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EFSA’s GMO Panel has published a scientific statement confirming earlier safety assessments of GM plants and derived food/feed comprising the nptII gene. On 2 nd March, the European Commission (EC)...

EFSA has published a survey on the levels of Salmonella detected in broiler flocks (chickens reared for meat) across the European Union in 2005-6. Salmonella was estimated to be present in almost 1 in...

EFSA has just issued scientific advice related to EU rules on the placing of pesticides on the market. The work concerns the type of information pesticide manufacturers and marketing companies are...

EFSA has issued an opinion on the possible health risks from certain proposed residue levels of pesticides in food and feed. This is one of the first steps in the full EU harmonisation of national...

EFSA is aware of the recently presented publication by the CRIIGEN research group on genetically modified maize MON 863 containing a revised statistical analysis of the 90 day rat study considered in...

The new Plant Health (PLH) Panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) started its work in the summer of 2006. At the request of the European Commission (EC), it has evaluated a recent study on...

EFSA has assessed, at the request of the European Commission (EC), the possibility of a potential increase in consumers’ health risks if higher levels of aflatoxins would be permitted for almonds...

The Animal Health and Welfare Panel (AHAW) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recommended that rabies vaccination should remain the key requirement for pet movement between Member States...

Fishmeal is a high-protein supplement produced from the waste from fisheries or from fish not suitable for human consumption. Under TSE controls, it is currently illegal in the EU to feed fishmeal to...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has today announced its opinion on dietary exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA). People are exposed to BPA in food through its use in certain plastic...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has today published its second annual Community report on infectious diseases transmissible from animals to humans (zoonotic diseases) which affect over 380...

Today EFSA launched a call for data on food colours as part of a systematic re-evaluation of all authorised food additives in the EU. EFSA has been asked by the European Commission to do this work in...