EFSA Focal Point Nieuwsbrief 7 maart 2024

EU-FORA extended deadline

New deadline: March 26^th, 2024

The deadline of the Call EUBA-EFSA-2023-ENREL-01: Selection of hosting sites and fellows for EFSA’s European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship (EU-FORA) Programme has been extended until March 26^th, 2024.

For details, you can consult the call documents, including the instructions on how to apply for this e-grant through the EU Funding and Tenders portal.

The Call intends to fund the placement of 15 fellows by awarding grants to consortia made of two Art. 36 List organisations from two different MS, Iceland and Norway:

• one acting as hosting site and responsible for the training of the fellow, and
• the other as fellow sending organisation, identifying a fellow to be trained.  

To further facilitate the creation of consortia, you can either: 

• contact your National Focal Point expressing your interest in this call, either as a hosting site or as a fellow sending organisation. Note that the same organisation can act as both in different consortia, and/or
• Check the file “Partner searches for the creation of consortia” on the Call webpage. This file is updated on a weekly basis.

Organisations can make use of existing joint projects and partners from former projects and EFSA/EU grants. Some of the currently existing large EU projects could be a good starting point for organisations to search for partners.

You can find further information on the EU-FORA Programme and this Call on the EFSA’s dedicated website, should you have any questions.  

International Conference on "Relevance of Global Commodity Chains for Risk Assessment"

Berlin, May 27^th – May 29^th, 2024
Registration deadline: May 19^th, 2024
Abstract deadline: April 1^st, 2024

The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment is organizing an International Conference on "Relevance of Global Commodity Chains for Risk Assessment" from 27^th to 29^th of May 2024 in Berlin.

The conference will bring together national and international experts from the fields of feed and food chains, digitalization and consumer health protection to exchange and share knowledge on concepts, data and tools for a holistic assessment of risks in global commodity chains. The focus is on innovative techniques and digital solutions to integrate data and knowledge on hazards, exposure and risk assessment along the feed and food chain.

If you are interested in participating, please register on the BfR Academy website by May 19^th, 2024

You also have the opportunity to present your innovative projects and solutions as part of a poster presentation or a software fair. Please submit your abstract by April 1^st, 2024.


International Scientific Conference HYGIENA ALIMENTORUM XLIV: Meat and Meat Products

Štrbské Pleso, Slovak Republic, 15^th – 17^th May, 2024

The Slovak Focal Point is co-organising the International Scientific Conference HYGIENA ALIMENTORUM XLIV: Meat and Meat Products - Current Problems and Trends in Production and Marketing.

The conference will take place from the 15^th of May to 17^th of May 2024 in the Hotel Patria in Štrbské Pleso, High Tatras, Slovak Republic.

The main focus of the international scientific conference is the presentation of current knowledge on the health safety and quality of meat and meat products in terms of production as well as sales of these commodities. Current knowledge on the health safety and quality of other food commodities is also welcome and can be presented in the poster section.

For further information and registration, please visit the conference website or contact hygiena.alimentorum@uvlf.sk.


XV Conference of chemists, technologists and environmentalists

Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 18^th – 19^th, 2024

The EFSA Focal Point of Bosnia and Herzegovina is inviting you to the XV Conference of chemists, technologists and environmentalists of the Republic of Srpska”, which will be held in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on October 18^th to 19^th, 2024.

More information can be found on the conference website.

New Public Consultations

Various deadlines

EFSA has launched new public consultations on the following scientific topics:
 

• Public Consultation on draft scientific opinion on the Tolerable Upper Intake Level for preformed vitamin A and β-carotene.
  Deadline: March 22^nd, 2024
   
• Public Consultation on draft scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level for iron.
  Deadline: April 1^st, 2024
   
• Public Consultation on draft guidance of EFSA's Scientific Committee on appraising and integrating evidence from epidemiological studies for use in EFSA’s scientific assessments.
  Deadline: April 2^nd, 2024
   
• Public Consultation on the Draft Guidance on Risk-Benefit Assessment of Foods (RBA)The updated guidance document retains the step-wise RBA approach, while providing additional methods for complex assessments, such as multiple chemical hazards and all relevant health effects impacting different population subgroups.
  Deadline: April 2^nd, 2024
   
• Public Consultation on the Draft Scientific Opinion on New Developments in Biotechnology Applied to Microorganisms
  Interested parties are invited to submit their comments by the indicated deadline. When submitting the comments, specific reference to the line and page numbers to which the comments relate must be made.
  Deadline : April 8^th, 2024