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EFSA, the European Commission, and 32 partners across Europe have launched the third year of the #PlantHealth4Life campaign, a cross-border initiative to protect plant health and raise public...

On Thursday, 10 April, European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, visited the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in Parma. Commissioner Várhelyi was accompanied by...

Carbapenemase-producing bacteria, once mainly a hospital concern, are now being detected in food animals and food products across Europe. This is one of the findings of EFSA’s latest scientific...

Following the continued success of last year’s Safe2Eat campaign, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and its national partners across Europe are launching the 2025 edition with a broader reach...

Today the Italian farmers’ association Coldiretti organised a demonstration in Parma. EFSA’s senior management met with representatives of the organisation. “Today, together with EFSA's Director...

Following the implementation of the Transparency Regulation in 2021, which also amended EFSA's Founding Regulation, the European Commission (EC) is conducting an Evaluation of EFSA's performance for...

Resistance to commonly used antimicrobials remains persistently high in both humans and animals for Salmonella and Campylobacter, according to the latest EFSA and ECDC report on AMR.

It is with extreme sadness that we learnt of the unexpected passing of our dear colleague, Konstantinos Koutsoumanis, yesterday.

EFSA has released an update of its Xylella species host plant database, which tracks plant species affected by the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa.

In EFSA’s yearly report on residues of veterinary medicinal products in live animals and animal products, the trend continued for high compliance with official limits.

For the first time, the five EU health and environment agencies – EFSA, ECDC, ECHA, EEA and EMA [1]– supported by the JRC, reviewed how the use of azole substances outside human medicine affects...

Combining disinfection treatments and water replenishment can help maintain the microbiological quality of the water used in processing such products.