Guidance on the characterisation of microorganisms in support of the risk assessment of products used in the food chain

EFSA Scientific Committee; Susanne Hougaard Bennekou; Ana Allende; Angela Bearth; Josep Casacuberta; Laurence Castle; Tamara Coja; Amélie Crépet; Thorhallur Ingi Halldorsson; Ron Hoogenboom; Pikka Jokelainen; Helle Katrine Knutsen; Claude Lambré; Søren Saxmose Nielsen; Dominique Turck; Antonio Vicent Civera; Roberto Edoardo Villa; Holger Zorn; Margarita Aguilera Gómez; Stéphane Brétagne; Pier Sandro Cocconcelli; Lieve Herman; Miguel Prieto-Maradona; Baltasar Mayo; Carmen Peláez; Maria Saarela; José Sánchez Serrano; Laurence Vernis; Andrey Yurkov; Jaime Aguilera; Montserrat Anguita; Nicole Bozzi Cionci; Rosella Brozzi; Sandra Correia; Yolanda García-Cazorla; Frédérique Istace; Elisa Pettenati; Joana Revez; Reinhilde Schoonjans; Piera Valeri; Boet Glandorf

doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9705

Guidance on the characterisation of microorganisms in support of the risk assessment of products used in the food chain

EFSA Scientific Committee, Susanne Hougaard Bennekou, Ana Allende, Angela Bearth, Josep Casacuberta, Laurence Castle, Tamara Coja, Amélie Crépet, Thorhallur Ingi Halldorsson, Ron Hoogenboom, Pikka Jokelainen, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Claude Lambré, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Dominique Turck, Antonio Vicent Civera, Roberto Edoardo Villa, Holger Zorn, Margarita Aguilera Gómez, Stéphane BrétagnePier Sandro Cocconcelli, Lieve Herman, Miguel Prieto-Maradona, Baltasar Mayo, Carmen Peláez, Maria Saarela, José Sánchez Serrano, Laurence Vernis, Andrey Yurkov, Jaime Aguilera, Montserrat Anguita, Nicole Bozzi Cionci, Rosella Brozzi, Sandra Correia, Yolanda García-Cazorla, Frédérique Istace, Elisa Pettenati, Joana Revez, Reinhilde Schoonjans, Piera Valeri, Boet Glandorf

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This document provides guidance to assist in the preparation of applications for regulated products to be used in the food chain containing, made from or produced by using microorganisms, genetically modified or not, that are subject to risk assessment within EFSA's remit before their placement on the EU market. This guidance focuses on the scientific requirements to characterise the microorganisms and, to some extent, their products. It provides the basis for hazard identification in support of the risk assessment of microorganisms and establishes the data requirements to conduct the risk assessment.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Artikelnummer	e9705
Tidsskrift	E F S A Journal
Vol/bind	23
Udgave nummer	11
Antal sider	38
ISSN	1831-4732
DOI	https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9705
Status	Udgivet - 2025

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EFSA Scientific Committee, Bennekou, S. H., Allende, A., Bearth, A., Casacuberta, J., Castle, L., Coja, T., Crépet, A., Halldorsson, T. I., Hoogenboom, R., Jokelainen, P., Knutsen, H. K., Lambré, C., Nielsen, S. S., Turck, D., Civera, A. V., Villa, R. E., Zorn, H., Gómez, M. A., ... Glandorf, B. (2025). Guidance on the characterisation of microorganisms in support of the risk assessment of products used in the food chain. E F S A Journal, 23(11), Artikel e9705. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9705

EFSA Scientific Committee, Bennekou, SH, Allende, A, Bearth, A, Casacuberta, J, Castle, L, Coja, T, Crépet, A, Halldorsson, TI, Hoogenboom, R, Jokelainen, P, Knutsen, HK, Lambré, C, Nielsen, SS, Turck, D, Civera, AV, Villa, RE, Zorn, H, Gómez, MA, Brétagne, S, Cocconcelli, PS, Herman, L, Prieto-Maradona, M, Mayo, B, Peláez, C, Saarela, M, Serrano, JS, Vernis, L, Yurkov, A, Aguilera, J, Anguita, M, Cionci, NB, Brozzi, R, Correia, S, García-Cazorla, Y, Istace, F, Pettenati, E, Revez, J, Schoonjans, R, Valeri, P & Glandorf, B 2025, 'Guidance on the characterisation of microorganisms in support of the risk assessment of products used in the food chain', E F S A Journal, bind 23, nr. 11, e9705. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9705

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