The EFSA Pesticide Risk Assessment Peer Review (PRAPeR) Unit co-ordinates the peer review of active substances used in plant protection products in collaboration with Member States. In a new section...

EFSA has been asked by the European Commission for an update on the risks posed by sheep tissues to human health if BSE was present in sheep. BSE has not been found to naturally occur in sheep...

The Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (AFC) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published today three further opinions...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) provided an update today on its plans to assess possible risks associated with the consumption of goat meat...

EFSA’s Management Board took the opportunity of its meeting held on 16th December to reiterate the importance it places on the key principles of independence and transparency, especially with regard...

Following fruitful collaboration and consultation with stakeholders, the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded and...

The Scientific Expert Working Group on BSE/TSE of the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards published today a statement on the safety of goat milk and milk...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published today further scientific advice on allergenic ingredients and their derivatives in order to underpin future measures related to food labelling...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ Panel) published today an opinion relating to microbiological risks in infant and follow-on formulae. The...

Within the framework of Commission Regulation (EC) 1565/2000* the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is asked to evaluate flavouring substances in order to provide the European Commission with the...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) has published today a statement reaffirming the conclusions of its risk assessment adopted on...

The Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (AFC) published today an opinion on the safety of using parabens (additives E 214-219) in foods...

The Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published today an opinion relating to the presence of trans fatty acids (TFAs) in...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued today seven up-to-date scientific reports on the Geographical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Risk (GBR) assessments for Australia, Canada...

The Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued an opinion relating to the welfare aspects of stunning and killing for the main animal...

The Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published today two opinions related to the evaluation of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW Panel) published today an opinion relating to the welfare of animals during transport. The Panel...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Genetic Modified Organisms (GMO) has published today two opinions on genetically modified maize MON 863 and the maize hybrid MON 863xMON...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Genetic Modified Organisms (GMO) has published today an opinion relating to the utilisation of antibiotic resistance genes as marker...

Committed to the involvement of stakeholders in the risk assessment process, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and its Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) published today...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) has published today an opinion relating to the evaluation of allergenic foods for...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) published today an opinion regarding the possible risks to human health associated with the...

At its first open meeting held today in Dublin Castle, the European Food Safety Authority’s management Board considered the Authority’s 2005 Management Plan and further development of its scientific...

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) has published today an opinion on genetically modified (GM) oilseed rape GT73. The Panel has...

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Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds. Avian influenza viruses are rarely transmitted from birds to humans, and when this occurs, direct contact with infected live birds is the main source...

"These opinions have been requested as the first of a series of risk assessments of different GM plant varieties,” said Dr. Harry Kuiper, Chair of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified...

"The recommendations arose as a result of input received at a recent meeting with representatives of consumer and industrial organisations," said EFSA Management Board chairman, Stuart Slorach. "I am...

EFSA released today a risk assessment regarding semicarbazide (SEM) in food based on the most recent evidence made available to its scientific panel. This statement updates preliminary advice issued...

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientists have concluded that there is no new scientific evidence, in a recently submitted report, to justify the banning of certain GMOs in Upper Austria. EFSA...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has been informed by industry that scientific analysis indicates that semicarbazide (SEM) may have been found in some plastic sealing gaskets used in lids of...

The Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority, Geoffrey Podger, has given the green light to a landmark contract in the Authority’s scientific development. As part of an important...