• Public health risks associated with food‐borne parasites 

      Koutsoumanis, Kostas; Allende, Ana; Alvarez Ordoñez, Avelino; Bolton, Declan; Bover‐Cid, Sara; Chemaly, Marianne; Davies, Robert; De Cesare, Alessandra; Herman, Lieve; Hilbert, Friederike; Lindqvist, Roland; Nauta, Maarten; Peixe, Luisa; Ru, Giuseppe; Simmons, Marion M; Skandamis, Panagiotis; Suffredini, Elisabetta; Caccio, Simone M; Chalmers, Rachel M.; Deplazes, Peter; Devleesschauwer, Brecht; Innes, Elisabeth A.; Romig, Thomas; van der Giessen, Joke; Hempen, Michaela; Van der Stede, Yves; Robertson, Lucy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Parasites are important food‐borne pathogens. Their complex lifecycles, varied transmission routes, and prolonged periods between infection and symptoms mean that the public health burden and relative importance of different ...
    • Update of the list of QPS‐recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 7: suitability of taxonomic units notified to EFSA until September 2017 

      Ricci, Antonia; Allende, Ana; Bolton, Declan; Chemaly, Marianne; Davies, Robert; Girones, Rosina; Koutsoumanis, Kostas; Lindqvist, Roland; Nørrung, Birgit; Robertson, Lucy; Sanaa, Moez; Ru, Giuseppe; Fernandez Escamez, Pablo Salvador; Simmons, Marion M; Skandamis, Panagiotis; Snary, Emma; Speybroeck, Niko; Ter Kuile, Benno; Threlfall, E.J.; Wahlström, Helene; Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro; Peixe, Luisa; Maradona, Miguel Prieto; Querol, Amparo; Evaristo Suarez, Juan; Sundh, Ingvar; Vlak, Just; Barizzone, Fulvio; Correia, Sandra; Herman, Lieve (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      The qualified presumption of safety (QPS) concept was developed to provide a harmonised generic pre‐evaluation to support safety risk assessments of biological agents performed by EFSA's scientific Panels. The identity, ...