Editorial: EFSA's Food and Feed Safety Crisis Preparedness and Response

Robinson, Tobin; Deluyker, Hubert

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2012.e1051

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“…2008 Dioxin crisis) (Robinson and Deluycker 2012). One example of its centrality at the EU level is that amidst the outbreak, the agency received an urgent request from German authorities and the Commission in May 2012 to investigate the origin of the E. coli outbreak.…”

Section: Efsa: Expansive Involvement In the E Coli Outbreakmentioning

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EU agencies' involvement in transboundary crisis response: Supporting efforts or leading coordination?

Jordana

Triviño-Salazar

2020

Public Administration

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EU agencies have emerged as entities offering technical coordination to member states and support to the European Commission in different policy areas. Their expertise may play a role in responding to unexpected crises. Against this backdrop, we examine under which circumstances EU agencies, through their specialised expertise, are involved in transboundary crisis responses, and when they acquire a leading position in coordinating those responses. To do so, we study four agencies which faced crises: the EBA and the 2012 banking crisis; the ECDC and the 2014 Ebola outbreak; EFSA and the 2011 E. coli outbreak; and Frontex and the 2015 refugee crisis. Our findings discuss to what extent agencies' involvement in transboundary crises is related to functional (sector characteristics) and institutional (delegation of authority) variables. We also identify that under certain political conditions EU agencies' coordination capability is activated, allowing them to emerge as leading institutions in transboundary crises resolution.

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Section: Efsa: Expansive Involvement In the E Coli Outbreakmentioning

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“…The agency responded as per its guidelines by doing an emergency riskassessment of the affected member states (EFSA 2011c). Earlier risk assessment experience helped the agency activate all the scientific structures to respond to this request (Robinson and Deluycker 2012;Int. 01).…”

Section: Efsa: Expansive Involvement In the E Coli Outbreakmentioning

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EU agencies' involvement in transboundary crisis response: Supporting efforts or leading coordination?

Jordana

Triviño-Salazar

2020

Public Administration

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“…Escherichia coli O157 is often implicated in food and water borne illnesses in humans worldwide [14]. Escherichia coli O104:H4 caused an outbreak of food borne illness in northern Germany from May to June 2011 in which 53 people died and 3,950 people were affected [15,16]. In the United States alone, community-acquired extra intestinal infections with Escherichia coli range from 6 to 8 million cases of cystitis each year to 127,500 sepsis cases yearly [17].…”

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Temporal Appraisal and Molecular Characterization of Escherichia coli from Oyun River, Kwara State, Nigeria

Kolawole

Adeyemi

2020

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Introduction: Escherichia coli, an indicator of feacal contamination has been proven to be the cause of several disease outbreaks in countries and continents around the world. Aim: To determine the genotypic variants of Escherichia coli present in Oyun River and provide information regarding the high-risk variants of E. coli in Oyun River. Study Design: The study cuts across the two seasons of Nigeria’s tropical climate weather, being the peak of the Harmattan season and the onset of the Rainy season. Three sampling sites (Jimba Oja; Unilorin Dam and Oyun in Ilorin, Kwara State) along the River course were examined for three months (February – April). Methodology: Heterotrophic counts, coli form counts and molecular characterization via PCR using 16 sRNA primers, of water samples were done using standard microbiological and molecular methods. Results: Bacteriological results showed monthly mean values of microbial counts, ranged from 23.5 x 106 – 45.17 x 106 cfu/mL and total coli form count ranged from 53 cfu/100 mL to 256 cfu/100 mLs, both of which exceed the WHO standards of 100 cfu/mL for total microbial count and <1 cfu/100 mLs for total coliforms. A total of forty-eight coliforms were isolated, thirty two of which were Escherichia coli. Sequencing and BLAST analysis of eleven of the isolates using NCBI’s online database revealed five different strains. They include: Escherichia coli FAP1 genome (9.1%); Escherichia coli strain ST2747 (54.5%); Escherichia coli strain EADK4 (9.1%); Escherichia coli strain ST540 (18.2%) and Escherichia coli strain NCM3722 (9.1%). Correlation of results with previous studies showed that most of the strains identified were pathogenic. The E. coli strains isolated, coupled with the bacterial load, coliform count and some physicochemical parameters of Oyun River makes it unsafe for public consumption if not treated. Efforts therefore should be made to treat the water before use, while making frantic efforts to prevent further contamination of Oyun River.

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EFSA's approach to identifying emerging risks in food and feed: taking stock and looking forward

Robinson¹,

Altieri²,

Chiusolo³

et al. 2012

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The Emerging Risks Unit has the responsibility for coordinating EFSA's activities to establish a capacity for the identification of emerging risks. A process was trialled and further developed during a pilot period of 18 months from 2010-2012. This included the implementation of an operational procedure for emerging risks identification, the assessment of selected data sources, the testing of tools for collecting information, the consolidation of knowledge networks for sharing information and the development of a methodological framework. Specific issues were identified for follow-up activities using an expert judgment approach. These include a study on climate change and the emergence of aflatoxins in cereal crops in the European Union (EU), a European-wide survey on the consumption of energy drinks, a task force on human risk assessment of chemical mixtures, an internal task force on bee health, and a foresight study on the potential impact of omics technologies on food and feed safety risk assessment. These follow-up activities will contribute to the determination of whether the issues identified can indeed give rise to emerging risks. Overall, our experience shows that emerging risks identification requires a high level of expertise due to major data gaps and uncertainties in the evaluation process. Effective networking has proven to be essential for exchanging methods, data and evaluations of emerging risks. The system piloted has shown some potential for the identification of issues that may give rise to emerging risks. Useful knowledge has been gained in the area of gathering and filtering large amounts of information and building knowledge networks on emerging risks. Next steps include the establishment of a standing Working Group (WG) on Emerging Risks, the reinforcement of the engagement with Member States and Stakeholders, the fine tuning of the revised methodological framework, and the completion of the projects on the issues identified.

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Editorial: EFSA's Food and Feed Safety Crisis Preparedness and Response

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EU agencies' involvement in transboundary crisis response: Supporting efforts or leading coordination?

EU agencies' involvement in transboundary crisis response: Supporting efforts or leading coordination?

Temporal Appraisal and Molecular Characterization of Escherichia coli from Oyun River, Kwara State, Nigeria

EFSA's approach to identifying emerging risks in food and feed: taking stock and looking forward

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