EFSA CONSULTS ON MICROBIOLOGY SCREENING
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLENVIRONMENTAL health officers have been asked to assess the suitability of a new streamlined European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) system checking whether microorganisms used in food are harmful. This Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS) procedure would assess the safety of groups of microorganisms, regardless of their use in food or animal feed. If declared safe, "thereafter, a strain of microorganism whose identity can be unambiguously established and assigned to a group with QPS status would be exempted from the need for additional safety ...
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