Animal Health and Welfare
The Panel carries out risk assessments on animal health and welfare, with particular focus on food-producing animals, including both farmed and wild fish.
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Members
Angelika Agdestein (chair)
Andrew Janczak
Espen Rimstad
Jacques Godfroid
Knut Egil Bøe
Knut Madslien
Rolf E. Olsen
Tor Gjøen
Øyvind Øverli
Assessing risk means assessing how likely it is that a hazard we know leads to injury. In addition, we need to assess how serious the injury is.
VKM is appointed by the Ministry of Health and Care Services. VKM is organized as an independent body, fulfilling the national requirement for independent, transparent and open scientific risk assessments.
Risk assessments in VKM follow current international standards and methodology in the respective fields of responsibility for VKMs panels.

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