European Food Safety Authority seeks stakeholders

11 Oct 2016 02:13 PM

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) – which provides scientific opinions and advice that form the basis of European policies and legislation on food safety – is changing and broadening its approach to stakeholder engagement.

It is currently inviting eligible bodies to register as official EFSA stakeholders.

EFSA has identified the following groups as their stakeholder base:

• Consumer organisations „
• Environmental/health NGOs and advocacy groups „
• Farmers and primary producers „
• Business and food industry associations
• Distributors and HORECA (businesses that prepare and serve food and drinks) „
• Practitioners’ associations (eg. vets and medics) „
• Academia.

To be eligible to register as a stakeholder, relevant bodies must be legally established in the EU/EEA and active at EU level. However, organisations that do not fall into this category can still seek to support and guide EFSA through their relevant EU-level body.

• View the full eligibility criteria to register 

Although registration is open-ended, there will be an initial selection approximately six weeks after the opening of registration, so it would be advantageous to register early.

• Apply to become a registered EFSA stakeholder

 Further information about stakeholder engagement at EFSA.