Calls for Data and Experts

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Current Calls for Data/Experts

Calls with deadlines

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Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Smallwood, David; Oliveira, Victor	Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Fiscal 2008, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process ERS's Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program is now accepting proposals for grants and cooperative agreements for fiscal 2008. The three priority research areas are (1) Food Choices: Economic Determinants and Consequences, (2) Economic Incentives in Food Assistance Programs, and (3) Food Assistance as an Economic Safety Net. This report describes the research areas and application requirements. (more) Deadline: Monday, May 19, 2008 Publication Date: Monday, March 17, 2008	Mar 24, 2008
	Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	Call for Scientific Data on the Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Food EFSA is seeking scientific data from Third Parties, which could be useful for the preparation of the Opinion on “Food borne antimicrobial resistance as a biological hazard”. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Publication Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008	May 2, 2008
	European Food Safety Authority	Call for Proposals - CFP/EFSA/ DATEX/2008/01: Individual Food Consumption Data and Exposure Assessment Studies for Children Guide for applicants is available through this link. Deadline: Friday, June 6, 2008 Publication Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008	Apr 21, 2008
	European Food Safety Authority	Call for Proposals - CFP/EFSA/AHAW/2008/02: Animal Welfare Risk Assessment Guidelines on Transport Guide for applicants is available through this link. Deadline: Friday, June 6, 2008 Publication Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008	Apr 21, 2008
	European Food Safety Authority	Call for Proposals - CFP/EFSA/AHAW/2008/01 - Epidemiology of Different Agents Causing Disease in Aquatic Animals: Scientific Review and Database Development Guide for applicants is available through this link. Deadline: Friday, June 6, 2008 Publication Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008	Apr 21, 2008

Calls without deadlines

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	Call for Data on Level of Acrylamide in Food and the Total Diet Call for data on levels of acrylamide in food and the total diet for use in risk assessment and safety evaluation of acrylamide in foods. (more)	Jul 30, 2003
	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) Call for Toxicological Experts to Serve as Members and Temporary Advisers Call for scientists with expertise in such areas as toxicology, pharmacology, metabolism, pathology, epidemiology, and molecular biology to possibly serve as Members or Temporary Advisers for JECFA. (more)	Jan 30, 2004

Past Calls for Data/Experts

Items that have most recently expired are displayed first.

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Proposal for a New Regulation on the Provision of Food Information to Consumers The European Commission has published a proposal on the provision of information to consumers when they buy food, and the Agency has now issued a consultation document on the proposals. The same consultation in Scotland is on another webpage. (more) Deadline: Friday, May 2, 2008 Publication Date: Thursday, February 14, 2008	Feb 17, 2008
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Call for Data – Enterobacter Sakazakii in Follow-up Formula Following a request from the 39th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene, FAO and WHO will undertake work to look at risks associated with E. sakazakii in follow-up formula, particularly for infants less than 12 months of age. They request member countries, interested international organizations, industry, academia, non-governmental organizations and any other interested parties to carefully review the data needs and submit any available data to the FAO/WHO JEMRA secretariat. (more) Deadline: Monday, April 14, 2008 Publication Month: January 2008	Feb 29, 2008
	Panel on Biological Hazards, European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment on Salmonella in Pigs: Call for Data The call for data is organized by the major stages of the farm-to-consumption chain: farm & transport, slaughter, processing, distribution & retail and preparation & consumption. (more) Deadline: Monday, April 14, 2008 Publication Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008	Mar 24, 2008
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	Draft Food Labelling (Declaration of Allergens) (England) Regulations 2008 The Food Standards Agency seeks views on the the draft Food Labelling (Declaration of Allergens) (England) Regulations 2008. Separate but parallel legislation will be made in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The same consultation in Scotland is on another webpage. (more) Deadline: Friday, March 14, 2008 Publication Date: Monday, February 4, 2008	Feb 18, 2008
	European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Workshops on Salmonella in Pigs: Call for Contributions Copenhagen, Denmark: The first workshopfrom 21st-22nd April 2008 will focus on the quality and relevance of methods in terms of applicability to the EFSA risk assessment objectives. The second workshop from the 23rd-24th April 2008 will discuss the quality and relevance of data in terms of its applicability to the EFSA risk assessment. The deadline of application for the workshop is 3rd March. (more) Deadline: Monday, March 10, 2008 Event Dates: Monday, April 21, 2008 - Thursday, April 24, 2008 Publication Date: Friday, February 15, 2008	Feb 17, 2008
	European Food Safety Authority	Call for Proposal - CFP/EFSA/PLH/2007/01: Inventory of Data Sources for Phytosanitary Pest Risk Assessment in the European Community EFSA is seeking proposals from the competent organizations identified in the list approved by the Management Board on the 20th December 2006, to carry out a review and to produce an exhaustive inventory of international and national key information and data sources, necessary to conduct the risk assessment of organisms considered harmful to plant and plant products for the European Community. (more) Deadline: Friday, November 23, 2007 Publication Date: Monday, October 15, 2007	Oct 25, 2007
	European Food Safety Authority	Call for Proposals - CFP/EFSA/FEEDAP/2007/01: Post-market Monitoring of Feed Additives The data to collect should refer to: Feed additive use and Animal consumption data; Animal health effects; Human health effects; Environmental effects. (more) Deadline: Monday, October 15, 2007 Publication Date: Friday, August 3, 2007	Aug 10, 2007
	European Food Safety Authority	Call for Proposal - CFP/EFSA/ ZOONOSES /2007/01: Development of Harmonised Schemes for Monitoring and Reporting of Echinococcus, Trichinella, Cysticercus and Sarcocystis in Animals and Foodstuffs in the EU Call for proposals related to development of harmonised schemes for monitoring and reporting of Echinococcus, Trichinella, Cysticercus and Sarcocystis in animals and foodstuffs in the EU. (more) Deadline: Monday, July 16, 2007 Publication Date: Monday, May 21, 2007	May 23, 2007
	European Food Safety Authority	Call for Proposal - CFP/EFSA/BIOHAZ/2007/01: Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment on Salmonella in Slaughter and Breeder Pigs EFSA is seeking proposals from the competent organisations identified in the list approved by the Management Board on the 20th December 2006 to carry out a quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) on Salmonella in slaughter (fattening) and breeder pigs. (more) Deadline: Monday, June 11, 2007 Publication Date: Thursday, April 19, 2007	Apr 20, 2007
	European Food Safety Authority	Invitation to submit data [on animal cloning] Call for data related to food safety, animal health, animal welfare and environmental implications of live cloned animals obtained through somatic cell nucleus transfer (SCNT) technique, their offspring and of the products obtained from those animals. (more) Deadline: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 Publication Date: Friday, April 27, 2007	May 3, 2007

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