Highlights
Data visualization
La EFSA en breve
La EFSA de un vistazo: consulte la nueva herramienta interactiva de la #EFSA
Data visualization
DRV finder (updated with new tolerable upper intake levels in November 2024)
The Dietary Reference Values tool gives quick and easy access to EFSA's DRVs for nutrients and allows you to easily find values needed to make nutrition recommendations.
Podcast
Episode 22 – Fighting Xylella, the silent plant killer
Xylella is a ruthless killer. Millions of Italian olive trees are dead. Will the bacterium spread further and to other plants? Join us to find out how scientists are fighting back!
Infographic
EFSA’s Climate Suitability Analysis for New and Emerging Plant Pests and Diseases
Keeping plant pests out by profiling geographical areas at risk When new plant pests like insects, fungi, bacteria and viruses arrive in Europe they threaten our local plants and our biodiversity...
News
Nuevos alimentos: cómo afectan las directrices actualizadas de la EFSA a las evaluaciones de seguridad
Ermolaos Ververis, scientific officer in EFSA’s Nutrition and Food innovation Unit, walks us through the recent updates to the guidance for novel food applications.
News
Extended Deadline: European Commission call for EFSA’s next Executive Director
The European Commission (EC) has extended the deadline for its call for the next Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Eligible candidates are invited to apply by 11 October...
Podcast
Episode 21 – Purrfect nutrition: What's on our animals' menus?
We love our pets. But how well do we understand their diets? What role do additives play in their feed? Come explore what’s on our animal’s menus and why this matters!
News
EFSA identifies 12 bark and ambrosia beetle species posing high risk to EU plant health
The beetles, which attack broadleaved trees, are currently absent or not yet widespread in the EU.
News
Nanotechnology – promoting uses of new assessment methods
A new report by EFSA’s partners in the NAMs4NANO project proposes a system for promoting New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to assess the potential food safety risks of nanoparticles.
News
European Commission launches call for EFSA’s next Executive Director
The European Commission (EC) has launched a call for the next Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Eligible candidates are invited to apply by 27 September 2024.
Infographic
Risk assessment of plant commodities in the EU
Find out more about the step-by-step process of risk assessment of imported plant commodities in the EU and EFSA's role.
News
Las bacterias Vibrio en los mariscos: mayor riesgo debido al cambio climático y a la resistencia a los antimicrobianos
Esta es la conclusión del dictamen de la EFSA sobre los aspectos de salud pública de Vibrio spp. relacionados con el consumo de mariscos en la UE.
News
EFSA launches new webtool to calculate dietary exposure to food enzymes
The Food Enzyme Intake Model (FEIM) webtool support industry operators and consumers estimate exposure to food enzymes.
Podcast
Episode 20 – Fowl threat: is avian flu going viral?
Could avian flu be the next pandemic? Can we stop it spreading? Will vaccination help? Join us to investigate why avian flu is making headlines and what we can do about it.
News
Gripe aviar: si bien los casos disminuyen en Europa, se recomienda no bajar la guardia en vista de la próxima temporada
Europa ha registrado el menor número de casos de gripe aviar de alta patogenicidad (GAAP) en aves de corral y aves silvestres desde 2019/2020 y el riesgo para el público en general sigue siendo bajo.
News
EFSA recruits leading scientists to panels for 5-year term
On 1 July 2024, 180 leading experts joined the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) scientific panels for a new 5-year term. EFSA’s experts provide independent scientific advice to protect EU...
News
El sacrificio de ovejas y cabras en las explotaciones ganaderas: problemas de bienestar identificados
Si no se aturden eficazmente, los pequeños rumiantes, como las ovejas y las cabras, pueden experimentar dolor intenso y miedo durante su sacrificio. Se pueden introducir mejoras en este procedimiento...
News
EFSA updates Independence Policy
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has updated its Independence Policy, further strengthening the measures it has in place to manage the interests of the scientific experts and professionals...
