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EFSA Plant Health Panel evaluates study on citrus canker disease
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...
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Aflatoxins in food: EFSA assesses new proposed maximum levels for almonds, hazelnuts and pistachios and advises the European Commission
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...
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EFSA Opinion on the risk of rabies introduction into the UK, Ireland, Sweden and Malta as a consequence of abandoning serological tests measuring protective antibodies to rabies
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...
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Scientific update on TSE risks of feeding ruminants with fishmeal
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...
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EFSA re-evaluates safety of bisphenol A and sets Tolerable Daily Intake
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...
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Campylobacteriosis overtakes salmonellosis as the most reported animal infection transmitted to humans in the EU
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...
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Food colours: call for data to support re-evaluation
Today EFSA launched a call for data on food colours as part of a systematic re-evaluation of all authorised food additives in the EU. EFSA has been asked by the European Commission to do this work in...
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EFSA animal health and welfare recommendations on the import of wild birds
The Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recommended that the need to continue the import of wild birds into the European Union (EU) should be...
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EFSA recommendations on the prevention and reduction of animal diseases transmissible to humans (zoonoses)
At the end of last year the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its first annual report[1] on infectious diseases transmissible from animals to humans (zoonoses) which affect over 380,000...
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EFSA completes 2nd stage of EU-wide pesticides peer review process
EFSA has completed its work on the 2nd stage of the EU-wide peer review of active substances used in plant protection products (commonly referred to as pesticides) , and issued conclusions on 50...
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'Enhancement of the exchange of scientific information amongst the Advisory Forum Members and EFSA', 18th Meeting of the EFSA Advisory Forum, Berne
Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that I am here in Berne today at the kind invitation of the Swiss Authorities in my new capacity as the Executive Director of EFSA...
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EFSA's GMO Panel provides reply to European Commission request on GM rice LLRICE601
The GMO Panel has evaluated the available scientific data on LLRICE601. According to the Statement of the Panel issued today there is insufficient data to provide a full risk assessment in accordance...