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Acording to the Article 36 of European Parliament and Council Regulation 178/2002, EFSA adopted a list of competent organizations capable of assisting in its tasks. Since December 2008, ELIKA is one of the organizations in the list. EFSA regularly launches calls for proposals restricted to the members on the list in order to compile information in different Food Safety topics.

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The attached document summarises the topic areas in which the Food Standards Agency expects to take forward new science and evidence activities, including, where necessary, issuing requests for science and evidence proposals in financial year 2013/2014. These will deliver the evidence it needs to support its Strategic Plan 2010 – 2015 (and possible future needs), first published in December 2009 (and most recently updated in January 2013.) This Forward Plan has been developed as part of the FSA‟s business planning and builds on the input received in developing the Strategic Plan and the Science and Evidence Strategy.

The proposed activities cover a wide range of areas within the Agency’s remit:

1. Microbiological food safety, including campylobacter, E.coli, listeria and norovirus
2. A range of issues related to food and feed hygiene policy
3. Chemical safety of food, including metals and organic contaminants
4. The next round of the FSA strategic challenge call
5. Diet and health related work funded by the FSA in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Calls for open competitions will be advertised at: https://fsa-esourcing.eurodyn.com/epps/home.do

FSA Forward Evidence Plan 2013
Strategic Plan 2010 – 2015

Elika offers the posibility of joining the Food Safety Experts Database in the different Food Safety areas, with the aim of identifying experts to establish the Experts Groups ad hoc to support the Food Safety Scientific Committee in Basque Country.

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The Food Standards Agency has published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2012. The plan outlines priority science and evidence activities for the coming year, including potential areas for research funding and workshops that will help develop the Agency’s evidence base.

The proposed activities cover a wide range of areas within the Agency’s remit:

• Microbiological food safety, including campylobacter, E.coli, listeria and norovirus
• Future meat controls, and food and feed hygiene policy chemical safety of food, including metals and organic contaminants
• Food law enforcement, including imported foods and food safety management systems
• Various cross-cutting areas, for example social sciences
• Diet and health related work funded by the FSA in Scotland and Northern Ireland

The first calls for research arising from this plan are expected in the next few weeks.

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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) outlines along this Plan the priority science and evidence activities for the coming year, including potential areas for research funding and workshops that will help develop the Agency’s evidence base. The Forward Evidence Plan has been developed using the prioritisation process outlined in the Agency’s Science and Evidence Strategy.

The aims of publishing are four fold:

• To inform the Agency’s stakeholders and help identify whether they are aware of any work either completed or on-going in these areas which we should take into account to help us focus our final requirements before issue;
• To draw to the attention of other funders to see if there are areas on which we could work more collaboratively on these or future needs;
• To provide early notice of possible tender opportunities to potential contractors, to stimulate interest;
• To also seek comments and suggestions on how best to progress some of the strategic science challenges facing the Agency.

The first calls for research arising from this plan are expected in the next few weeks.

FSA Science and Evidence Plan 2011

In November 2009, the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has prioritized the research needs in the field of Food Safety in Spain.

AESAN Reseach needs on Food Safety 2010