EFSA Communication on Risks Barbara Gallani Head of Communications and External Relations Tallinn, 2 October2017

EFSA’s mandate is to Food and feed safety advice to its principal partners, stakeholders and the public at large in a clear and accessible way. Unlike other agencies of the EU, EFSA’s communication mandate is enshrined in its founding regulation – it is not an optional add-on!

ECDC ECHA EEA EMA EFSA EU AGENCIES EFSA is one of more than 40 decentralised agencies in the EU, which contribute to the implementation of EU policies. They also support cooperation between the EU and national governments by pooling technical and specialist expertise from both the EU institutions and national authorities. They work on issues and problems affecting the everyday lives of the 500m people living in the EU. They have a major impact, providing EU institutions and countries with specialised knowledge in areas as diverse as: the food we eat our medicines the chemicals we come into contact with our education the quality of our working lives & environment

Established cooperation IPA/ENP countries outside Europe... Partners (with MoU) – 3 international bodies : FAO, WHO, EPPO and 11 experienced risk assessment bodies FSANZ, Health Canada, CFIA, China (CFSA), Chile, Japan, USDA, USFDA Established cooperation: Russia, S. Korea, India, Asean countries, Taiwan IPA/ENP countries: EFSA has extensive contacts with the food safety authorities in Candidate countries under the EFSA Pre-Accession Programmes funded from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).  Current candidate countries are: Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Albania. EFSA cooperates also with EU neighbouring countries with funding from the European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument (ENPI). Through this Programme EFSA is actively pursuing greater integration of the following countries into its work: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Palestine**, Tunisia and Ukraine. Partners Established cooperation IPA/ENP countries

OUR STAKEHOLDERS Consumer organisations Distributors & HORECA Practitioners’ associations Farmers & primary producers EFSA’s stakeholders are representative organisations that have an interest in the Authority’s work or in the wider food and feed sector. Registered stakeholders can engage with EFSA through a combination of standing and ad-hoc platforms, led by the Stakeholder Forum and the Stakeholder Bureau. EFSA divides stakeholders into seven major groups (pictured)… NGOs & advocacy groups Business & Food Industry Academia

KEEPING FOOD SAFE IN THE EU The three elements of food safety The scientific element is a risk assessment. In the EU system it is kept separate from… Risk management, which uses the output from the assessment to put in place actions to control hazards Risk communication is the dialogue between interested parties regarding the outputs of the above

CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS EFSA’s AUDIENCE POLICY MAKERS RISK MANAGERS RISK ASSESSORS efsa SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS PARTNERS CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS MEDIA

HOW?

Efsa journal All EFSA’s scientific outputs are gathered together in the EFSA Journal, hosted by Wiley Publishing, on a state-of-the-art publishing platform: authoring, citation etc

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Sharing expertise: communication experts network EFSA’s Communication Experts Network promotes coherence and consistency in the communication of risks in the food chain across Europe Network of communication units from EFSA, Member States and European Commission Co-ordination of risk communications; exchange of information; evaluation of efforts; development of best practices Shares early warnings on emerging/topical issues

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