-
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz · Sep 2004
[Task and function of the European Food Safety Authority].
- C Heppner.
- Europäische Behörde für Lebensmittelsicherheit, Rue de Genève 10, 1140 Brüssel, Belgien. claudia.heppner@efsa.eu.int
- Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2004 Sep 1;47(9):862-7.
AbstractIn 2002, the European Commission and the European Parliament established the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The provisional seat of the new Authority is Brussels and the final seat of the authority will be Parma, Italy. EFSA's main task is to carry out risk assessment and to provide independent scientific advice on all matters linked to food and feed safety. This includes animal health and welfare and plant health-as well as nutrition. Therefore, EFSA's risk assessments provide risk managers with a sound scientific basis for regulatory measures in order to ensure a high level of consumer protection. EFSA is confessed to openness and transparence. The authority keeps good links to all European institutions, particularly to the European Commission and the European Parliament, to national authorities, which have similar tasks to EFSA, and to stakeholders such as consumer and food industry organisations.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..