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Kostas Koutsoumanis
Researcher at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Publications - 54
Citations - 3021
Kostas Koutsoumanis is an academic researcher from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Food safety & Population. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 49 publications receiving 1978 citations.
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Update of the list of QPS-recommended biological agents intentionally added to food or feed as notified to EFSA 13: suitability of taxonomic units notified to EFSA until September 2020.
Kostas Koutsoumanis,Ana Allende,Avelino Alvarez-Ordóñez,Declan Bolton,Sara Bover-Cid,Marianne Chemaly,Robert Davies,Alessandra De Cesare,Friederike Hilbert,Roland Lindqvist,Maarten Nauta,Luísa Peixe,Giuseppe Ru,Marion Simmons,Panagiotis N. Skandamis,Elisabetta Suffredini,Pier Sandro Cocconcelli,Pablo Salvador Fernández Escámez,Miguel Prieto Maradona,Amparo Querol,Lolke Sijtsma,Juan E. Suárez,Ingvar Sundh,Just M. Vlak,Fulvio Barizzone,Michaela Hempen,Lieve Herman +26 more
TL;DR: The identity, body of knowledge, safety concerns and antimicrobial resistance of valid taxonomic units were assessed and Lactobacillus animalis was a new taxonomic unit recommended to have the QPS status.
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Scientific Opinion on the public health hazards to be covered by inspection of meat (swine)
Olivier Andreoletti,Herbert Budka,Sava Buncic,John D. Collins,John M. Griffin,Tine Hald,Arie H. Havelaar,James Hope,Günter Klein,Kostas Koutsoumanis,James McLauchlin,Christine Müller-Graf,Christophe Nguyen-The,Birgit Nørrung,Luísa Peixe,Miguel Prieto Maradona,Antonia Ricci,John N. Sofos,John Threlfall,Ivar Vågsholm,Emmanuel Vanopdenbosch,Jan Alexander,Diane Benford,Alan R. Boobis,Sandra Ceccatelli,Bruce Cottrill,jean Pierre Cravedi,Alessandro Di Domenico,Daniel R. Doerge,Eugenia Dogliotti,Lutz Edler,Peter Farmer,Metka Filipič,Johanna Fink Gremmels,Peter Fürst,Thierry Guérin,Helle Katrine Knutsen,Miroslav Machala,Antonio Mutti,Josef Rudolf Schlatter,Martin Rose,Rolaf van Leeuwen,Anette Bøtner,Donald M. Broom,Markus G Doherr,Mariano Domingo,Jörg Hartung,Linda J. Keeling,Frank Koenen,Simon J. More,David B. Morton,Pascal A. Oltenacu,Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus,Fulvio Salati,Mo Salman,Moez Sanaa,James Michael Sharp,Jan A Stegemann,Endre Szücs,Hans H Thulke,Phillipe Vannier,John Webster,Martin Wierup,A Bøtner,Jan Arend Stegeman +64 more
TL;DR: A qualitative risk assessment identified Salmonella, Yersinia enterocolitica, Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spp.
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Guidance on Uncertainty Analysis in Scientific Assessments
Diane Benford,Thorhallur I. Halldorsson,Michael J. Jeger,Helle Katrine Knutsen,Simon J. More,Hanspeter Naegeli,Hubert Noteborn,Colin Ockleford,Antonia Ricci,Guido Rychen,Josef Rudolf Schlatter,Vittorio Silano,Roland Solecki,Dominique Turck,Maged Younes,Peter S. Craig,Andrew Hart,Natalie Von Goetz,Kostas Koutsoumanis,Alicja Mortensen,Bernadette Ossendorp,Laura Martino,Caroline Merten,Olaf Mosbach-Schulz,Anthony Hardy +24 more
TL;DR: This document provides concise guidance on how to identify which options for uncertainty analysis are appropriate in each assessment, and how to apply them.
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EMA and EFSA Joint Scientific Opinion on measures to reduce the need to use antimicrobial agents in animal husbandry in the European Union, and the resulting impacts on food safety (RONAFA)
David Murphy,Antonia Ricci,Zanda Auce,J. Gabriel Beechinor,Hanne Bergendahl,Rory Breathnach,Jiří Bureš,Joao Pedro Duarte Da Silva,Judita Hederova,Peter Hekman,Cornelia Ibrahim,Emil Iliev Kozhuharov,Gabor Kulcsar,Eva Lander Persson,Johann M. Lenhardsson,Petras Maciulskis,Ioannis Malemis,Ljiljana Markus‐Cizelj,Alia Michaelidou-Patsia,Martti Nevalainen,Paolo Pasquali,Jean-Claude Rouby,Johan Schefferlie,Wilhelm Schlumbohm,Marc Schmit,Stephen Spiteri,Stanko Srčič,Lollita Sanda Camelia Taban,Toomas Tiirats,Bruno Urbain,Ellen-Margrethe Vestergaard,Anna Wachnik‐Święcicka,Jason Weeks,Barbara Zemann,Ana Allende,Declan Bolton,Marianne Chemaly,Pablo Salvador Fernández Escámez,Rosina Girones,Lieve Herman,Kostas Koutsoumanis,Roland Lindqvist,Birgit Nørrung,Lucy J. Robertson,Giuseppe Ru,Moez Sanaa,Marion Simmons,Panagiotis N. Skandamis,Emma Snary,Niko Speybroeck,Benno H. ter Kuile,Helene Wahlström,Keith E. Baptiste,Boudewijn Catry,Pier Sandro Cocconcelli,Robert Davies,Christian Ducrot,Christian Friis,Gregers Jungersen,Simon J. More,Cristina Munoz Madero,Pascal Sanders,Marian Bos,Zoltan Kunsagi,Jordi Torren Edo,Rosella Brozzi,Denise Candiani,Beatriz Guerra,Ernesto Liebana,Pietro Stella,John Threlfall,Helen Jukes +71 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of measures taken in the EU to reduce the need for and use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, and the resultant impacts on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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Risks for public health related to the presence of Bacillus cereus and other Bacillus spp. including Bacillus thuringiensis in foodstuffs
Ana Allende,Declan Bolton,Marianne Chemaly,Robert Davies,Pablo Salvador Fernández Escámez,Rosina Girones,Lieve Herman,Kostas Koutsoumanis,Roland Lindqvist,Birgit Nørrung,Antonia Ricci,Lucy J. Robertson,Giuseppe Ru,Moez Sanaa,Marion Simmons,Panagiotis N. Skandamis,Emma Snary,Niko Speybroeck,Benno H. ter Kuile,John Threlfall,Helene Wahlström +20 more