Scientific Committee
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The Scientific Committee is an expert advisory body within the European Food Safety Authority that provides independent scientific opinions and guidance on complex or cross-cutting food safety issues.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Scientific Committee (EFSA) | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
EFSA body
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scientific advisory body ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | European Union ⓘ |
| ensures | independence of scientific advice from risk management ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
food safety
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public health ⓘ risk assessment ⓘ |
| focus |
complex food safety issues
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cross-cutting food safety issues ⓘ |
| goal | support EU risk managers with sound scientific advice ⓘ |
| hasMember | independent scientific experts ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | European Union ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 ⓘ |
| location | Parma, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission |
address horizontal scientific issues relevant to multiple EFSA panels
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ensure coherence in EFSA scientific work ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | European Food Safety Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | European Food Safety Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| policyArea |
consumer protection
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food chain legislation ⓘ |
| produces |
guidance documents
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scientific opinions ⓘ statements on methodological issues ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
provides independent scientific opinions
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provides scientific guidance ⓘ |
| sector |
animal health and welfare
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food and feed safety ⓘ nutrition ⓘ plant health ⓘ |
| task |
adopt scientific opinions on overarching issues
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coordinate work on harmonised risk assessment approaches ⓘ develop cross-cutting risk assessment methodologies ⓘ provide guidance documents for EFSA scientific panels ⓘ |
| website | https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/science/scientific-committee ⓘ |
| worksWith |
EFSA scientific panels
NERFINISHED
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EU Member States NERFINISHED ⓘ European Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ international scientific bodies ⓘ |
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