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Title: The European Food Safety Authority One Year On


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The European Food Safety AuthorityOne Year On
  • GEOFFREY PODGERExecutive Director EFSA

2
EFSA The Main Changes
  • Risk assessment divorced from risk management
  • EFSA not part of the Commission nor answerable to
    it
  • EFSA controlled by Board acting in independent
    capacity not national representatives
  • EFSA works in close cooperation with national
    authorities
  • Need to actively consider and meet stakeholder
    needs (including in particular consumers)
  • Better support to and coordination of Panels

3
EFSA Risk Assessments What are we trying to
achieve?
  • Taking forward the science of risk assessment
  • Greater transparency of process including
    timeframes
  • Authoritative views respected across Europe and
    beyond
  • Increased stakeholder confidence in process
  • Better liaison and coordination with national
    authorities

4
EFSA Tasking
  • Legal requirements
  • By the Commission
  • By the European Parliament
  • By the Member States
  • Self tasking

5
EFSA SELF TASKING PROJECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION
  • BUILDING EXPERT NETWORKS
  • RISK ASSESSMENT GENOTOXIC AND CARCINOGENIC
    SUBSTANCES
  • EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT GUIDANCE
  • ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT
  • SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF MICRO-ORGANISMS
  • EARLY WARNINGS OF EMERGING RISKS
  • SIMULTANEOUS EXPOSURE VIA FOOD
  • HARMONISATION OF DETECTION METHODS FOR MAJOR
    CONTAMINANTS
  • ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN HUMAN TOXICITIES AND
    DISEASES AND FOOD EXPOSURE

6
EFSA Ongoing Issues
  • Acrylamide
  • Guidance for new GM Food andFeed Applications
  • Allergenic Foods
  • Upper levels of vitamins and minerals used in
    fortification

7
EFSA WORKLOAD
  • 2003 122 Questions received from the Commission
  • 2004 ? 180 Questions from the Commission
  • ? Member States
  • ? European Parliament

8
EFSAs Role in Risk Communication
  • Independent of political process
  • Open and transparent
  • Coordination with national authorities
  • Support to Commission over food
    scares/emergencies

9
Effective Risk Communication
  • To be effective the communication must
  • explain and contextualise the risk
  • advise the recipient whether he/she needs to take
    action
  • set out clearly steps for any necessary
    government/industry action
  • Cover (i) to (iii) above in a way which is
    culturally sensitive

10
RISK ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK
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Balance between National authorities and EFSA
  • National authorities handle national issues
  • National authorities provide their expertise to
    EU wide consideration of issues, formally and
    informally
  • EFSA responsible through its committees for
    taking EU wide view if needed, with national
    authorities contributing
  • Core communication message from 3 (above)
    established by EFSA but national authorities
    transmit the message to reflect also national
    cultural sensitivity

12
National Authorities Stake in EFSA
  • Opportunity to commit on candidates for EU
    Scientific Committee and Panels
  • Involvement in recruitment of senior staff
  • Secondment of ENDs
  • Involvement in Advisory Forum and ad hoc meetings
  • Advisory Forum Sub-Committees on Communications
    and IT

13
Conclusions
  • A successful EFSA will
  • Achieve greater co-ordination and
    harmonizationwith national authorities in those
    areas where it is needed
  • inject a greater element of challenge into risk
    management
  • Gain a higher level of stakeholder confidence in
    what we are doing
  • Prepare us better for the unexpected - which will
    surely come !
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