As part of its role in the provision of scientific advice to Codex and Member Countries, expert consultations are periodically convened to review specific pathogen-commodity risk assessments (JEMRA), such as viruses in foods, or to evaluate the safety of food additives, contaminants, naturally occurring toxicants and residues of veterinary drugs in food (JECFA).

In addition, AGNS, often in collaboration with other FAO departments and WHO, also convenes expert and technical consultations to provide guidance and advice to Codex and national governments on specific food safety related issues such as animal feed, biotechnology (GM food), biological risk management (biosecurity), antimicrobial resistance, and probiotics.

• New FAO/WHO Work on Microbiological Hazards in Fresh Produce
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• Joint FAO/WHO/OIE Expert Meeting on Critically Important Antimicrobials, 26-30 November 2007, Rome, Italy
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• Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety, 8-12 October 2007, Rome, Italy
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• Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on the Benefits and Risks of the Use of 'Active Chlorine' in Food Production and Processing
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• FAO expert consultation on biosafety within a biosecurity framework: Contributing to sustainable agriculture and food production, 28 February - 3 March 2006, Rome, Italy
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• Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA)
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• Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
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• FAO/WHO Expert Consultations Relating to Biotechnology (GM food) (2000 to present)
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• FAO Technical Consultation on Biological Risk Management in Food and Agriculture (Biosecurity) (2003)
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• FAO Expert Consultation on Food Safety: Science and Ethics (2002)
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See also

Provision of scientific advice > FAO/WHO framework for the provision of scientific advice

Provision of scientific advice > Expert roster

Provision of scientific advice > JEMRA

Provision of scientific advice > JECFA

Biotechnology (GM food) > Expert consultations

Joint FAO/WHO/OIE expert meeting on critically important antimicrobials - Deadline 16 July 2007

Call for experts and call for data [ 46kb]

Informative note
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Joint FAO/WHO expert meeting on animal feed impact on food safety - Deadline 30 July 2007

Call for experts and call for data [ 67kb]

New FAO/WHO work on microbiological risks in fresh produce

Call for experts - Deadline 31 August 2007 [ 59kb]

Call for data - Deadline 20 August 2007 [ 62kb]

FAO and WHO initiate new work on the use of 'active chlorine'

FAO and WHO initiate new work on viruses in foods

Joint FAO/OIE/WHO expert consultation on antimicrobial use in aquaculture and antimicrobial resistance - Final report (2006)
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