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  Opinions 2020 Printable version   |   Last update on 22.01.2021


Advice Nr.  
Subject  
Sector  
Rapid opinion 25-2020 (PDF) The renewed risk assessment associated to highly pathogenic avian influenza H5Nx viruses (dossier SciCom 2020/19) Animal
Opinion 24-2020 (PDF)

The sampling plan of FEBEV (dossier SciCom 2016/24)

Animal
Opinion 23-2020 (PDF)

Chemical risks for food chain around sites of a scrap processing plant (dossier SciCom 2020/03)

 Food
Advice 22-2020 (PDF) The evaluation of the FASFC analysis programme for exogenous contaminants: B. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (dossier SciCom 2017/07) Various
Advice 21-2020 (PDF) The evaluation of the FASFC analysis programme for exogenous contaminants: A. (Heavy) Metals & Metalloids (dossier SciCom 2017/07) Various
Advice 20-2020 (PDF) The Day-care module, a supplement to the generic self-checking guide G-044 for the B2C sector (dossier SciCom 2020/10) Various
Rapid opinion 19-2020 (PDF)

The zoonotic potential of SARS-CoV-2 (etiological agent of Covid-19 in humans: risk of infection from man to animals and from animals to man (dossier SciCom 2020/11)

 Animal
Advice 18-2020 (PDF) Action limit for aluminium in cocoa powder (revision of Opinion 09-2018) (dossier SciCom 2019/19) Food
Advice 17-2020 (PDF)

Action limits for chemical contaminants in food : furans (dossier SciCom 2016/31 G)

 Food
Rapid opinion 16-2020 (PDF)

The reassessment of the risk and of risk mitigation measures of African Swine Fever introduction in Belgian pig holdings associated to crops and derived products that ara produced in the ASF management zones I and II (dossier SciCom 2020/12)

Animal
Advice 15-2020 (PDF)

The evaluation of the module ‘vegetables and fruit’ of the generic self-checking guide for the B2C sector (dossier SciCom 2019/24)

 Food
Advice 14-2020 (PDF)

Recommendations for the risk assessment of glycidyl fatty acid esters (GE) in foodstuffs (dossier SciCom 2016/31 E)

 Food
Advice 13-2020 (PDF)

Action limits for chemicals contaminants in food: 2-monochloropropan-1,3-diol (2-MCPD) and its esters, and 3-monochloropropran-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) and its esters (dossier SciCom 2016/31 C)

 Food
Advice 12-2020 (PDF)

A draft royal decree on protective measures against quarantine organisms harmful to plants products, and amending different stipulations concerning harmful organisms (dossier SciCom 2020/04)

Plant
Advice 11-2020 (PDF)

The evaluation of the 'soft ice and ice cream' module, a supplement to the generic self-checking guide G-044 for the B2C sector (dossier SciCom 2019/25)

 Food
Advice 10-2020 (PDF)

Request for exemption from the legal requirement to use potable water in a food ingredient manufacturing process (dossier SciCom 2019/23)

 Food
Rapid opinion 09-2020 (PDF)

The reassessment of the risks of African swine fever spread in wildlife and introduction in Belgian pig holdings associated with a conditional resumption of various activities in forest (dossier SciCom 2020/05)

 Animal
Advice 08-2020 (PDF)

The growth potential of Listeria monocytogenes in Belgian homestead cheese (dossier SciCom 2019/21)

 Food
Advice 07-2020 (PDF)

The evaluation of the analysis programme for phycotoxins in food (dossier SciCom 2016/13 B)

 Food
Advice 06-2020 (PDF) Semi-quantitative risk assessment of potential routes of introduction of African Swine Fever from wildlife to domestic pig holdings and subsequent spread (dossier SciCom 2019/11 - self-tasking mandate) Animal
Advice 05-2020 (PDF)

The reassessment of the action limit for thiouracil in cattle urine (dossier SciCom 2019/22)

 Animal
Final version of the urgent opinion 04-2020 (PDF) The zoonotic risk of SARS-CoV2 virus (Covid-19) in pets: infection from man to animals and from animals to man (dossier SciCom 2020/07) Animal
Urgent opinion 03-2020: included in the rapid opinion 09-2020

the reassessment of the risks of African swine fever spread in wildlife and introduction in Belgian pig holdings associated with a conditional resumption of forest works (dossier SciCom 2020/06)

 Animal
Rapid opinion 02-2020 (PDF) The sampling and analysis plans of food and feed around a site of a scrap processing plant located in Courcelles (dossier SciCom 2020/02) Food
Advice 01-2020 (PDF) A request for sectorial application for exemption from the legal requirement to use water of drinking water quality in the industrial production of dairy products (dossier SciCom 2018/16) Food
 
   
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