• Since EFSA‘s inception in 2003
D 2009 N b f h J l f• Dec 2009: New web area for the Journal as part of the EFSA corporate website
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Published output in the EFSA Journal
All EFSA scientific outputAll EFSA scientific output i.e. scientific opinions, statements and guidance of EFSA, conclusions, reasoned g , ,opinions, scientific/technical reports
…but no third party content e.g. EFSA Scientific Colloquia or Meeting Reports
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Scientific areas covered
Food and feed safety• Toxicology• Toxicology• Nutrition• GMOs• New technologies e.g. nanotechnology, cloning• Contaminants
Pesticides• Pesticides• Biohazards/Zoonoses• Food and feed additives• Animal health & welfare• Plant protection & plant health• ….
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EFSA Journal governance
• Editorial Board• Editorial Board
• Editor-in-Chief
• Editorial Policy
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What is new?
EFSA science isEFSA science is• More visible• More accessible• More accessible
EFSA’s scientific outputs published in one placeplaceEasy to browse and search all content Simple subscription to the monthly table ofSimple subscription to the monthly table of content and RSS feed
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How to access the EFSA Journal
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Landing page – Latest issue
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Detailed page
Scientific Opinion of the CONTAM Panel
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Detailed page Scientific Opinion of the CONTAM Panel
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Advanced searchSearch for „benchmark dose“
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Search results: „benchmark dose“
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EFSA Journal
Please visit the EFSA Journal atPlease visit the EFSA Journal atwww.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal
and Subscribe to the monthlySubscribe to the monthly
Tabel of Contents
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Thank you for
your attention
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