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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in tea, herbal infusions and food supplements

Exposure to pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food, in particular for frequent and high consumers of tea and herbal infusions, is a possible long-term concern for human health due to their potential carcinogenicity, say EFSA’s experts. The consumption of...

27 July 2017

Chemical contaminants

Training the next generation of food safety risk assessors – EFSA’s fellowship programme

EFSA’s EU-FORA initiative is up and running. The fellowship programme supports the building of the EU’s scientific assessment capacity and knowledge community. It gives early and mid-...

Corporate

7 September 2017
Food additives: EFSA workshop and open plenary in November

Are you interested in the re-evaluation of food additives? Then there are two good reasons to come to Parma this autumn. On 24 November, EFSA will host a one-day workshop on the status...

Food ingredients and packaging

14 August 2017
Dietary reference values: advice on riboflavin

EFSA has set dietary reference values for riboflavin (vitamin B2) as part of its review of scientific advice on nutrient intakes. Based on new scientific findings, the Panel on...

Nutrition

7 August 2017
Transparency and data quality: new cross-cutting EFSA guidance in a nutshell

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...

Cross-cutting science

3 August 2017
EU report: more evidence on link between antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance

The European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are concerned about the impact of use of antibiotics on the...

27 July 2017
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in tea, herbal infusions and food supplements

Exposure to pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food, in particular for frequent and high consumers of tea and herbal infusions, is a possible long-term concern for human health due to their...

Chemical contaminants

27 July 2017
EFSA wants your feedback on draft genotoxicity opinion

EFSA has launched a public consultation on a draft opinion developed by its Scientific Committee on the evaluation of the genotoxicity of substances in food and feed safety assessments...

Cross-cutting science

24 July 2017
Public consultation: Listeria in ready-to-eat foods

EFSA has opened a public consultation on its scientific opinion looking at Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat (RTE) foods and related risks for human health in the...

Biological hazards

24 July 2017
Shaping up for the future: EU Agencies meet at EFSA

Heads of Agencies from 45 EU Agencies across Europe came together at EFSA’s headquarters in Parma, Italy, last week to discuss common strategic initiatives. In particular, they looked...

Corporate

14 July 2017

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