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Registration is open until 1 April for observers to attend the 23-24 April plenary meeting of EFSA’s scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) in Leuven, Belgium. EFSA...

EFSA has set population reference intakes for vitamin A as part of its review of scientific advice on nutrient intakes. Draft proposals for vitamin E, phosphorus and vitamin B12 will be open for...

Treatment options for some of the most common food-borne infections are decreasing, as types of bacteria (called ‘isolates’) continue to show resistance to antimicrobial drugs. For example, multi-drug...

About 90 leading scientists, representatives of international and European organisations and national food safety authorities gathered in Parma, Italy, to discuss the use of the whole genome...

EFSA will meet stakeholders next week to gather input for its investigations into the possible effects of pesticide exposure on human health. The meeting, which will involve representatives from...

EFSA has published an opinion on the risk posed by plant protection products to non-target arthropods. The document explains the science that will support the development of a full risk assessment...

EU agencies publish first integrated analysis of data from humans and animals The use of certain antimicrobials in animals and humans is associated with resistance to these antimicrobials in bacteria...

Campylobacteriosis infections reported in humans have now stabilised, after several years of an increasing trend, but it is still the most commonly reported foodborne disease in the EU. Listeriosis...

FSA is extending the closing date of the public consultation on its review of information on small farms for dairy cows. Stakeholders and other interested parties now have until 13 February to submit...

EFSA will re-examine its 2014 scientific opinion on perchlorate in food following confirmation that there was a technical error in the estimation of consumer exposure to perchlorate in the diet...

EFSA is making it easier for external observers to attend open plenary meetings of its scientific panels and Scientific Committee with most open plenaries taking place in Brussels this year. EFSA is...