EFSA bid to make things clear

EFSA has announced the launch of an initiative designed to ‘enhance transparency in risk assessment’.

The programme, to be developed in cooperation with EFSA’s partners and stakeholders, will consider how best and to what extent technical data used in risk assessments can be made available to the broader scientific community and interested parties.

The project is part of EFSA’s promised commitment to openness, and addresses recommendations made by an independent evaluation report of its performance, suggesting that it further enhance transparency in its decision-making processes.

“Risk assessment is an evolving science and EFSA is always willing to review its past work should new robust science bring a new perspective to any of the Authority’s previous findings,” says the safety authority’s executive director Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle. “With the launch of this initiative, EFSA will help scientists from different areas of expertise develop research that can ultimately enrich academic literature and provide valuable new perspectives that can be included in risk assessments. This will make the conclusions of risk assessments even stronger when ensuring public health protection and further build confidence in EFSA’s work.”