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Cases of listeriosis are increasing among the elderly and young to middle aged women, with ready-to-eat meals and more stringent monitoring systems in EU member states thought to be responsible.
The European Food Safety Authority has flagged a group of chemicals often used for their laxative effects as potentially cancer causing.
A vote by the European Parliament has thrown the future of the kebab into jeopardy as ministers expressed concern the additives retailers use to protect flavour and retain water in the meat.
The EU Parliament has failed to agree to renew the licence for the sale of glyphosate, an active ingredient in many domestic and industrial herbicides. Some even called for it to be banned entirely by 2022.
Consumers are becoming more health conscious when it comes to oils and fats, perhaps due to increased awareness from conferences, research and media outlets focusing on the impact of fats and oils. The result is that the edible oil industry, specifically refineries, is having to join the discussion and even…
Two new guidance documents – on the weight-of-evidence approach and biological relevance assessment – will help to further harmonise methodologies across the areas in which EFSA works.
EU Member States representatives voted in favour of European Commission's proposal to reduce the presence of acrylamide in food.
The European response to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) after the crisis of the 1980s has significantly reduced prevalence of the disease in cattle. However, isolated cases are still being reported in the EU and for this reason the European Commission asked EFSA to investigate their origin.
EFSA has established a safe intake level for glutamic acid and glutamates used as food additives after re-evaluating their safety.
Consumption of raw or undercooked pork meat and liver is the most common cause of hepatitis E infection in the EU, said EFSA.
The European Commission launches a new EU action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – a growing threat that is responsible for 25,000 deaths in the EU every year.
Beekeepers, scientists, policy-makers and other relevant parties are to set up a European bee partnership that could transform the way bee health is assessed in the EU.
Vittorio Silano, esteemed Italian academic, reviews the EFSA methodology for safety assessment of botanicals and botanical preparations intended for use as ingredients in food supplements...
Luca Bucchini, Managing Director at Hylobates Consulting Srl, voices his opinion on the latest European Court of Justice rulings on vitamins.
With the global rise of obesity in children and adults and the subsequent impact on public health, early nutrition programming has become an area of growing interest1. One possible mechanism of such programming is the ‘early protein hypothesis’, proposing that a high protein intake during infancy and early childhood may…
