The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) has conducted a risk assessment regarding processing requirements to ensure that fish meal and oil originating from clinically healthy farmed fish does not constitute a risk of infection if it is fed to farmed fish of other species.

Several coastal areas of Southern Norway probably have sufficiently mild climate for the citrus longhorn beetle Anoplophora chinensis to establish and cause major damage to parks, gardens, and forests. These are conclusions made by the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) in a risk assessment commissioned by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.

The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) considers that there is an overall probability that the pathogen “Candidatus Phytoplaasma mali” (AP) might spread in Norway and cause extensive economic damage to apple producers and nurseries.