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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland represents Ireland on food safety issues in Europe. The Authority has regular contact with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
The FSAI consults on and assists in the development of well founded and effective European food law, taking into account the principles of better regulation.
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2022 EFSA Scientific Cooperation plan: calls for tenders (procurement) and calls for proposals (grants) with the indicative title, budget and timing for launch are advertised on the EFSA website. Please note, this information is indicative and does not constitute an obligation on EFSA to launch any given procedure.
Further information on EFSA Grants and EFSA Procurement.
Open Call for Tenders
Maximum budget: EUR
500.000; Deadline: 25/08/2022
The aim of this procurement is to obtain a roadmap for
action in the area of animal welfare for the successful development and future
implementation of a methodology for animal welfare quantitative risk assessment
of food-producing animals and their production systems, and the identification
of strategic data collection activities to gather evidence on the main elements
influencing the welfare state of food-producing animals during production
(on-farm welfare).
Maximum budget: EUR
1.000.000,- (EUR 250,000 per lot); Deadline: 25/08/2022
The aim of this procurement is to develop four roadmaps for
action in the area of evidence-based risk communication in the EU food safety
system by providing recommendations for research priorities to support the
implementation of risk communication according to the principles defined in the
Transparency Regulation. The main objective of these roadmaps for action is to
consider the findings of EFSA's scientific report and to define a way forward
to advance in areas where additional research is required in support of
evidence-based risk communication in the realm of food safety.
The tender is divided into the following four lots:
Lot 1: False information related to food safety
Lot 2: Effectiveness of Transparency initiatives
Lot 3: Insights into consumer trade-offs related to risks
and benefits
Lot 4: Linking factors behind perception and behaviour
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Last reviewed: 24/5/2022