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EFSA’s experts recommend refining the safety assessment of substances used in food contact materials, including the introduction of a more comprehensive approach to estimate consumer exposure...

EFSA and its European partners have taken a major step forward in their work on assessing the cumulative risks from exposure to pesticides. A software tool has been developed for carrying out exposure...

Openness in science is not new, but society is demanding that science opens up more. Public bodies, consumers and other stakeholders want a voice in risk governance as a whole, from the beginning...

The session covered topics at the forefront of microbiological risk assessment, from ranking of microbiological risks to estimating the social and economic cost of diseases and uncertainty in risk...

EFSA has updated its advice for applicants seeking approval of health claims made on food products. As well as revising the general scientific guidance – which applies to health claims across the...

The opening session set the scene for the conference. What is the role of scientific advice for policy development in the context of societal decision-making? The four keynote speakers reflected on...

EFSA has replied to criticism of the EU assessment of glyphosate that was overseen by the Authority last year. Christopher Portier sent a letter to Vytenis Andriukaitis, the EU Commissioner for Health...

What is the future of education in food safety assessment? What are the current developments in training? Scientists from universities, research centres and education bodies shared their ideas on how...

EFSA is to update its assessments of the risks to bees posed by three neonicotinoid pesticides. The new evaluations of clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid were requested by the European...

Data collection and analysis are at the core of EFSA’s work. Every year EFSA receives millions of data records including, for instance, analytical records on pesticide residues and on contaminants in...