EFSA Journal

Phenylbutazone in horse meat

Controls in Member States have revealed the presence of phenylbutazone in horse carcasses intended for the food chain. Following the request from the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency and the European Food Safety Authority jointly conclu ...

Review of the Séralini et al. (2012) publication

On 19 September 2012, Séralini et al. published online in the scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology a publication describing a 2-year feeding study in rats investigating the health effects of genetically modified (GM) maize NK603 with and withou ...

Editorial: EFSA’s Food and Feed Safety Crisis Preparedness and Response

No abstract available doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2012.e1051 Journal Number: EFSA Journal 2012;10(5):e1051 Panel members at the time of adoption: Robinson T, Deluyker H Contact: editor-in-chief.efsajournal@efsa.europa.eu Type: EFSA Journal Editorial ...

EFSA Statement on the safety of Irradiation of Food

No abstract available Keywords: Food irradiation, efficacy, microbiological safety, food-borne pathogens, chemical food safety, radiolytic products, 2-alkylcyclobutanone, hydrocarbon, radiation dose doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2107 Question Number: EFSA-Q ...

Statement of EFSA on the possible risks for public and animal health from the contamination of the feed and food chain due to possible ash-fall following the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland.

Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a scientific advice on the possible short-term risks for food and feed safety including drinking water, in the wake of the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull ...

Risks for public health due to the presence of chlormequat in table grapes from India

No abstract available Keywords: Chlormequat, grapes, threshold residue, quaternary ammonium plant growth regulator doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1590 Question Number: EFSA-Q-2010-00790 Journal Number: EFSA Journal 2010; 8(1):1590 Adopted: 22 April 2010 Co ...

Revision of the joint AFC/BIOHAZ guidance document on carcass decontamination

The BIOHAZ Panel of EFSA revised the joint AFC/BIOHAZ guidance on the submission of data for the evaluation of the efficacy of substances for the removal of microbial surface contamination of foods of animal origin. The guidance is intended to provide gui ...

Bovine besnoitiosis

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare to deliver a scientific statement on bovine besnoitiosis. Recent epidemiological data confirm an increased number of cases and geographic expansion of besnoitiosis in c ...

Consolidated presentation of the joint Scientific Opinion of the GMO and BIOHAZ Panels on the "Use of Antibiotic Resistance Genes as Marker Genes in Genetically Modified Plants” and the Scientific Opinion of the GMO Panel on “Consequences of the Opinion

No abstract available Keywords: Directive 2001/18/EC, Regulation 1829/2003, GMOs, GM plants, antibiotics, antibiotic resistance marker genes, safety, food safety, human health, environment, horizontal gene transfer, nptII, aadA. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009 ...

Potential risks for public health due to the presence of nicotine in wild mushrooms

No abstract available Keywords: nicotine, wild mushrooms, cep, Boletus edulis, maximum residue level (MRL), Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, consumer risk assessment, acute reference dose (ARfD), acceptable daily intake (ADI) doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2009.286r Q ...

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