A5065770076- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Agricultural safety and regulations
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Metallurgy and Material Science
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Animal and Plant Health Agency
2014-2025
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé Animale
2023
Veterinary Medicines Directorate
2003-2011
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
2011
EFSA is requested to assess the safety of a broad range biological agents in context notification for market authorisation as sources food and feed additives, enzymes plant protection products. The qualified presumption (QPS) assessment was developed provide harmonised generic pre-assessment support risk assessments performed by EFSA's scientific Panels. unambiguously defined (at highest taxonomic unit appropriate purpose which an application intended), completeness body knowledge are...
Food safety criteria for Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods have been applied from 2006 onwards (Commission Regulation (EC) 2073/2005). Still, human invasive listeriosis was reported to increase over the period 2009-2013 European Union and Economic Area (EU/EEA). Time series analysis 2008-2015 EU/EEA indicated an increasing trend of monthly notified incidence rate confirmed 75 age groups female group between 25 44 years old (probably related pregnancies). A conceptual model...
EFSA and EMA have jointly reviewed measures taken in the EU to reduce need for use of antimicrobials food-producing animals, resultant impacts on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Reduction strategies been implemented successfully some Member States. Such include national reduction targets, benchmarking use, controls prescribing restrictions specific critically important antimicrobials, together with improvements animal husbandry disease prevention control measures. Due multiplicity factors...
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important infection in humans EU/EEA countries, and over the last 10 years more than 21,000 acute clinical cases with 28 fatalities have been notified overall 10-fold increase reported HEV cases; majority (80%) of were from France, Germany UK. However, as not notifiable all Member States, surveillance differs between number comparable true would probably be higher. Food-borne transmission appears to a major route Europe; pigs wild boars are main source HEV....
An increase in confirmed human salmonellosis cases the EU after 2014 triggered investigation of contributory factors and control options poultry production. Reconsideration five current target serovars for breeding hens showed that there is justification retaining Salmonella Enteritidis, Typhimurium (including monophasic variants) Infantis, while Virchow Hadar could be replaced by Kentucky either Heidelberg, Thompson or a variable serovar national prevalence targets. However, incorporates...
The number and proportion of CTX-M positive Escherichia coli organisms were determined in feces from cattle, chickens, pigs the United Kingdom to provide a better understanding risk dissemination extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) bacteria humans food animal sources. Samples bovine (n = 35) swine 20) collected farms, chicken cecal contents 32) abattoirs. There was wide variation CTX-M-positive E. detected; median (range) CFU/g 100 (100 × 10(6) 1 10(6)), 5,350 3.1 2,800 10(5) 4.7 10(5)) for...
EFSA was requested to assess the safety of a broad range biological agents in context notifications for market authorisation as sources food and feed additives, enzymes plant protection products. The qualified presumption (QPS) assessment developed provide harmonised generic pre-assessment support risk assessments performed by EFSA's Scientific Panels. unambiguously defined (at highest taxonomic unit appropriate purpose which an application is intended) completeness body knowledge were...
African swine fever (ASF) is currently spreading westwards throughout Europe and eastwards into China, with cases occurring in both wild boar domestic pigs. A generic risk assessment framework used to determine the probability of first infection ASF virus (ASFV) at a fine spatial scale across European Union Member States. The aims assist managers their surveillance intervention activities. Performing allows for hot-spot surveillance, which can aid by directing or resources those areas...
SUMMARY Expert opinion was elicited to undertake a qualitative risk assessment estimate the current and future risks European Union (EU) from five vector-borne viruses listed by World Organization for Animal Health. It predicted that climate change will increase of incursions African horse sickness virus (AHSV), Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHFV) Rift Valley (RVFV) into EU other parts world, with swine (ASFV) West Nile (WNV) being less affected. Currently incursion were lowest RVFV...
The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) concept was developed to provide a harmonised generic pre-evaluation support risk assessments biological agents performed by EFSA's scientific Panels. identity, body knowledge, concerns and antimicrobial resistance valid taxonomic units were assessed. Safety identified for unit are, where possible reasonable in number, considered be 'qualifications' which should assessed at the strain level No new information found that would change previously...
