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

2. 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

3. 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).

4. 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.

5. 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 )
Supported by EFSA
ALPHA (PLH team), AMU, DATA and SCER

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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
Entry
Establishment
Spread
Impact
crops
environment
RRO evaluation and new RROs
Opinion 2

11. 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

12. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Plant Health Risk Assessment at EFSA
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Questions / comments