Advice Of The Scientific Committee Of The Belgian Food Safety Agency Regarding The Independent And Transparant Functioning Of The Scientific Committee And The Management Of Conflicts Of Interests ...

The Scientific Committee has assessed, on its own initiative, two proposals of law which are made up by the Chamber of representatives’ Commission for Public Health, Environment and Social Renewal. These proposals of law deal with the prevention of conflicts of interest in regard to public health and to assure that opinions in regard to public health are issued by “truly independent experts”. On one hand, the Scientific Committee subscribes the concern of the Commission and supports the necessity to guarantee, as maximally as possible, independent expert advice to support public health policy... Mehr ...