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Monday, July 23, 2018 - 14:46
EFSA has updated its risk assessment of opium alkaloids in poppy seeds, which confirms many of its previous findings, including the amount of these substances that can be consumed safely. The latest...
Monday, July 23, 2018 - 14:46
New research published by the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) shows that chicken remains the biggest source of campylobacter in Scotland.
FSS commissioned the University of Aberdeen to compare clinical...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 14:36
EFSA is introducing a more harmonised and transparent way of accounting for the limitations in scientific knowledge– the “uncertainties” – in their scientific assessment. Its aim is to help different...
Monday, July 23, 2018 - 14:47
EFSA has published its analysis of food data collected following the widespread detection of fipronil in eggs in summer 2017.
Member States submitted to EFSA the results of more than 5,000 samples of...
Monday, July 23, 2018 - 14:42
The Chair of the Food Standards Agency, Heather Hancock, is inviting applications to fill the post of Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of the Food (ACMSF).
The ACMSF is...
Friday, June 8, 2018 - 13:51
EFFoST is welcoming oral and poster abstract submissions for the 32nd EFFoST International Conference that will take place from 6-8 November 2018 in Nantes, France. The theme of this year’s...
Monday, July 23, 2018 - 14:47
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published a report from its Scientific Committee which evaluates the consumption of fluoride from the Irish diet.
The document entitled Total Diet...
Monday, July 23, 2018 - 14:48
EFSA has published a new release of its Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database, which for the first time includes data collected under EFSA’s EU Menu project.
The database plays a key role...
Friday, June 8, 2018 - 13:54
We have started a new project on food risk management systems with the aim to produce a leadership paper outlining the critical elements of a risk management system that the food industry, as a whole...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 14:34
EFSA has assessed the safety of green tea catechins from dietary sources, following concerns regarding their possible harmful effects on the liver. The Authority concluded that catechins from green...