The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved its 2007 work plan at a meeting in Parma held yesterday (23 January).
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EFSA announced following the meeting that it planned to focus increasingly on tackling emerging risks and gathering further data to underpin European risk assessment, during 2007.
Highlights of the scientific work plan for 2007 included recommendations for temporary Maximum Residue Levels for pesticides; scientific advice on nutrition and health claims including nutrient profiles; guidelines for substances used in active and intelligent food contact materials; a risk assessment of animal feed contaminated with veterinary pharmaceuticals; and guidance on GM animals used as food and feed such as GM fish.
In 2007, the authority will continue to carry out its activities within its four main scientific work themes: general requests for scientific opinions and advice; risk assessment of regulated substances and products; monitoring and assessing specific biological risk factors for human health and animal diseases; and improving European risk assessment approaches and methodologies.
The authority also said that in the coming year it planned to develop active networking and stronger cooperation with member states, one of EFSA’s six agreed strategic objectives.
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By GlobalDataTo this end, several working groups linking EFSA with member states are to be set up on a number of priority projects, the authority said, including defining common risk assessment methodology in the field of nanotechnology, data collection and analysis on microbiological and chemical contamination.
