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European Commission authorises eight genetically modified products for food and feed uses

Date：Dec. 2, 2019 Category：Regulations

November 28, the European Commission authorised eight Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), all for food/feed uses

EFSA: Review of the existing maximum residue levels for glyphosate

Date：Nov. 6, 2019 Category：Markets

Although no apparent risk to consumers was identified, some information required by the regulatory framework was missing. The consumer risk assessment is consid...

EFSA: Risk mitigation measures on cypermethrin

Date：Oct. 9, 2019 Category：Regulations

The statement provides the options of exposure reduction and the extent to which a low risk to aquatic organisms, non-target arthropods and bees could be demons...

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EFSA consults on review of guidance on pesticides and beesv

Date：Oct. 3, 2019 Category：Regulations

EFSA is carrying out a second stakeholder consultation in support of the review of its guidance on pesticides and bees.

EFSA opens public consultation on cumulative risk assessment of pesticides

Date：Sep. 19, 2019 Category：Regulations

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is carrying out a public consultation on its pilot assessments of the risks posed to humans by residues of multiple pe...

EFSA assesses plant protection active substances containing stereoisomers

Date：Sep. 2, 2019 Category：Regulations

In October 2016, the European Commission sent a request to European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to produce an EFSA guidance that addresses appropriate practice...

EFSA gave positive opinion for five‐event stack maize from Monsanto

Date：Aug. 13, 2019 Category：Regulations

EFSA gave positive opinion for five‐event stack maize from Monsanto

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EFSA: Human dietary exposure assessment to newly expressed proteins in GM foods

Date：Aug. 8, 2019 Category：Regulations

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carries out the risk assessment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) submitted under Regulation (EC) 1829/2003 and...

‘No safe exposure level’ for chlorpyrifos, renewal unlikely, EFSA concluded

Date：Aug. 6, 2019 Category：Products

The pesticide chlorpyrifos does not meet the criteria required by legislation for the renewal of its approval in the European Union, the European Food Safety Au...

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Pesticide residues in food: what's the picture in the EU?

Date：Jul. 8, 2019 Category：Markets

According to the ‘2017 European Union report on pesticide residues in food’ published by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), 95.9% of the 88,247 food produ...

EFSA issued work plan to review guidance on bees and pesticides

Date：Jul. 8, 2019 Category：Regulations

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has outlined how it plans to review its guidance on the risk assessment of pesticides and bees in the EU. As the outli...

Xylella update: still no cure, control measures crucial

Date：May. 22, 2019 Category：Markets

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has updated its assessment of the risks posed by Xylella fastidiosa to plants and crops in the European Union. The new...

EFSA gave positive opinion for six‐event stack maize from Syngenta

Date：Apr. 9, 2019 Category：Regulations

Following the submission of application EFSA‐GMO‐DE‐2011‐103 under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Syngenta, the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms o...

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EFSA developed framework on evaluating chemical mixtures

Date：Apr. 1, 2019 Category：Regulations

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has developed a harmonised framework to use across its scientific panels when evaluating the potential "combined effec...

EFSA: 13 pesticides do not require MRLs review

Date：Feb. 27, 2019 Category：Regulations

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) identified 13 active substances (Table 1) for which a review of MRLs is no longer considered necessary, including 6 ac...

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EFSA assesses pesticides’ effects on the thyroid

Date：Feb. 19, 2019 Category：Regulations

The Pesticide Unit of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched an open consultation on the draft scientific report of EFSA on the Establishment of...

EFSA: Genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures

Date：Jan. 29, 2019 Category：Regulations

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a statement related to the genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures.

EFSA to share data on open-access platform

Date：Jan. 23, 2019 Category：Regulations

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has taken a major step towards becoming a fully open data organisation by committing to publish the scientific data it...

EFSA gave positive opinion for four‐event stack maize from Dow AgroSciences

Date：Jan. 17, 2019 Category：Regulations

Maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603 × DAS‐40278‐9 (four‐event stack maize) was produced by conventional crossing to combine four single events: MON 89034, 1507...

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EFSA set new deadline for completion of pesticide cumulative risk assessments

Date：Dec. 13, 2018 Category：Markets

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has set a new deadline for completion of two pilot assessments on the risks posed to humans by residues of multiple pe...

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European Commission authorises eight genetically modified products for food and feed uses

EFSA: Review of the existing maximum residue levels for glyphosate

EFSA: Risk mitigation measures on cypermethrin

EFSA consults on review of guidance on pesticides and beesv

EFSA opens public consultation on cumulative risk assessment of pesticides

EFSA assesses plant protection active substances containing stereoisomers

EFSA gave positive opinion for five‐event stack maize from Monsanto

EFSA: Human dietary exposure assessment to newly expressed proteins in GM foods

‘No safe exposure level’ for chlorpyrifos, renewal unlikely, EFSA concluded

Pesticide residues in food: what's the picture in the EU?

EFSA issued work plan to review guidance on bees and pesticides

Xylella update: still no cure, control measures crucial

EFSA gave positive opinion for six‐event stack maize from Syngenta

EFSA developed framework on evaluating chemical mixtures

EFSA: 13 pesticides do not require MRLs review

EFSA assesses pesticides’ effects on the thyroid

EFSA: Genotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures

EFSA to share data on open-access platform

EFSA gave positive opinion for four‐event stack maize from Dow AgroSciences

EFSA set new deadline for completion of pesticide cumulative risk assessments

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