New merger and new members – but the Scientific Committees' role remains the same
by Xavier Prats Monné, Director-General of DG Health and Food Safety, European Commission
A new generation of members of the European Commission's independent Scientific Committees was inaugurated at the end of April. I was pleased to be present at this occasion and to welcome the experts who will over the coming five years help the Commission make evidence-based policy decisions in the fields of health, environment and consumer safety. At a time when science-based decision making is often put at risk, I cannot stress enough what an important role the experts hidden behind the Committees' names have: it is them who do the work, engage in painstaking research, and ensure that conclusions are reviewed,
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