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Stakeholders and interested parties can register to attend a follow-up meeting to discuss comments received during the public consultation on EFSA’s draft scientific opinion on acrylamide in food. The...

EFSA has published scientific opinions on dietary reference values (DRVs) for zinc, selenium and chromium. The opinions were all made available for public consultation before being finalised. They are...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) presents further details on how to design and conduct a 90-day feeding study as part of an application to place a genetically modified organism on the market...

Environmental factors (such as heavy rainfall), the use of contaminated water for irrigation or contaminated equipment are among the factors that cause contamination of melons with Salmonella and...

EFSA has coordinated an investigation to trace food items connected with a multinational outbreak of hepatitis A. Since January 2013, more than 1,440 hepatitis A cases have been reported in 12...

The 38 human cases of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium detected recently in six Member States are likely to be part of the same cluster, a joint EFSA/ECDC report has found. Based on limited available...

EFSA has published the full text of its first food enzyme evaluations following an agreement on business information between the European Commission and the enzyme producer. Summaries of the first...

Outbreaks and sporadic cases of Salmonella Enteritidis in Austria, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as one case reported in Luxembourg, appear to be linked by the time of symptom onset...

EFSA has evaluated the requirements for the design of surveillance activities for food-borne pathogens in animals, feed and food when molecular typing methods are applied. Experts have also reviewed...

Extending the storage time of eggs at home or at retail would increase Salmonella food poisoning risks, says EFSA’s latest scientific opinion on public health risks from eggs. Experts focussed on the...

The time between slaughter and mincing of meat can be extended without causing additional growth of pathogenic bacteria provided that the permitted storage temperatures are lowered. This is the main...

Over the last ten years Classical scrapie in sheep has decreased in countries where breeding programmes for resistance were effectively implemented, say EFSA experts. EFSA has assessed the state of...