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Apr 23, 2024 · Pesticides. The term “pesticides” is commonly used as a synonym for plant protection products. However, pesticides is a broader term that also covers products such as biocides, which are intended for non-plant uses to control pests and disease carriers such as insects, rats and mice and do not fall within the remit of EFSA. Plant protection ...
Apr 29, 2020 · EFSA has published the results of its two pilot assessments on the risks posed to humans by residues of multiple pesticides in food. The assessments – one considering chronic effects on the thyroid system and the other acute effects on the nervous system – are the culmination of a multi-year collaboration between EFSA and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment ...
Administrative guidance. Applicable to applications submitted as of 27 March 2021. Administrative guidance on submission of dossiers and assessment reports for the peer‐review of pesticide active substances and on the maximum residue level (MRL) application procedure (update June 2024) EFSA's Catalogue of support initiatives during the life ...
EFSA is also in charge of the risk assessment of the maximum residue levels (MRLs) of pesticides permitted in products of plant or animal origin marketed in the EU. There are different workflows for the evaluation of new active substances, amendment of approval conditions, the re-evaluation of active substances for renewal of approval, for the ...
Sep 27, 2024 · The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Poland and co‐rapporteur Member State France for the pesticide active substance flufenacet are reported. In addition, the assessment of the confirmatory data following the Article 12 maximum residue ...
In the dietary risk assessments of EU maximum residues levels (MRLs) for pesticides in food, or proposals for MRLs, the chronic and acute dietary consumer exposure to pesticide residues is estimated by using a calculation model developed by EFSA: PRIMo – Pesticide Residue Intake Model. The model is based on national food consumption data and ...
Sep 20, 2024 · The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Italy and co‐rapporteur Member State Spain for the pesticide active substance bensulfuron‐methyl are reported. The context of the peer review was that required by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU ...
Feb 14, 2024 · The European Commission asks EFSA to review the guidance on risk assessment of pesticides and bees, which was published in 2013. EFSA establishes a scientific working group to carry out the review, supported by a stakeholder consultative group. The group is being consulted at various stages during the review and providing input to the working ...
Nov 9, 2023 · The 2018 European Union Report on pesticide residues - bananas. Results concerning this EUCP food product are presented. Bar chart presents the frequency of quantification versus MRL exceedances for 2018 compared to 2015 (if included in the EUCP). The percentages of samples with residues at or above the LOQ but below or equal to the MRL are ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Under European Union legislation (Article 32, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005), the European Food Safety Authority provides an annual report assessing the pesticide residue levels in foods on the European market. In 2022, 96.3% of the overall 110,829 samples analysed fell below the maximum residue level (MRL), 3.7% exceeded this level, of which 2.2% were non‐compliant, i.e. results in a given ...
