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{"title":"Pest survey card on non-EU Margarodidae that infest Poaceae","authors":"European Food Safety Authority (EFSA),&nbsp;Georgia D. Papadogiorgou,&nbsp;Eleftheria-Maria D. Bali,&nbsp;Niki K. Dionysopoulou,&nbsp;Georgios A. Kyritsis,&nbsp;Kostas D. Zarpas,&nbsp;Nikos T. Papadopoulos,&nbsp;Josep A. Jaques Miret,&nbsp;Melanie Camilleri,&nbsp;Giulia Mattion,&nbsp;Laura Carotti","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9592","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This document provides the conclusions of the pest survey card that was prepared in the context of the EFSA mandate on plant pest surveillance (M-2020-0114) at the request of the European Commission. The full pest survey card for non-EU Margarodidae that infest Poaceae is published and available online in the EFSA Pest Survey Card gallery at the following link and will be updated whenever new information becomes available: https://efsa.europa.eu/plants/planthealth/monitoring/surveillance/margarodidae-poaceae</p>","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9592","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144740125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pest survey card on non-EU Margarodidae that infest grapevines","authors":"European Food Safety Authority (EFSA),&nbsp;Georgia D. Papadogiorgou,&nbsp;Eleftheria-Maria D. Bali,&nbsp;Niki K. Dionysopoulou,&nbsp;Georgios A. Kyritsis,&nbsp;Kostas D. Zarpas,&nbsp;Nikos T. Papadopoulos,&nbsp;Josep A. Jaques Miret,&nbsp;Melanie Camilleri,&nbsp;Giulia Mattion,&nbsp;Laura Carotti","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9590","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This document provides the conclusions of the pest survey card that was prepared in the context of the EFSA mandate on plant pest surveillance (M-2020-0114) at the request of the European Commission. The full pest survey card for the non-EU Margarodidae that infest grapevines is published and available online in the EFSA Pest Survey Card gallery at the following link and will be updated whenever new information becomes available: https://efsa.europa.eu/plants/planthealth/monitoring/surveillance/margarodidae-grapevines</p>","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9590","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144740492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biology, husbandry systems and farm practices for American mink, red and Arctic foxes, raccoon dog and chinchilla kept for fur production","authors":"European Food Safety Authority (EFSA),&nbsp;Maria Díez-León,&nbsp;Sabine Dippel,&nbsp;Sandra Edwards,&nbsp;Angela Schwarzer,&nbsp;Denise Candiani,&nbsp;Michaela Hempen,&nbsp;Eliana Lima,&nbsp;Claudia Millán Caravaca,&nbsp;Neil J. Tirchett,&nbsp;Yves Van der Stede,&nbsp;Marika Vitali,&nbsp;Mette S. Herskin","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9562","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This Technical Report was prepared in response to a mandate from the European Commission under Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. The request focused on updating the literature review from the 2001 report “The Welfare of Animals Kept for Fur Production” (SCAHAW, 2001), specifically addressing Section 4 (general aspects of carnivore biology—mink, foxes, and raccoon dog) and Section 5 (general aspects of rodent biology—chinchilla). Using information obtained from a review of literature, a call for evidence from stakeholders, field visits and consideration by experts in an EFSA working group, this report reviews the most up to date information on the species’ biology, production cycles, most common husbandry systems, including field-tested systems, and farming practices used for the commercial fur production of the following species: i) American mink (<i>Neogale vison</i> or <i>Neovison vison</i>, previously classified as <i>Mustela vison</i>), ii) Red fox (<i>Vulpes vulpes</i>, and also known as 'silver fox'), iii) Arctic fox (<i>Vulpes lagopus</i>, previously classified as <i>Alopex lagopus</i> and also known as 'blue fox'), iv) Raccoon dog (<i>Nyctereutes procyonoides</i>, also known as ‘finnraccoon’), and v) Chinchilla (<i>Chinchilla lanigera</i>).</p>","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9562","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144725421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Plant Health Newsletter on HORIZON SCANNING July 2025","authors":"European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9612","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9612","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144717034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Public consultation on the draft guidance on the use of read-across for chemical safety assessment in food and feed","authors":"European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9569","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has developed a guidance on the use of read-across for chemical safety assessment in food and feed. The guidance aims to enhance the scientific robustness and transparency of read-across approaches, aligning with the EU's commitment to the 3Rs principle (replacement, reduction and refinement of animal testing). The guidance provides a structured, step-by-step framework for implementing read-across as part of a weight-of-evidence approach. The draft version of the guidance was open for public consultation from 10 March to 21 April 2025, receiving input from eleven stakeholders across seven countries. Feedback addressed general read-across methodology, uncertainty management, and the integration of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs). In response, EFSA's Scientific Committee working group (WG) revised the document to enhance clarity and robustness. Key updates include improved explanations of food and feed risk assessment contexts, clearer figures, and expanded guidance on the use of NAMs. The guidance was revised to include clearer recommendations for characterising uncertainty using expert judgment and quantitative methods, where feasible. The revised version also reinforces the importance of standardised procedures to ensure consistency, transparency, and regulatory compliance, and provides clearer criteria for the integration of NAMs to support uncertainty reduction and strengthen the scientific basis of read-across.