Milan Kováč

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Milan Kováč is a member of the management board of the European Food Safety Authority.[1]

EFSA has been criticised because its scientific assessments of new GM crops and pesticides rely almost exclusively on corporate research data.[2]

He is:

  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Global - Location: Washington, USA, non-industry member from Board of directors of the biotech industry lobby group, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Europe.[3]
  • ILSI Europe - Member of the Board of Directors, non-industry member[4]

Notes

  1. EFSA, Declarations of Interest Database MB - Management Board, acc 16 Mar 2011
  2. “EU food safety agency aims for more transparency”, EurActiv.com, 9 June 2008; http://www.euractiv.com/en/cap/eu-food-safety-agency-aims-transparency/article-173171. “EFSA undermines pesticide Regulation 1107/2009 on use of scientific peer-reviewed open literature”, Pesticide Action Network, 6 September 2010; http://www.pan-europe.info/News/PR/101020_PANE_comment.doc; “So rather than use this new mandate to rely less on industry data, EFSA plans to use the same tool, GLP, to keep on removing independent studies from consideration”, writes Pesticide Action Network in its comment piece.
  3. EFSA, ANNUAL DECLARATION OF INTERESTS (ADoI), acc 16 Mar 2011
  4. EFSA, ANNUAL DECLARATION OF INTERESTS (ADoI), acc 16 Mar 2011