Food Safety Watch

The authors of the accepted abstracts for the One – Health, Environment, Society - Conference 2022 will present their work/research in a  video contest hosted on YouTube. The prize for the winners is a trip to Brussels to deliver a live pitch at the conference...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has re-evaluated the risks of bisphenol A (BPA) in food and proposes to considerably lower the tolerable daily intake (TDI) compared to its previous assessment in 2015. EFSA’s conclusions on BPA are explained in a draft...

Campylobacteriosis was the most reported zoonosis in the EU in 2020, with 120,946 cases compared to more than 220,000 the previous year. It was followed by salmonellosis, which affected 52,702 people compared to 88,000 in 2019. The number of reported foodborne...

The parallel consultations on glyphosate held by EFSA and ECHA closed on 22 November 2021. During the two-month consultation, all interested parties had access to the scientific evaluations prepared by the national competent authorities of Hungary, France, the...

EFSA has completed its assessments of emergency authorisations granted by 11 EU Member States for the use of neonicotinoid-based insecticides on sugar beet in 2020 and 2021. The assessments cover 17 emergency authorisations for plant protection products containing...

Nutritionists and other experts can help EFSA finalise scientific advice that will support decision-makers develop a future EU-wide system for front-of-pack nutrition labelling. The advice will also inform conditions for restricting nutrition and health claims on...

EFSA has launched consultations on its draft opinion on the identification and prioritisation for risk assessment of plasticisers used in food contact materials and on its draft protocol for the exposure assessment of those substances that are prioritised. The...

EFSA has begun work on a new assessment looking at the risk of antimicrobial resistant bacteria spreading during animal transport. The assessment, which was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), will...

EFSA has updated its scientific guidance on the submission of food enzyme dossiers for safety evaluation. The new document, which updates EFSA’s previous guidance published in 2009, takes into consideration recent scientific developments in various areas of risk...

Five European countries have reported salmonellosis infections linked to the consumption of sesame-based products such as tahini and halva imported from Syria. Up to 121 people have been affected since January 2019 in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and...