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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a scientific opinion on the 2009 Post-Market Environmental Monitoring (PMEM) report for the cultivation of genetically modified maize MON810...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked to give a rapid response to a request for scientific advice on the safety of pollen produced by genetically modified maize MON810. EFSA’s Panel on...

The European Commission has requested EFSA to review two reports on Bisphenol A following their recent publication by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed the first stage of a major piece of work that will provide the scientific basis for the modernisation of meat inspection across the EU. In May...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has today revised its consumer advice on the consumption of sprouts and sprouting seeds. Following the E. coli outbreak in France and Germany earlier this...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today announced it will hold a consultative workshop on 12 October 2011 in Brussels to discuss some of the key issues behind independence and trust in science...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a report with the latest Member State monitoring results of the levels of furan found in food. This is the third report on furan in food published...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published updated guidance on the post-market environmental monitoring (PMEM) of GM plants. The document expands on previous EFSA guidance provided in...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published an assessment on the potential contribution of food and food-producing animals to the public health risks posed by bacteria that produce enzymes...

Updated* Scientists on the European Food Safety Authority’s NDA Panel[1] have reached a major milestone in their work on health claims by publishing evaluations of the last group of ‘general function’...

Following the evaluation of new data, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has updated its opinion on the safety of two smoke flavourings used in the European Union. On the basis of the new...

Food-borne viruses are the second most important cause of food-borne outbreaks in the European Union (EU) after Salmonella. EFSA has today published a review of the latest scientific knowledge on...