Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA Giuseppe Stancanelli, EFSA, ALPHA Unit Lyon, AREV FDP WG, 3rd of February 2017

Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is an independent European agency funded by the EU budget that operates separately from the EU risk managers

EFSA’s scientists evaluate, assess, advise Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA INDEPENDENT SCIENTIC ASSESSMENT TO SUPPORT RISK MANAGERS EFSA’s scientists evaluate, assess, advise The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provides independent scientific advice to EU risk managers on risks for food and feed safety, animal and plant health. EFSA works on requests from the EU Commission, Parliament and Member States, but it can also take the initiative on particular issues with a spontaneous mandate (e.g. new threats or guidelines on new methods).

EFSA is committed to ensuring food safety in Europe Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA EFSA is committed to ensuring food safety in Europe Plant Health Animal health and welfare Biological hazards Chemical contaminants Nutrition Plant Protection Genetically modified organisms Animal feed Food additives packaging Scientific advice is provided on risk to consumers, animals, plants and the environment, along the whole food and feed chain. Starting from plant health to pesticides, GMO, animal feed and animal health and welfare, biological and chemical hazards in the food chain, food additives and food packaging, nutritional issues. There are at EFSA two scientific panels of experts dealing with the risk to agriculture and the environment caused by animal and plant diseases or pests.

Plant health risk assessment at efsa 2002 Regulation EC 178/2002. EFSA responsible for RA on food and feed safety, animal health and welfare, nutrition, plant protection and plant health 2006 Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 establishes the EFSA Scientific Panel on Plant Health PLH Panel (4th term 2015-2018) Supported by EFSA ALPHA (PLH team), AMU, DATA and SCER

Scientific Panel on Plant Health Animal and Plant Health Unit Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA Scientific Panel on Plant Health Animal and Plant Health Unit Scientific and technical advice on matters relating to plant health

To conduct Pest Risk Assessment Peer reviews Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA PLH PANEL: REMIT Guidance documents Methodology development Pest Categorisation Entry Establishment Spread Impact Evaluation of effectiveness of risk reduction options Scientific Opinions To conduct Pest Risk Assessment Peer reviews (e.g. PRAs, EU trade partners’ requests) Data on host plants/pests distribution, phytosanitary notifications, surveys STEPS

Quantitative (mechanistic) modelling Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA New EFSA PRA approach Quantitative (mechanistic) modelling Flow of events Change in pest population abundance Connected steps Integrated RROs Ref: G. Gilioli (PLH panel): Training on the new method, Nov. 2016

What is meant with mechanistic-population based approach? Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA Mechanistic-population based approach What is meant with mechanistic-population based approach? Risk assessment = model Estimation/calculation of changes in pest abundance at various sub-steps Quantitative integration of the risk reduction options in the risk assessment

Interaction with the Risk Managers (EC/AWG/PAFF) Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA 2 step PRAs for Annexes pests STEP 1: TOR1 e.g 38 pests 2014 Pest categorisation Opinion 1 ToR2 & Recommendation Interaction with the Risk Managers (EC/AWG/PAFF) RA scenario RRO Pathway END ToR 3 ? STEP 2: TOR2 e.g. 7 PRA 2016-17 Entry Establishment Spread Impact crops environment RRO evaluation and new RROs Opinion 2

Opinion 1 and 2 Step 1- Pest categorization Step 2 – Risk assessment Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA Opinion 1 and 2 Step 1- Pest categorization Step 2 – Risk assessment

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