European Food Safety Authority - Revision history

Olivia Rendall at 14:06, 2 April 2015

2015-04-02T14:06:17Z

Olivia Rendall: /* Management Board members */

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Management Board members

Claire Robinson: /* Management Board members */

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Management Board members

Claire Robinson: /* Monsanto's GM maize in the EU */

2013-02-01T20:24:02Z

Monsanto's GM maize in the EU

Claire Robinson: /* Monsanto's GM maize in the EU */

2013-02-01T19:56:09Z

Monsanto's GM maize in the EU

Claire Robinson: /* Monsanto's GM maize in the EU */

2013-02-01T19:55:36Z

Monsanto's GM maize in the EU

Claire Robinson: /* Monsanto's GM maize in the EU */

2013-02-01T19:51:35Z

Monsanto's GM maize in the EU

Lucy Brown: /* GMO Unit */

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GMO Unit

Lucy Brown: /* Contact */

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Contact

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	ILSI denies being an industry lobbying body. It describes itself as a "non-profit, worldwide organisation whose mission is to provide science that improves public health and well-being."<ref>Ibid.</ref>		ILSI denies being an industry lobbying body. It describes itself as a "non-profit, worldwide organisation whose mission is to provide science that improves public health and well-being."<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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		+	===Executive Director===
		+	Dr. [[Bernhard Url]] was appointed the role in June 2014, having previously served as their acting executive director for seven months.
		+	Dr. Url joined EFSA in June 2012 as head of the risk assessment and scientific assistance department. He is a qualified veterinarian by training and therefore is said to 'bring a high-level management experience from food-safety organisations to his role at EFSA.' <ref> [http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsawho/ed.htm Executive Director] ''EFSA'', accessed 2 April 2015 </ref>

	===Management Board Members 2015===		===Management Board Members 2015===

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 ILSI denies being an industry lobbying body. It describes itself as a "non-profit, worldwide organisation whose mission is to provide science that improves public health and well-being."<ref>Ibid.</ref>
-===Management Board members===
+===Management Board Members 2015===
-:[[Sue Davies]] (Vice-Chair)
+===Previous Management Board members===
-:[[Piergiuseppe Facelli]] (Vice-Chair)
+*[[Valérie Baduel]]
-:[[Valérie Baduel]]
+*[[Manuel Barreto Dias]]
-:[[Manuel Barreto Dias]]
+*[[Marianne Elvander]]
-:[[Marianne Elvander]]
+*[[Milan Kováč]]
-:[[Jaana Husu-Kallio]]
+*[[Paola Testori Coggi]] <ref>EFSA, [http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/mb/mbmembers.htm Management Board members], accessed 04 October 2012.</ref>
 ===Staff===

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 :[[Paola Testori Coggi]]
 :[[Ladislav Miko]]<ref>EFSA, [http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/mb/mbmembers.htm Management Board members], accessed 04 October 2012.</ref>
 ==Affiliations==

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 ====Monsanto's GM maize in the EU====
-EFSA approved feed and food use of Monsanto's GM Roundup-ready maize NK603 in 2004, and its cultivation in the EU in 2009.
+EFSA gave a positive opinion on the safety of feed and food use of Monsanto's GM Roundup-ready maize NK603 in 2004, and on its cultivation in the EU in 2009.
 French scientist [[Gilles-Eric Séralini]]'s study on rats being fed with NK603 showed that the rats tested with Roundup died earlier than their control group, developing severe tumours and kidney and liver pathologies. The rats only fed with the GM maize also developed tumours.<ref>Séralini, G. E., et al. (2012). "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." Food and Chemical Toxicology 50(11): 4221-4231.</ref> EFSA is criticized for having based its assessment on a Monsanto study that tested the effects of the GM maize on rats for a short period of only 90 days.<ref>Hammond, B., et al. (2004). "Results of a 13 week safety assurance study with rats fed grain from glyphosate tolerant corn." Food Chem Toxicol 42(6): 1003-1014.</ref> Séralini pointed out that in his research most of the tumours among the rats he studied only appeared after the first year.<ref>Séralini, G. E., et al. (2012). "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." Food and Chemical Toxicology 50(11): 4221-4231.</ref>

