10 new faces as EFSA names health claims panel for 2015-2018
Fresh faces taking a seat on the next Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) are Jean Louis Bresson, Barbara Burlinghame (formerly United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)), Inge Mangelsdorf and Hendrik Van Loveren.
The panel will again feature the likes of Susan Fairweather-Tait, Yolanda Sanz (current vice-chair), Daniel Tomé, Monika Neuhäuser-Berthold and Grazyna Nowicka. The departing include chairman Ambroise Martin, vice-chair John Strain, Rosalenga Marchelli and Hans Verhagen.
EFSA has not yet indicated who the chair will be after Ambroise Martin, who predicted a positive probiotic health claim opinion during his reign but failed to see that eventuate.
“We have attracted very highly qualified scientists from across Europe that will make a difference to Europe’s food safety system,” said Dr Tobin Robinson, head of EFSA’s science strategy and coordination department. “Many of the new members come from universities and research institutes, meaning that there is a growing awareness of EFSA’s work in academic circles”.
The new panel in full is:
Jean Louis Bresson |
Barbara Burlingame |
Tara Dean |
Susan Fairweather-Tait |
Marina Heinonen |
Karen Ildico Hirsch-Ernst |
Inge Mangelsdorf |
Harry Mcardle |
Androniki Naska |
Monika Neuhäuser-Berthold |
Grazyna Nowicka |
Kristina Pentieva (Nee Sepetlieva) |
Yolanda Sanz |
Alfonso Siani |
Anders Sjödin |
Martin Stern |
Daniel Tomé |
Dominique Turck |
Hendrik Van Loveren |
Marco Vinceti |
Peter Willatts |
The 2012-2015 panel was:
Ambroise Martin, Chair |
Yolanda Sanz, Vice-chair |
John J Strain, Vice-chair |
Carlo Virginio Agostoni |
Roberto Berni Canani |
Susan Fairweather-Tait |
Marina Heinonen |
Hannu Jaakko Tapani Korhonen |
Sébastien La Vieille |
Rosangela Marchelli |
Androniki Naska |
Monika Neuhäuser-Berthold |
Grazyna Nowicka |
Alfonso Siani |
Anders Sjödin |
Martin Stern |
Inge Tetens |
Daniel Tomé |
Dominique Turck |
Hans Verhagen |
Full details of declarations of interest and biographies of the new panellists are here.
Aside from health claims, the panel works in areas including:
- Human nutrition
- Infant nutrition
- Human medicine
- Exposure assessment
- Food consumption, dietary surveys
- Nutrient requirements
- Nutritional epidemiology
- Food allergy and intolerance
- Toxicology
- Clinical immunology
- Nutritional biochemistry
Details of changes to other EFSA panels can be found here.
