The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the transparency and the independence of risk assessments and scientific studies as a follow-up to its response to the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) on glyphosate.
The consultation is also based on the current evaluation of the General Food Law Regulation (EU rules on food and feed safety along the production chain), which is the cornerstone of the EU regulatory framework covering the entire food chain: ‘from farm to fork’.
The Commission would like to hear views and experiences on the following:
- The transparency and independence of the EU risk assessment system with respect to the underlying industry studies and information on which EFSA’s risk assessment/scientific advice is based
- Risk communication
- The governance of EFSA, in particular the involvement of the EU Member States in the EU risk assessment system
The closing date for submissions is 20 March 2018.