Consultancy

Our consultancy role includes the following:

• providing advice on food safety and reliability in the food chain;
• new risk factors;
• evaluating possible risks posed by GMOs;
• providing advice and recommendations, whether requested or not, during food safety incidents and crises;
• participation in national and international committees on the standardisation and introduction of new analytical methods;
• helping to determine standards and guidelines tor the authorisation of new agricultural additives and foodstuffs;
• contributing to the development of policy guidelines in the area of food quality;
• participating in international committees, for example within the framework of the EU, the EFSA, Codex Alimentarius and the World Health Organization;
• evaluating specific files: providing evaluations and recommendations in response to requests, e.g. for the authorisation of GMOs and cattle feed additives; in such cases, attention is focused in particular on the health risks posed by the substances.