</p>","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9569","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Workshop on read-across: role and guidance in chemical risk assessment","authors":"European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9521","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The workshop on read-across, held on 27–28 March 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, brought together experts from various organisations to explore the application of read-across in chemical risk assessments. The event aimed to strengthen the use of read-across in chemical risk assessments across organisations, with a focus on regulatory approaches, the technical aspects and EFSA's draft guidance. It provided a platform to share experiences and insights on the role of read-across in chemical risk assessment, its importance in screening, classification and hazard assessment, and the challenges and opportunities associated with its implementation. The insights gained from this meeting will be taken into consideration during finalisation of draft guidance before possible adoption by EFSA's Scientific Committee, as well as to inform the needs and content of post-publication activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9521","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Common husbandry systems and practices for keeping beef cattle","authors":"European Food Safety Authority (EFSA),&nbsp;Giulio Cozzi,&nbsp;Ute Knierim,&nbsp;Sonia Marti,&nbsp;Siobhan Mullan,&nbsp;Sean Ashe,&nbsp;Eliana Lima,&nbsp;Yves Van der Stede,&nbsp;Marika Vitali,&nbsp;Giulia Cecchinato,&nbsp;Martina Benedetta Zanna,&nbsp;Roberta Maria D’Alessio,&nbsp;Christoph Winckler","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9565","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This Technical report, prepared at the request of the European Commission, describes common husbandry systems and practices for keeping beef cattle in the EU. It complements the EFSA Scientific opinion on the welfare of beef cattle, which was published separately. Using data from the scientific literature and information provided by EFSA stakeholders in an EFSA's Public Call for Evidence, it identifies the beef cattle categories of interest (suckler cows, suckler calves, heifers, fattening cattle, breeding bulls, and cull dairy cows), and describes main productive cycles, housing practices, and feeding strategies. Suckler cows raise calves until weaning (at 5–11 months), primarily in systems with pasture access. Spring calving is the most common practice, though autumn and non-seasonal calving also occur. During winter, suckler herds are mainly kept in loose-housing with open straw bedded pens and fed a forage-based diet. Fully indoor and year-round pasture systems are less frequent. Fattening cattle originate from both suckler and dairy herds, are fattened for 6–15 months and are slaughtered between 12 and 30 months of age. They are usually housed indoors on slatted or solid concrete floors with bedding, though in some cases they are given access to pasture or kept in outdoor feedlots. Their diet shifts from fibre- and protein-rich feeds during the growing phase to energy-rich feeds during finishing. Breeding bulls used for natural mating are usually kept in suckler systems with pasture access, whereas bulls used for artificial insemination (AI) are housed in AI stations. Cull dairy cows, when fattened before slaughter, are typically fed either indoors or on pasture. The welfare implications of these various husbandry systems and practices are further assessed for each animal category in the EFSA Scientific opinion on the welfare of beef cattle on farms, which was published separately.</p>","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9565","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144705314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"EFSA methodology for assessing the impact of plant pests to ecosystem services","authors":"European Food Safety Authority (EFSA),&nbsp;Guido Ceccherini,&nbsp;Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz,&nbsp;Gianni Gilioli,&nbsp;Pablo González-Moreno,&nbsp;Maria Luisa Paracchini,&nbsp;Alessandro Portaluri,&nbsp;Bethan Purse,&nbsp;Sara Tramontini,&nbsp;Sybren Vos","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9607","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 2022, EFSA was mandated by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (M-2022-00070) to provide technical assistance on the list of Union quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests, as specified in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against plant pests. As part of Task B of the mandate, EFSA further developed the method for assessing the environmental impact of candidate priority pests, then applied it to the 46 candidate priority pests as part of Task C. This report details the theoretical principles and their application for assessing the impact on ecosystem services caused by plant pests. This approach is conceived to be embedded in the full process of quantitative risk assessment already applied at EFSA.</p>","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9607","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144681468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Outcome of the consultation with Member States, the applicant and EFSA on the pesticide risk assessment for bentazone in light of confirmatory information on the endocrine disruption assessment","authors":"European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9523","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked by the European Commission to provide scientific assistance with respect to the risk assessment for an active substance in light of confirmatory information requested following approval in accordance with Article 6(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. In this context EFSA's scientific views on the specific points raised during the commenting phase conducted with Member States, the applicant and EFSA on the confirmatory information and their use in the risk assessment for the active substance bentazone are presented. The current report summarises the outcome of the consultation process organised by the rapporteur Member State Netherlands and presents EFSA's scientific views and conclusions on the individual comments received.</p>","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9523","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Facilitating critical appraisal of evidence using automation tools","authors":"Alexandra Bannach-Brown,&nbsp;Nils Hijlkema,&nbsp;Niels van Beuningen,&nbsp;Wynand Alkema,&nbsp;Carlijn R Hooijmans,&nbsp;Kimberley E Wever,&nbsp;Malcolm Macleod,&nbsp;Olena Maksym,&nbsp;Tomas Novotny,&nbsp;Lorenzo Niccolai,&nbsp;Vieri Emiliani","doi":"10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9515","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) initiated the “Roadmap for actions on Artificial Intelligence for evidence management in risk assessment” project in May 2021, aiming to optimize risk assessment processes by integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) methodologies. A key focus is the automation of the Risk of Bias (RoB) assessment, a critical and time-consuming step in systematic reviews that evaluates the methodological quality of studies. Implemented under Framework Contract OC/EFSA/AMU/2021/03 - Specific Contract 3, this project built and piloted a prototype automation tool to support the risk of bias assessment process. This report details the steps taken to define current EFSA processes, select appropriate critical appraisal tools and use cases, and develop and validate a prototype automation tool based on a GPT model with zero-shot learning (AutoCAT). The implementation phase includes integrating AutoCAT with existing systematic review platforms, and deployment within the EFSA environment. The assessment phase involved evaluating the tool with development and system test datasets, and user testing with EFSA scientific experts. The project's outcomes are discussed, highlighting the limitation of the pilot prototype and proposing future work and potential applications in other contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":100395,"journal":{"name":"EFSA Supporting Publications","volume":"22 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9515","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144624585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}