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'EFSA’s Role in the European Food Safety System: Achievements and Challenges' - Budapest
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Mr. Süth (Miklós), Chair (Árpád), distinguished guests, Introduction It gives me great pleasure to be here with you today in Budapest and I am very grateful to the Hungarian...
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EFSA gives advice on citrus pests in French overseas departments
The European Food Safety Authority Plant Health (PLH) Panel has today published scientific advice on citrus plant pests and concluded that some of the organisms examined could pose a risk to the...
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EFSA publishes EU-wide survey on Salmonella levels in turkeys
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a survey on Salmonella levels detected on commercial turkey farms across the European Union in 2006-2007. The full range of Salmonella types...
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EFSA evaluates new proposed uses of the red food colour lycopene
EFSA’s NDA Panel carried out evaluations of new proposed uses of the red food colour lycopene in food supplements and as a food ingredient. The NDA Panel adopted two opinions on lycopene oleoresin...
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Further update on EFSA’s work on the evaluation of nutrient sources in food supplements
EFSA has completed its consideration of 120 dossiers relating to nutrient sources in food supplements which were found not to be adequate for scientific assessment. In a statement adopted at its April...
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Sunflower oil: contamination with mineral oil from Ukraine - Update
The European Commission asked EFSA on 28 April to provide scientific advice on the sunflower oil contamination with mineral oil from the Ukraine that was dispatched to several European Union countries...