EFSA recognises that the issue of animal cloning raises ethical, moral and other societal issues beyond its remit. EFSA therefore welcomes the publication of the opinion of the European Group on...

EFSA is launching a public consultation on its draft scientific opinion on the implications of animal cloning on food safety, animal health and welfare and the environment. The work follows a request...

EFSA has assessed the BSE/TSE related risk of bovine dried blood compounds if added as a protein supplement to feeds for farmed fish, a practice currently banned in the EU. EFSA’s Scientific Panel on...

EFSA has just issued the last in a series of three Scientific Opinions concerning the welfare of farmed pigs. The latest report focuses on the problem of tail-biting (a distressing form of abnormal...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have launched their yearly joint Community report on infectious diseases transmissible from...

EFSA’s Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) Panel has adopted a scientific opinion on the killing and skinning seals. EFSA’s independent scientific experts have looked objectively at the best available...

In September 2007 EFSA was asked to provide scientific advice to the European Commission and EU Member States on a study conducted by the University of Southampton and published in the scientific...

EFSA has just issued a summary report on its recent scientific colloquium on nutrient profiles, the conditions concerning the nutrient content of foods which will soon govern which foods are allowed...

EFSA’s Panel on biological hazards (BIOHAZ) has just issued scientific advice on the public health risks of consuming reptile meat from farmed reptiles. Trade in reptile meat is not harmonised by...

It is widely accepted that BSE [1] was most likely spread in cattle because they were given feed that contained BSE-contaminated animal proteins. With limited exceptions, the practice of feeding...

During 2005 EFSA received approximately 500 dossiers relating to nutrient substances added to food supplements and foods currently on the market in the European Union (EU). Under current EU...

At the request of the European Commission EFSA is assessing, from an animal welfare perspective, the scientific evidence about the different methods of killing and skinning seals. EFSA is looking...

Scientists at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have completed an initial consideration of new research commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency on food colours and hyperactivity in...

EFSA has been informed by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) about findings of researchers from Southampton University which suggest that a mixture of certain food colours and the preservative sodium...

The EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) has published a scientific opinion on Ambrosia spp, commonly known as ragweed. Two Member States (MS), Poland and Lithuania, asked the European Commission (EC) to...

EFSA has delivered advice on the technique for estimating acute dietary exposure to pesticide residues. This is an important factor in pesticide safety evaluations and is used by the Member States and...

Following public consultation, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has today published its final guidance to applicants on the submission of health claims for authorisation. During the...

EFSA was asked by the European Commission (EC) to assess any new scientific evidence that emerged since the last risk assessment in 2002[1] relating to the use of certain natural and synthetic growth...

The European Commission has asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a scientific opinion on the animal welfare aspects of methods for killing and skinning seals currently being used in EU...

The AFC Panel[1] of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted on the 5 th of July an opinion on the food colour Red 2G (E 128). The use of this colour which is only permitted in certain...

At the request of the European Commission (EC), EFSA has examined a paper by Séralini et al. on the statistical evaluation of a 90-day feeding study in animals with genetically modified maize MON 863...

EFSA is currently evaluating the safety of a number of smoke flavourings. These products are added to a range of foods and until recently were not subject to any authorisation process for use in...

The Animal Health and Welfare Panel (AHAW) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has produced an opinion on currently available avian influenza (AI) vaccines for poultry, such as chickens and...

EFSA has today published an opinion on the likelihood of BSE infectivity in specified risk materials (SRM)[1] from cattle at different age groups. SRMs are the tissues in cattle containing the highest...

EFSA has just delivered scientific advice on the risks posed by a plant pest commonly known as the peach fruit fly ( Bactrocera zonata), which Spanish authorities recently detected in consignments of...

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...