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EFSA to prepare a scientific opinion on the animal welfare aspects of killing and skinning seals
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...
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EFSA re-evaluates safety of food colours and adopts first opinion: Food colour Red 2G raises potential safety concerns
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...
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EFSA reaffirms its risk assessment of genetically modified maize MON 863
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...
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EFSA statement on EFSA’s risk assessment of smoke flavouring Primary Product FF-B
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...
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EFSA opinion on avian influenza vaccines in domestic poultry
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...
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EFSA opinion on the likelihood of BSE infectivity in specified risk material from cattle at different age groups
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...
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EFSA advises on harmful fruit fly found in imports from Egypt
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...
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EFSA GMO Panel reconfirms that the use of the nptII gene as a selectable marker in GM plants does not pose a risk to human or animal health or the environment
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)...
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EFSA publishes EU-wide survey on Salmonella levels in broiler meat flocks
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...
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EFSA delivers advice on data requirements for pesticides evaluations
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...
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EFSA evaluates proposed temporary EU Maximum Residue Levels
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...
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EFSA statement on the recent CRIIGEN publication on MON 863 maize
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...