The European Commission asked EFSA to assess information provided by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, on the toxicity of free gossypol in relation to the use of whole cotton seed in feed for ruminants, in particular dairy cows, a ...
EFSA was asked by the European Commission to deliver a scientific opinion on the risks for human health related to the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in honey, tea, herbal infusions and food supplements and to identify the PAs of relevance in t ...
At the request of the European Union Joint Research Centre, a Joint Research Centre draft report on European Union minimum quality requirements for water reuse in agricultural irrigation was reviewed, to determine whether: the methodology used was appropr ...
A qualitative analysis of the 2015 annual collection of analytical results on chemical contaminants in food and feed covering the sampling year 2014 was performed. Data are submitted annually to EFSA by European data providers to support EFSA’s work progr ...
Following a request from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the EFSA Panel for Contaminants in the Food Chain was asked to deliver a statement on the presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in food, with particular focus on seafood ...
This report provides an overview of activities implemented within a dedicated project on cooperation with the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) partner countries entitled as “Preparatory measures for the participation of the Neighbourhood countries in E ...
The report summarises the monitoring data collected in 2014 on the presence of residues of veterinary medicinal products and certain substances in live animals and animal products in the European Union. A total of 736,907 samples were reported to the Euro ...
A qualitative analysis of the 2014 annual collection of analytical results on chemical contaminants in food and feed covering the sampling year 2013 was performed. Data are submitted annually to EFSA by European data providers to support EFSA’s work progr ...
The present report summarises the monitoring data collected in 2013 on the presence of residues of veterinary medicinal products and certain substances in live animals and animal products in the European Union. A total of 1,005,835 samples were reported t ...
The EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) has endorsed its draft Scientific Opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of acrylamide (AA) in food. The opinion has undergone a public consultation from 1 July 2014 to ...