The academy's role is to bring the best possible scientific advice on issues brought to it by Government agencies.

With the end of the cold war, though, demand for scientific advice fell.

This action is being taken on the best scientific advice available.

The authority must become the authoritative source of scientific advice and information on food safety issues.

The first is how the Commission handles the scientific advice available to it.

The Authority' s work should focus on risk assessment and scientific advice, which is no small task of course.

Let us listen to sound scientific advice and trust in our own food safety system, which I believe is second to none.

Of course the scientific advice that we are using can very often be flawed.

We also need a fundamental review of the way the European institutions access and use scientific advice.

There must also be faith in the scientific advice which is used as a basis for conservation and management plans.