EFSA Activities in the area of Animal Health Hans Verhagen Head of Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance Tallinn, 2 October 2017
EFSA organisational structure 2
Risk Assessment and Scientific Assistance Department Biological Hazards and Contaminants Evidence Management RASA Animal and Plant Health Scientific Committee and Emerging Risks Assessment and Methodological Support 3
Animal Health Current Activities ASF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER LSD LUMPY SKIN DISEASE AI AVIAN INFLUENZA 5
SCIENTIFIC OPINIONS ON ASF EFSA has issued 3 scientific opinions on ASF (2010, 2014 and 2015) In 2015, EFSA recommended a combination of different management measures to reduce the spread of the disease among wild boar. 23-25 November EFSA (Parma)- Workshop on Harmonisation of data collection on African swine fever (ASF) virus in Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and Poland 29-30 June 2016 Riga- Workshop on Descriptive epidemiological analysis and risk-factors analysis of African Swine Fever (ASF) virus in the Baltic States and Poland Involvement of MS representatives in the working group 6
1 st scientific report Technical assistance to the Commission (Article 31, (EC) 178/2002) Two scientific reports (Mar 2017 and Nov 2017) Update the epidemiological analysis of African swine fever in the EU Review the management options for wild boar identified in the EFSA scientific opinion of June 2015 This analysis can be used by Member States and the European Commission to fine-tune their control measures Harmonised data model agreed at a workshop in November 2015 7
ESTONIA IS MOST COLLABORATIVE MS Estonian Veterinary and Food Laboratory Only for Estonia, EFSA was able to perform a risk factor analysis based on high quality data 8
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS ON ASF (REPORT I, MAR 2017) ASF has the spatio-temporal pattern of a smallscale epidemic The average spatial spread of the disease in wild boar subpopulations in Latvia and Estonia is approximately 2 km/month - the number of settlements - the number of pig farms - wild boar density are proportionally related to the likelihood of notifying ASF cases Unchanged epidemiological and immunological situation http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/4732 9
Next steps 2 nd workshop on epidemiological analysis for the MS in October 2017 In cooperation with Member States, EFSA will publish a 2 nd report in November 2017 which will provide updated epidemiological analysis and a review of management options for wild boar 10
ASF WORKSHOP 11-12 OCTOBER PARMA On 10-11 October 2017 EFSA is holding a workshop on the epidemiological analysis of ASF in the EU What did we learn from ASF since its entry into Europe and what are the remaining scientific questions? How can we further develop science-based advice to risk managers? 11
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS ON ASF (REPORT II, NOV 2017) Update descriptive epidemiological analysis Update risk factors analysis involved in the occurrence, spread and persistence of the ASF virus in the wild boar population and in the domestic/wildlife interface Review the management options for wild boar identified in the EFSA scientific opinion of June 2015 November 2017 12
HORIZONTAL WORK ON BEE HEALTH AT EFSA A multidisciplinary EFSA team to adress multiple stressors in bees 13
MUST B Project EU efforts toward the development of a holistic approach for the risk assessment of multiple stressors in bees Methodological approach: Gather high quality data (harmonised and standardised) for evidencebased RA of bee health Develop tools & methodologies for RA of multiple stressors in bees Engage stakeholders for harmonised data collection and sharing efforts in EU on bee health: bee partnership 14
BEE HEALTH progress on data needs & methodologies for holistic RA Several WGs to define data/evidence needs and methodologies: technical reports for specifications on data needs scientific opinion on methodology to assess bee health status scientific opinion on methodology to assess multiple stressors in bees (to be initiated in 2019) Outsourcing activities to increase evidence: DEB-TOX models to assess chemical mixtures in bees APIS-RAM model to assess multiple stressors in bees at landscape level Standardised field data collection under different EU landscapes and climatic zones to calibrate and verify the model for its later use in RA (pesticides in combination with other stressors/factors) 15
BEE HEALTH progress on knoweldge sharing and stakeholders engagement Dedicated microsite and news stories to communicate on EFSA s work to stakeholders Workshops to ensure knowledge transfer between EFSA and stakeholders (e.g. holistic RA approach, health status assessment, knowledge gaps and research priorities in bee health and sustainable pollination) Colloquium with European Parliament at Bee Week Event to engage stakeholders on harmonised data collection and sharing (June 2017) 16
NEXT STEP: BEE PARTNERSHIP 17
STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSION GROUP 18
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CHECK THE FOLLOWING EFSA microsite on bees Video on youtube 19