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    • Assessment of benefits and risks of probiotics in processed cereal-based baby foods Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei F19 

      Halvorsen, Ragnhild; Lassen, Jørgen Fr; Midtvedt, Tore; Narvhus, Judith; Rugtveit, Jarle; Yazdankhah, Siamak Pour; Eckner, Karl Fredrich; Frølich, Wenche; Frøyland, Livar; Iversen, Per Ole; Kapperud, Georg; Lillegaard, Inger Therese L.; Lunestad, Bjørn Tore; Lyche, Jan Ludvig; Mansoor, Mohammad Azam; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Nesbakken, Truls; Nygård, Karin Maria; Robertson, Lucy; Tranulis, Michael A.; Tryland, Morten; Haugen, Margaretha (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2011-06-23)
      The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) has appointed an ad hoc-group of experts to answer a request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority regarding benefit and risk assessment of Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei F19 (F19) in processed cereal-based baby foods intended for small children 1-3 years. This assessment is based on the literature provided by the notifier as well ...
    • Assessment of risk of introduction of Echinococcus multilocularis to mainland Norway 

      Robertson, Lucy; Tryland, Morten; Davidson, Rebecca K.; Eckner, Karl Fredrich; Kapperud, Georg; Lunestad, Bjørn Tore; Nesbakken, Truls; Nygård, Karin Maria; Tranulis, Michael A.; Yazdankhah, Siamak Pour; Lassen, Jørgen Fr (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2012-02-15)
      In the light of the recent findings of the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis (EM) in four red foxes from three different locations in Sweden, the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen; VKM), Panel of Biological Hazards (Faggruppe hygiene og smittestoffer) took the initiative to undertake a risk assessment regarding the probability of this parasite being introduced to ...
    • Kvalitetskrav for vann til jordvanning. Uttalelse fra Faggruppen for hygiene og smittestoffer i Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet 

      Eckner, Karl Fredrich; Lunestad, Bjørn-Tore; Robertson, Lucy; Holene, Edel; Rivedal, Edgar; Kapperud, Georg; Nygård, Karin Maria; Nesbakken, Truls; Tranulis, Michael A.; Tryland, Morten; Yazdankhah, Siamak Pour; Lassen, Jørgen (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2014-05-07)
      Ved vanning av spiselige jordbruksvekster på friland i Norge brukes det overflatevann, grunnvann eller vann fra gravd brønn. Vannet kan være offentlig eller privat. Mikroorganismer og uønskede kjemiske stoffer i slikt vann kan forårsake sykdom, dersom dette benyttes til vanning av vegetabiler. For sykdomsfremkallende mikroorganismer gjelder dette spesielt ved vanning av vegetabiler som skal spises ...
    • Statement on the use of untreated manure containing raw sewage. Opinion of the Panel on Biological Hazards of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 

      Lassen, Jørgen Fr; Eckner, Karl Fredrich; Lunestad, Bjørn Tore; Kapperud, Georg; Nygård, Karin Maria; Robertson, Lucy; Nesbakken, Truls; Tranulis, Michael A.; Tryland, Morten; Yazdankhah, Siamak Pour (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2013-10-28)
      The Norwegian department of agriculture decided to re-evaluate the Regulation No. 951 of 4 July 2003 on fertilizers and soil improvers of organic origin. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) requested VKM for a statement on the use of manure from farms where grey water and human waste (sewage) is disposed of directly to the farm manure cellar. <br> Consideration was given to differences ...