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PROGRESS REPORT

Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle

Management Board 19 June 2007

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SCIENCE

AFC - adopted 12 opinions, of which 9 on Flavouring Groups. Of these 3 opinions covered 52 substances

AHAW - Adopted 4 opinions, 2 related to blue tongue , 1 on Newcastle disease, 1 on Avian Influenza vaccines. Received mandate on seal killing and skinning

BIOHAZ - Opinion on the assessment of likely infectivity in Specified Risk Materials (SRM) derived from different age groups estimated by back calculation modelling.

Scientific Panels:

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SCIENCE

CONTAM – Statement on melamine (deadline 10 days), recommending TDI of 0,5 mg/kg b.w. per day for humans and domestic animals

FEEDAP - Invitation from SCAN WG on guidelines for new feed additives

GMO Panel - MON 863: The reply to the request from the Commission is in the final stages. EFSA received input from Member States, received clarification on the paper by Seralini et al and conducted its own analysis

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SCIENCE

NDA - Public consultation launched 16 May on draft opinion on “Scientific and technical guidance for preparation and presentation for application for authorisation of health claim”

PPR - Opinion on acute dietary intake assessment of pesticides in fruit and vegetables

PLH – 30 questions from Commission related to pest risk assessment in France (DOM)

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SCIENCE

• EFSA received a request from the European Commission related to the implications of live cloned animals. Question allocated to Scientific Committee

• Working group will prepare a draft opinion by the end of the year

• In addition EFSA has launched a request for scientific contributions and peer reviewed data from Third Parties, which could be useful for the preparation of the opinion

• Public consultation on the draft opinion foreseen in Autumn. EFSA’s Stakeholder Consultative Platform will also be involved in the consultation process

Cloning

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SCIENCE

• Advisory Forum meeting 29 June in Bratislava will discuss proposal to establish Focal Points in Member States

• Focus on data gathering and transfer of information

• EFSA Steering Group on Cooperation agreed new mandate for a Scientific Cooperation Working Group on safety assessment on botanicals and botanical preparations

Cooperation with Member States:

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SCIENCE

Cooperation with Member States:

• Mandates for scientific cooperation projects to be discussed at Advisory Forum

• EFSA internal task force preparing status report on risk assessment of nanoparticles

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EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Visit on 4 April to Lisbon to discuss cooperation during the Portuguese Presidency (July – December)

• Visit to Irish Food Safety Authority, 21-22 May

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EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Events & Conferences: • Open Day event of the European institutions, 5 May

in Brussels

• JRC-Open Day on 12 May in Ispra, Italy

• International conference in cooperation with CIHEAM on “Identity, Quality and Safety of Mediterranean Food Products”, 5-6 June 2007 in Parma

5th Anniversary:

• Europe Day celebrations (Comune and Provincia di Parma), 8-10 May in Parma

• EFSA and food safety in the EU: achievements and challenges - Rome, 7 June 2007 - Istituto Superiore di Sanità

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EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Informal Chief Veterinary Officers (CVO) meeting in Dresden (Germany) on 11th May to present EFSA's work on Blue Tongue

• Invitation by German Presidency to take part at 24 May Council Working Group on Agriculture matters/Pesticides and present EFSA's work on the peer-review risk assessment of pesticides

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EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• Invitation by the German Presidency to a working lunch with the COREPER to present EFSA's Strategy for Networking and Scientific Co-operation with Member States (13 June)

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HUMAN RESOURCES

RECRUITMENT

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HUMAN RESOURCES

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COMMUNICATIONS

Industry welcomes EFSA guidance but gaps still remain

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COMMUNICATIONS

Web news stories on:

• animal health and welfare and environment;• QRA on the residual BSE risk in sheep; • use of the nptII gene as a selectable marker in

GM plants;

• First call under Art. 36: Salmonella in pigs; avian influenza vaccines in domestic poultry

La EFSA recopila información sobre carne procedente de animales clonados

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COMMUNICATIONS

• EFSAnews 15

• EFSA Scientific Colloquium Summary Report N°5: Food-Based Dietary Guidelines

•Brochure: Zoonoses in the European Union in 2005. Reprint to meet requests in 4 languages plus Croatian and Turkish

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Joint events

EFSA – Italian Ministry of HealthRome 7 June 2007

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Thank you!