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Xylella update: still no cure, control measures crucial
EFSA has updated its assessment of the risks posed by Xylella fastidiosa to plants and crops in the European Union. The new assessment provides new insights and conclusions on controlling existing outbreaks of this pest and preventing further spread...
15 May 2019
Plant health Xylella fastidiosa
Sugars opinion rescheduled to assess wealth of data
EFSA has updated the timeline for its scientific advice on dietary sugars due to the high volume of datasets and studies to be collected, analysed and assessed. EFSA has agreed a...
Nutrition
19 July 2019
Guidance on bees and pesticides: work plan published
EFSA has outlined how it plans to review its guidance on the risk assessment of pesticides and bees in the EU. As the outline shows, stakeholders and pesticide experts from Member...
Pesticides
5 July 2019
Sustainability, innovation, and perception of risks among research priorities for food safety
EFSA has identified research priorities for food safety for the next 5 to 10 years. Authors of an editorial published in the EFSA Journal looked at how research can stimulate...
Corporate
2 July 2019
App developer console opens up our food safety data
A new “developer portal” using application programming interface (API) technology makes EFSA’s information more accessible to software developers, allowing them to design creative new...
Data Open EFSA
1 July 2019
Bee health: EFSA’s work recognised at EU awards
EFSA’s work to raise awareness about bee health was recognised this week when it received the Excellence through Collaboration award from the EU Ombudsman. The Ombudsman’s awards...
Animal health and welfare Bee health
27 June 2019
Pesticide residues in food: what's the picture in the EU?
The latest edition of the annual EU report on pesticide residues in food is now available. Just under 96% of food samples were found to be free of pesticide residues or to contain...
Data Pesticides
26 June 2019
EFSA crowdsourcing challenge: extracting data from scientific literature
EFSA is funding a new crowdsourcing challenge to find a tool that will help its scientists extract data from literature relating to plant and animal health. The challenge is part of a...
Data Methodology Plant health Animal health and welfare
14 June 2019
EFSA issues new advice on phosphates
Estimated total intake of phosphates from food may exceed the safe level set by EFSA after re-evaluating their safety. EFSA’s scientists also recommend the introduction of maximum...
Food ingredients and packaging Food additive re-evaluations
12 June 2019
Europeans on today’s food issues: new EU-wide survey comes out on first World Food Safety Day
Two in 5 Europeans take a personal interest in food safety and only 1 in 5 say it is their main concern when choosing food. For most Europeans it is one of several factors - together...
Open EFSA Corporate
7 June 2019

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