Authors
EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ), Antonia Ricci, Ana Allende, Declan Bolton, Marianne Chemaly, Robert Davies, Rosina Girones, Lieve Herman, Konstantinos Koutsoumanis, Roland Lindqvist, Birgit Nørrung, Lucy Robertson, Giuseppe Ru, Moez Sanaa, Marion Simmons, Panagiotis Skandamis, Emma Snary, Niko Speybroeck, Benno Ter Kuile, John Threlfall, Helene Wahlström, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, Günter Klein, Miguel Prieto Maradona, Amparo Querol, Luisa Peixe, Juan Evaristo Suarez, Ingvar Sundh, Just M Vlak, Margarita Aguilera‐Gómez, Fulvio Barizzone, Rosella Brozzi, Sandra Correia, Leng Heng, Frédérique Istace, Christopher Lythgo, Pablo Salvador Fernández Escámez
Publication date
2017/3
Journal
EFSA Journal
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
e04664
Description
EFSA is requested to assess the safety of a broad range of biological agents in the context of notification for market authorisation as sources of food and feed additives, food enzymes and plant protection products. The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) assessment was developed to provide a harmonised generic pre‐assessment to support safety risk assessments performed by EFSA's scientific Panels. The safety of unambiguously defined biological agents (at the highest taxonomic unit appropriate for the purpose for which an application is intended), and the completeness of the body of knowledge are assessed. Identified safety concerns for a taxonomic unit are, where possible and reasonable in number, reflected as ‘qualifications’ in connection with a recommendation for a QPS status. The list of QPS recommended biological agents was reviewed and updated in the current opinion and therefore becomes …
Scholar articles
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