Factsheet
EFSA's Independence Policy
In June 2024, EFSA’s Management Board approved a new Independence Policy, further strengthening the way in which the Authority manages the interests of its scientific experts and all professionals...
News
Prepare for the unexpected - EFSA marks World Food Safety Day 2024
This year’s World Food Safety Day focuses on food incidents and on the crucial need for preparedness for unexpected events. EFSA is marking the day by releasing new material also in the framework of...
Podcast
Episode 19 - Prepared for the unexpected
Food safety incidents can always happen. Join us to learn about the teams in place that respond to food safety incidents and how we stay prepared for the unexpected.
News
Peste porcina africana: aumento significativo en los cerdos en la UE en 2023
En 2023, 14 Estados miembros se vieron afectados por la peste porcina africana (PPA), lo que supuso multiplicar por cinco los brotes en cerdos domésticos en comparación con el año anterior. Estas son...
Podcast
Episode 18 - Celiac disease: living without gluten
Why do some people have to avoid gluten? Could we eradicate allergies? Discover the complex world of our guts and how new research is transforming what we know.
Campaign
#PlantHealth4Life
A broad coalition of partners from across Europe have joined forces to launch today the second year of the #PlantHealth4Life campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the deep links between plant...
News
Vuelve la campaña #PlantHealth4Life, ¡más grande y mejor! Europa se une para apoyar la sanidad de las plantas, la biodiversidad y la economía
Una amplia coalición de socios de toda Europa ha unido sus fuerzas para poner en marcha hoy el segundo año de la campaña #PlantHealth4Life, cuyo objetivo es concienciar sobre los profundos vínculos...
News
Bernhard Url appointed as EFSA Acting Executive Director
The Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has appointed Dr. Bernhard Url as the Authority’s Acting Executive Director, effective from 1 June 2024. The appointment, which was...
Campaign
Safe2Eat
#Safe2EatEU aims to help you discover more about food safety in Europe and how you can make well-informed decisions about what food to buy, eat and enjoy safely and healthily every day.
News
One Health: a joint framework for action published by five EU agencies
Today, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the European Environment Agency (EEA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and the...
News
Campaña «Safe2Eat» 2024: capacitar a los consumidores de toda Europa
De «EUChooseSafeFood» a «Safe2Eat»: la EFSA y sus socios de los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea vuelven con un compromiso renovado y una mayor participación en toda Europa.
Podcast
Episode 17 - A life leading on food safety
Is food better today? Could new technologies change the way we eat? What lessons did we learn for food safety from the pandemic? Hear from one of one of the EU's leading figures on food safety!
News
Residuos de plaguicidas en los alimentos: últimas cifras publicadas
Ya está disponible el último informe de la EFSA sobre los residuos de plaguicidas en los alimentos en la Unión Europea. Ofrece una visión de los niveles de residuos encontrados en una selección de...
News
Muchos peces de piscifactoría están exentos de parásitos, pero se necesitan más datos
Muchos de los peces más habitualmente criados y consumidos en la UE/AELC no muestran indicios de parásitos que puedan infectar a los seres humanos. Sin embargo, se han detectado parásitos en algunas...
News
Gripe aviar: la vigilancia posvacunación, clave para la circulación segura de las aves
La vigilancia posvacunación es fundamental para detectar rápidamente los brotes de gripe aviar, demostrar la ausencia de la enfermedad y permitir así la circulación segura de las aves.
News
Horizon scanning in plant health: EFSA and ANSES organise first international workshop
EFSA and ANSES brought together global expertise to foster collaboration and shape the future of horizon scanning.
News
Gripe aviar: la vigilancia con el enfoque de «Una sola salud» es clave para prevenir la evolución del virus
Un nuevo informe de la EFSA y el ECDC evalúa los factores de riesgo que podrían determinar la evolución del virus de la gripe aviar y las posibles medidas de mitigación.