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1 June 2015 | By Victoria White
EFSA has published its Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine, in which it estimates intakes that raise no safety concerns for the general population...
27 May 2015 | By Victoria White
EFSA has republished its scientific opinion on the risks to public health from perchlorate in food, particularly in fruit and vegetables...
28 April 2015 | By Victoria White
EFSA has completed a major update of its Food Consumption Database, which now includes dietary records from nearly 100,000 people in 23 EU Member States...
27 April 2015 | By Victoria White
The European Commission (EC) has adopted 10 new authorisations for GMOs for food/feed use and seven renewals of existing authorisations...
17 April 2015 | By Victoria White
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its Annual Report highlighting its significant programme of scientific work in 2014...
17 April 2015 | By Victoria White
A new EFSA report aims to give the public a balanced view of the findings of annual EU-wide monitoring of levels of chemicals in food...
25 March 2015 | By Victoria White
There is no evidence that the Ebola virus can be transmitted through food in the European Union, according to EFSA scientists...
12 March 2015 | By EFSA
More than 97% of food samples evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority contain pesticide residue levels that fall within legal limits, with just under 55% of samples free of detectable traces of these chemical...
11 March 2015 | By EFSA
EFSA has set population reference intakes for vitamin A as part of its review of scientific advice on nutrient intakes...
27 February 2015 | By The European Food Safety Authority
Treatment options for some of the most common food-borne infections are decreasing, as types of bacteria (called ‘isolates’) continue to show resistance to antimicrobial drugs...
17 February 2015 | By European Food Safety Authority
About 90 leading scientists, representatives of international and European organisations and national food safety authorities gathered in Parma, Italy, to discuss the use of the whole genome sequencing of foodborne pathogens for the protection of public health...
5 February 2015 | By The European Food Safety Authority
EFSA has kicked off its extensive programme of scientific, communication and corporate activities planned for 2015...
30 January 2015 | By European Food Safety Authority
Campylobacteriosis infections reported in humans have now stabilised, after several years of an increasing trend, but it is still the most commonly reported foodborne disease in the EU...
13 January 2015 | By The European Food Safety Authority
Raw milk can carry harmful bacteria that can cause serious illness. Implementing current good hygiene practices at farms is essential to reduce raw milk contamination, while maintaining the cold chain is also important to prevent or slow the growth of bacteria in raw milk...
27 November 2014 | By The European Food Safety Authority
EFSA has updated its scientific advice on food allergens. The Authority’s Scientific Opinion looks in detail at all the allergenic products and substances whose presence in food must be indicated on labelling, according to EU law...