EFSA was requested to: 1) assess the risk for development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) due to feeding on farm calves with colostrum potentially containing residues antibiotics; 2) AMR milk cows treated during lactation an antibiotic and milked withdrawal period, 3) propose possible options mitigate derived from such practices. Treatment dairy dry period is common in EU Member States. Penicillins, alone or combination aminoglycosides, cephalosporins are most commonly used. Residue levels...
The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) was developed to provide a harmonised generic pre-evaluation procedure support risk assessments biological agents performed by EFSA's Scientific Panels. identity, body knowledge, concerns and antimicrobial resistance valid taxonomic units were assessed. Safety identified for unit are, where possible reasonable in number, reflected 'qualifications' which should be assessed at the strain level During current assessment, no new information found that...
In April and May of 2016, Norway confirmed two cases chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild reindeer moose, respectively. the light this emerging issue, European Commission requested EFSA to recommend surveillance activities and, if necessary, additional animal health risk-based measures prevent introduction spread into/within EU, specifically Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland Sweden, considering seven wild, semidomesticated farmed cervid species (Eurasian tundra...
Breeding programmes to promote resistance classical scrapie, similar those for sheep in existing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) regulations, have not been established goats. The European Commission requested a scientific opinion from EFSA on the current knowledge of genetic TSE An evaluation tool, which considers both weight evidence and strength scrapie alleles goat
A farm‐to‐consumption quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) for Salmonella in pigs the European Union has been developed Food Safety Authority. The primary aim of QMRA was to assess impact hypothetical reductions slaughter‐pig prevalence and control measures on human infection. key consideration during development characterization variability between E.U. Member States (MSs), therefore a generic MS model that accounts differences pig production, slaughterhouse practices,...
An ongoing, continually spreading, outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), following its identification in Georgia 2007, has resulted 17 European and 12 Asian countries reporting cases by April 2020, with occurring both wild boar domestic pigs. Curtailing further spread ASF requires understanding the transmission pathways disease. is self-sustaining population, they have been implicated as one main drivers within Europe. We developed a spatially explicit model to estimate risk infection pigs...
Machine learning (ML) is an approach to artificial intelligence characterised by the use of algorithms that improve their own performance at a given task (e.g. classification or prediction) based on data and without being explicitly fully instructed how achieve this. Surveillance systems for animal zoonotic diseases depend upon effective completion broad range tasks, some them amenable ML algorithms. As in other fields, veterinary public health surveillance has greatly expanded recent years....
A circular economy relies on demonstrating the quality and environmental safety of wastes that are recovered reused as products. Policy-level risk assessments, using generalised exposure scenarios, informed by stakeholder communities have been used to appraise acceptability necessary changes legislation, allowing be valued, marketed. Through an extensive assessment exercise, summarised in this paper, we explore burden proof required offer assurance consumer brand-sensitive food sectors light...
Abstract Safeguarding global health is a moving target, with changes in climate and human activity raising new threats to public health, animal welfare. Decision support the context of management requires tools capable making sense large volumes complex multidisciplinary evidence. A One Health living risk assessment tool, L'ORA, was developed assess incursion for zoonotic diseases using approach allowing automatic updates assessment. L'ORA estimates as resultant four steps: 1) Disease...
Summary Decisions on food safety involve consideration of a wide range concerns including the public health impact foodborne illness, economic importance agricultural sector and industry, effectiveness efficiency interventions. To support such decisions, we propose an integrated scientific approach combining veterinary medical epidemiology, risk assessment for farm‐to‐fork chain as well economy. Scientific advice is relevant in all stages policy cycle: to assess magnitude problem, define...
The number of West Nile virus (WNV)-infected mosquitoes aboard aircraft from the United States that arrive in Kingdom each summer was determined using a quantitative risk assessment. In worst-case scenario, when WNV levels are high (at epidemic levels) probability at least one WNV-infected mosquito being introduced into predicted to be 0.99. During these periods, mean 5.2 infected were estimated flights during May October, with 90% certainty exact value lies between and ten mosquitoes....
The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) concept was developed to provide a harmonised generic pre-evaluation support risk assessments biological agents performed by EFSA's scientific Panels. identity, body knowledge, concerns and antimicrobial resistance valid taxonomic units were assessed. Safety identified for unit are, where possible reasonable in number, reflected as 'qualifications' which should be assessed at the strain level No new information found that would change previously...