The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is setting up a new committee to further strengthen its role in reviewing the safety of active substances used in pesticides together with the European...

EFSA’s Panel on dietetic products, nutrition and allergies (NDA) has adopted its first series of opinions on claims referring to the reduction of disease risk, and children's development and health[1]...

EFSA’s NDA Panel has confirmed the safety of dried roasted noni leaves for making tea infusions at the expected intake levels. The tropical Morinda citrifolia or noni plant is classed as a novel food...

Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA has been working since 2007 on a comprehensive evaluation of flavouring substances currently in use in the European Union. Flavourings are...

EFSA’s NDA and GMO Panels have issued a joint opinion on the safety of ice structuring proteins (ISPs) for use in foods. ISPs are naturally produced by a variety of living organisms – including...

EFSA’s CONTAM Panel has adopted an opinion on suitable indicators for the occurrence and toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food. PAHs are chemical compounds that are primarily...

EFSA’s Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) has adopted an opinion on the role of food consumption and processing in human exposure to antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacteria, an emerging biological...

EFSA has today published its final scientific opinion on the implications of animal cloning on food safety, animal health and welfare and the environment. EFSA’s opinion follows a request from the...

EFSA’s Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR) today released an Opinion on approaches for assessing the impact of pesticides on birds and mammals. This Opinion provides a...

The European Commission asked the Animal Health and Welfare Panel (AHAW) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to deliver advice on bluetongue with specific reference to the overwintering of...

The European Food Safety Authority’s AFC Panel[1] has issued a further scientific opinion on a specific aspect of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), concerning its elimination from the body and how that...

Scientists at Europe’s food safety watchdog have addressed the impact of various farming systems on the welfare of Atlantic salmon. Experts of EFSA’s AHAW Panel[1] considered that the main factors...

Two environmentally-persistent chemical compounds – perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) – are being increasingly found in the environment, and the European Food Safety...

The Biological Hazards Panel (BIOHAZ) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published two opinions on the monitoring of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle in the first 15...

EFSA was asked by the European Commission for advice on the consumption of young sheep and goats from flocks affected by transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), such as scrapie. With the...

The Biological Hazards Panel (BIOHAZ) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked by the European Commission to deliver a scientific opinion on microbiological risk assessment in...

Scientists at Europe’s food safety watchdog have assessed the safety of aluminium from all sources in food and established a Tolerable Weekly Intake (TWI) of 1 milligram of aluminium per kilogram of...

Following a public consultation , EFSA’s Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (AFC) has today published guidelines for applicants for the...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a survey on Salmonella levels detected in slaughtered pigs across the European Union in 2006-2007. Salmonella was estimated on average to be...

EFSA’s Contaminants Panel (CONTAM) has assessed the risks and benefits to consumers from nitrates in vegetables and concluded that the beneficial effects of eating vegetables and fruit outweigh...

Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle Mr. Süth (Miklós), Chair (Árpád), distinguished guests, Introduction It gives me great pleasure to be here with you today in Budapest and I am very grateful to the Hungarian...

The European Food Safety Authority Plant Health (PLH) Panel has today published scientific advice on citrus plant pests and concluded that some of the organisms examined could pose a risk to the...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a survey on Salmonella levels detected on commercial turkey farms across the European Union in 2006-2007. The full range of Salmonella types...

EFSA’s NDA Panel carried out evaluations of new proposed uses of the red food colour lycopene in food supplements and as a food ingredient. The NDA Panel adopted two opinions on lycopene oleoresin...

EFSA has completed its consideration of 120 dossiers relating to nutrient sources in food supplements which were found not to be adequate for scientific assessment. In a statement adopted at its April...

The European Commission asked EFSA on 28 April to provide scientific advice on the sunflower oil contamination with mineral oil from the Ukraine that was dispatched to several European Union countries...

EFSA is aware of the draft U.S. NTP (National Toxicology Program) brief on bisphenol A and the Environment Canada draft screening assessment report and the Risk Management scope document. EFSA is also...

EFSA was asked to assess the safety of the red food colour lycopene from all food sources, considering both that contained naturally in fruit and vegetables and the use of lycopene as a food additive...

EFSA has carried out an assessment on whether there is any increased bacterial tolerance and resistance to antibiotics from the use of four antimicrobial substances used to decontaminate poultry...

The EFSA Plant Health Panel has adopted 15 scientific opinions on banana plant pests. Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA evaluated risks posed by banana pests to the French...

Scientists at Europe’s food safety watchdog have completed an assessment of a recent study[1] on the effect of two mixtures of certain food colours and the preservative sodium benzoate[2] on children...

EFSA’s AFC Panel[1] has issued an unfavourable opinion on vanadium containing compounds[2] which may be used in certain types of foods including food supplements[3]. The AFC Panel is currently...

The Nutrition (NDA)[1] Panel of Europe’s food safety watchdog delivered today scientific advice to assist the European Commission and Member States in defining nutrient profiles -- conditions...

The EFSA Panel on additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) is working on a systematic evaluation of the safety of flavouring substances currently in use in the...

EFSA was asked by the European Commission (EC) to assess the current European Union (EU) limits for various marine biotoxins in relation to human health and the methods of analysis used to detect...

Scientists at Europe’s food safety watchdog have updated advice on the risks in foods from listeria, a bacteria causing a food-borne disease which is on the increase. In an opinion published today...