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 EFSA approved feed and food use of Monsanto's GM Roundup-ready maize NK603 in 2004, and its cultivation in the EU in 2009.
-French scientist [[Gilles-Eric Séralini]]'s study on rats being fed with NK603 showed that the rats tested with Roundup died earlier than their control group, developing severe tumours and kidney and liver pathologies. The rats only fed with the GM maize also developed tumours.<ref>Séralini, G. E., et al. (2012). "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." Food and Chemical Toxicology 50(11): 4221-4231.</ref> EFSA is criticized for having based its assessment on a study that tested the effects of the GM maize on rats for a short period of only 90 days.<ref>Hammond, B., et al. (2004). "Results of a 13 week safety assurance study with rats fed grain from glyphosate tolerant corn." Food Chem Toxicol 42(6): 1003-1014.</ref> Séralini pointed out that in his research most of the tumours among the rats he studied only appeared after the first year.<ref>Séralini, G. E., et al. (2012). "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." Food and Chemical Toxicology 50(11): 4221-4231.</ref>
+French scientist [[Gilles-Eric Séralini]]'s study on rats being fed with NK603 showed that the rats tested with Roundup died earlier than their control group, developing severe tumours and kidney and liver pathologies. The rats only fed with the GM maize also developed tumours.<ref>Séralini, G. E., et al. (2012). "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." Food and Chemical Toxicology 50(11): 4221-4231.</ref> EFSA is criticized for having based its assessment on a Monsanto study that tested the effects of the GM maize on rats for a short period of only 90 days.<ref>Hammond, B., et al. (2004). "Results of a 13 week safety assurance study with rats fed grain from glyphosate tolerant corn." Food Chem Toxicol 42(6): 1003-1014.</ref> Séralini pointed out that in his research most of the tumours among the rats he studied only appeared after the first year.<ref>Séralini, G. E., et al. (2012). "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." Food and Chemical Toxicology 50(11): 4221-4231.</ref>
 According to Corporate Europe Observatory, more than half of the [[GMO Panel]] experts who signed the approval for this GM maize had links with industry resulting in conflicts of interest, as defined by the [[OECD]].<ref>Corporate Europe Observatory, "[http://corporateeurope.org/news/study-monsantos-gm-maize-intensifies-concerns-about-efsas-reliability-monsanto-strikes-back-pr Study on Monsanto's GM maize intensifies concerns about EFSA's reliability – Monsanto strikes back with PR offensive]," 21 September 2012, accessed 04 October 2012.</ref>

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 ====GMO Unit====
-The GMO Unit was established in 2003 as a department dedicated to risk assessment for GMOs and to oversee the coordination of the [[GMO Panel]].  The Unit was led by [[Suzy Renckens]] from its creation in 2002 to 2008.<ref>Testbiotech (2010), "[http://www.testbiotech.de/sites/default/files/EFSA_Playing_Field_of_ILSI.pdf European Food Safety Authority: A playing field for the biotech industry]," Testbiotech report, p3, accessed 9 January 2013.</ref>
+The GMO Unit was established as a department dedicated to risk assessment for GMOs and to oversee the coordination of the [[GMO Panel]].  The Unit was led by [[Suzy Renckens]] from 2002 to 2008.<ref>Testbiotech (2010), "[http://www.testbiotech.de/sites/default/files/EFSA_Playing_Field_of_ILSI.pdf European Food Safety Authority: A playing field for the biotech industry]," Testbiotech report, p3, accessed 9 January 2013.</ref>
 According to the EFSA:

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 :http://www.efsa.europa.eu/
-:[https://twitter.com/efsa_eu | Twitter] [http://www.youtube.com/user/EFSAchannel | YouTube channel]
+:[http://twitter.com/efsa_eu | Twitter] [http://www.youtube.com/user/EFSAchannel | YouTube channel]
 ==Resources==