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... following the evaluation of new data, the european food safety authority (efsa) has updated its opinion on the safety of two smoke flavourings used in the eu ... efsa experts concluded that at the proposed use and use levels fumokomp is not of safety concern ... the new efsa evaluation will help to inform eu decision-makers in preparing a list of smoke flavourings authorised for use in the europe ... however, based on the results of a complete 90-day animal toxicity study that was unavailable in 2009, efsa have now confirmed that this smoke flavouring is not of safety concern for consumers at normal and upper levels for the proposed uses

... a large number of substances used in non-plastic food contact materials have never been evaluated, said a european food safety authority (efsa) working group tasked with developing a regulatory framework on the issue ... the body’s scientific cooperation (esco) working group has also proposed that a pan-european network of experts be set up to help tackle crisis situations that surface in relation to such issues as printing inks , coatings, paper and board, and adhesives ... these are some of the findings contained in a report this week from a europe-wide panel of experts brought together by the parma-based food safety watchdog ... efsa convened the panel of experts last year after concerns were raised that a number of recent crises had originated from non-plastic parts of food contact materials (fcms) ... review published the esco team set out its activities since february 2010 in laying vital groundwork to form the basis of the efsa opinion on the matter due to be published in the autumn

... the european food safety authority (efsa) health claims panel says there are no grounds for alteration of its rejection last year of probiotic health claim dossiers submitted by danone and yakult ... no cause for change: efsa affirms its rejection of danone and yakult dossiers in separate letters issued last week, efsa’s panel on dietetic products, nutrition and allergies (nda), said assessment of post-opinion comments about the nda’s opinions from danone, yakult and others did not demonstrate causality to, “change the conclusions of the nda panel ... ” commenting, veteran probiotic researcher bruno pot, phd, from the pasteur institute in lille, said: “the new statements of efsa illustrate that a proper scientific discussion between efsa experts and the company experts might result in a much more balanced dossier, anticipating and commenting on possible weak points in the dossier, possibly even in the redrawing of a dossier until the required supplementary information is available ... nothing would hurt efsa more than them becoming meaningless

... "the panel also state that the data currently available do not provide convincing evidence of neurobehavioural toxicity of bpa," efsa said ... efsa said the current tdi level of 0 ... earlier this year, a group of 60 scientists and health campaigners from 15 countries said in an open letter to efsa they feared exposure to bpa could damage health, particularly among vulnerable groups such as babies and pregnant women ... efsa experts have acknowledged that some recent studies showed biochemical changes in the central nervous system, effects on the immune system and enhanced susceptibility to breast cancer in animals exposed to bpa at doses well below those used to determine the current tdi ... however, such studies have many shortcomings, and their relevance for human health cannot be assessed at present, efsa said, adding its experts would reconsider this opinion should any new relevant data become available in the future

... food manufacturers welcome meeting with efsa as positive step european food and drink manufacturers welcome the news of a forthcoming technical stakeholder meeting with efsa (european food safety authority) on 1 june in parma ... the meeting comes at a particularly timely point in the efsa evaluation process on over 4,000 generic claims submitted under the ec nutrition and health claims regulation ... this positive development follows requests from various stakeholders to have greater clarity and guidance about the procedure and criteria used by the efsa nda panel of experts in the evaluation process ... in advance of the meeting, efsa will provide updated and combined briefing documents for stakeholderson the evaluations of article 13 ... the director general of ciaa, mella frewen, greeted the news of the upcoming efsa meeting: “the european food and drink industry welcomes this opportunity to meet and discuss with efsa experts involved in the claims assessment process and we look forward to a constructive and interactive exchange of views

... on march 26 the danish government announced its decision to outlaw use of the substance for children aged 0-3 as a precautionary measure after food safety experts from the danish food institute raised concerns that low-level exposure to the substance may inhibit learning capacity ... the group called on authorities to reverse its decision on banning bpa-containing materials for children if the soon-to-be-delivered verdict from european food safety authority (efsa) gave the chemical the all clear ... “it is incredibly difficult for both industrialists and politicians to assess the researchers' findings and for that reason, we have strongly recommended to the parliament not to decide (on) a national ban or to work for an eu ban, without at least having knowledge of the additional assessment from the efsa experts, as denmark has asked for,” the dpf told foodproductiondaily ... it said it was waiting for the results of the risk assessment by the efsa due to be completed by the end of may ... but the body said it expected the government to re-approve the use of polycarbonate in food contact materials for children if efsa found that bpa did not pose a health risk at low doses

... chicken meat could account for almost a third of all human cases of campylobacteriosis in the eu said the european food safety authority (efsa) ... experts from the safety watchdog's biological hazards (biohaz) panel said that the handling, preparation and consumption of broiler meat may directly account for 20 to 30 per cent of human cases of the disease

... the european food safety authority (efsa) has issued its opinion on the acceptability of a number of substances as previous cargoes for the transport by sea of edible fats and oils ... likewise, the efsa experts said industry had not supplied sufficient information on the sources and specifications for fatty alcohol mixture or mixtures of fatty alcohols; and unfractionated fatty ester mixtures or mixtures of fatty esters from natural fats and oils ... carcinogenicity anxieties but the contam experts raised concerns over cyclohexanol, cyclohexanone and 2,3-butanediol , because of “uncertainties about the potential carcinogenicity and reproductive toxicity” ... efsa concluded the three substances “did not meet the criteria for acceptability as previous cargoes” ... this is the second efsa opinion in six months on edible fats and oils

... amfep’s comments follow the publication of the european food safety authority’s (efsa) draft guidelines on the subject, opened for consultation earlier this month ... amfep, which represents enzyme manufacturers that supply around 90 per cent of the european industrial enzyme market, said that it welcomed the guidelines, and that it would be putting together a formal input document for the efsa public consultation in due course ... ” clarity finally, the organization said that efsa should make its requirements clear to manufacturers, to provide predictability and certainty about regulatory conditions ... “[decision criteria] must be adequately clear to the applicant to provide for an exact determination of the amount and quality of documentation that will satisfy the efsa experts,” it said ... eu/efsa/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211902439387

... by setting an unworkably high standard for claims substantiation, efsa is threatening r&d not to mention health claims that have long been officially approved in many jurisdictions ... the opinions issued to date indicate that the research investments of many innovative companies over many years is failing to convince efsa to issue a positive opinion ... an idealistic efsa approach could result in a steep fall in research projects funded by industry in the coming years ... one can only wonder how many millions were invested by unilever in support of the only claim efsa has approved – a plant sterol/cholesterol-lowering claim ... achievable gold standard? efsa was given the task of evaluating the scientific substantiation for article 14 claims dossiers (disease risk reduction claims and children’s health claims) and article 13 ... to be successful, the ingredient or food must be sufficiently defined (a dairy claim was rejected because the types of dairy products were not, as efsa terms it, ‘characterised’) ... another concern is whether or not efsa will apply the same evaluation standards to article 13 claims (claims based on generally accepted scientific evidence) and if so, the outlook for many claims could be bleak ... initial indications are that efsa does intend to use the same criteria ... it could be argued that the the efsa opinions do not, for example, fulfil the requirements of the law – which is to take into account the totality of the evidence and weigh it in order to provide advice on “the extent to which” a cause and effect relationship has been established ... clinicals critical? it is unclear whether efsa will disregard all evidence other than human interventions studies ... efsa must consider the practical reality of the evidence available