Ernst Arne Høiby

Risk Assessment of Import and Dissemination of Intestinal Pathogenic Bacteria via Fresh Herbs and Leafy Vegetables from South-East Asia

Espen Rimstad, Ernst Arne Høiby, Georg Kapperud, Jørgen Lassen, Bjørn-Tore Lunestad, Truls Nesbakken, Karin Nygård, Ørjan Olsvik, Lucy Robertson, Michael Tranulis & Morten Tryland · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2021

Several studies have demonstrated that fresh herbs and green or leafy vegetables can be contaminated by intestinal pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella spp. Although systematic surveys are probably not conducted in any countries some places, in recent years the Rapid Alert Syst...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i1130459

Risk Assessment on Use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LGG) as an Ingredient in Infant Formula and Baby Foods (II)

Espen Rimstad, Lene Frost Andersen, Wenche Frølich, Livar Frøyland, Ernst Arne Høiby, Georg Kapperud, Margaretha Haugen, Jørgen Lassen, Bjørn-Tore Lunestad, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Judith Narvhus, Truls Nesbakken, Karin Nygård, Ørjan Olsvik, Jan Erik Paulsen, Lucy Robertson, Michael Tranulis, Morten Tryland, Kirsti Vainio & Ragnhild Halvorsen · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2021

On 10. March 2006 , The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) decided that, on the basis of VKM’s previous risk assessment (2005), Nutramigen 1 with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) could not be marketed in Norway as medical foods for infants (0-4 months). In addition, Th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i1130461

Assessment of Benefits and Risks of Probiotics in Processed Cerealbased Baby Foods Bifidobacterium Lactis Bb12

Ragnhild Halvorsen, Judith Narvhus, Jørgen Lassen, Tore Midtvedt, Jarle Rugtveit, Siamak Yazdankhah, Lene Frost Andersen, Wenche Frølich, Livar Frøyland, Margaretha Haugen, Georg Kapperud, Bjørn Tore Lunestad, Ernst Arne Høiby, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Truls Nesbakken, Karin Nygård, Ørjan Olsvik, Jan Erik Paulsen, Lucy Robertson, Michael Tranulis, Morten Tryland & Espen Rimstad · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2021

The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) has appointed an ad hoc-group of experts to answer a request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority regarding benefit and risk assessment of B. lactis Bb12 in baby foods focusing on the age groups 4-6 months, 612 months a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ejnfs/2021/v13i430406