• CWD in Norway 

      Tranulis, Michael A.; Tryland, Morten; Kapperud, Georg; Skjerve, Eystein; Gudding, Roar; Grahek-Ogden, Danica; Eckner, Karl Fredrich; Lassen, Jørgen Fr; Narvhus, Judith; Nesbakken, Truls; Robertson, Lucy; Rosnes, Jan Thomas; Vold, Line; Yazdankhah, Siamak Pour; Wasteson, Yngvild; Skjerdal, Olaug Taran (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2016-06-30)
      The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) and Norwegian Environmental Authority (NEA) asked the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) for an opinion on factors associated with the introduction of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) to Norway. VKM appointed a working group consisting of two members of the Panel on Biological Hazards, one member of Panel ...
    • Risk assessment of marking and tracing methods with regards to the welfare of farmed salmonids. Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 

      Mortensen, Stein; Kristiansen, Tore S; Mejdell, Cecilie Marie; Uglem, Ingebrigt; Agdestein, Angelika; Basic, Dean; Bergh, Øivind; Brun, Edgar; Bøe, Knut Egil; Das Neves, Carlos G; Godfroid, Jacques; Gudding, Roar; Hoel, Kristian; Rimstad, Espen; Hjeltnes, Brit (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2016-12-15)
    • Risk assessment on import of Australian redclaw crayfish to Norway. Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 

      Bergh, Øivind; Das Neves, Carlos G; Hindar, Kjetil; Høgåsen, Helga Rachel; Jelmert, Anders; Vrålstad, Trude; Agdestein, Angelika; Asmyhr, Maria Gulbrandsen; Basic, Dean; Brun, Edgar; Bøe, Knut Egil; Godfroid, Jacques; Gudding, Roar; Hoel, Kristian; Mejdell, Cecilie Marie; Mortensen, Stein; Rimstad, Espen; Hjeltnes, Brit (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2016-11-30)
      <i>Main message</i>: It seems unlikely that the Australian red claw clayfish will establish reproductive populations under Norwegian climate conditions, but hitchhiker organisms and infectious agents could potentially follow the import, and unless managed, may pose risks to biodiversity and aquatic animal health. This is the conclusion in a risk assessment from the Norwegian Scientific Committee for ...
    • Risk assessment on welfare in turkeys. Opinion of the Panel of Animal Health and Welfare of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety 

      Hoel, Kristian; Agdestein, Angelika; Bøe, Knut Egil; Hansen, Magne; Janczak, Andrew M.; Bergh, Øivind; Brun, Edgar; Das Neves, Carlos G; Godfroid, Jacques; Gudding, Roar; Mejdell, Cecilie Marie; Mortensen, Stein; Rimstad, Espen; Hjeltnes, Brit (Research report, 2016-02-15)
      The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) asked the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) for a risk assessment on turkey welfare. The VKM report will be used by NFSA in assessing the need for amending the existing regulations, competence requirements, and guidelines for surveillance and control related to keeping turkeys. Inspectors from NFSA ...