EFSA evaluates the safety of genetically modified (GM) plants.

Contaminant levels in food and feed are usually too low to harm consumers and animals but they can cause effects such as food poisoning.

The EU Food Safety system improves the quality and safety of meat and meat products for consumers and protects animals from unnecessary suffering.

EFSA awards grants to competent organisations designated by Member States. Check out the available grants listed below.

Crops that have been treated with pesticides may contain chemical residues. To ensure that pesticides are used correctly, legal limits are set in EU legislation.

EFSA asked consumers in 12 EU countries about their perception of the risks posed to human health from AMR in food-producing animals.

Listeria is a family of bacteria that contains ten species. One of them causes the disease listeriosis and there was a total of 2 536 cases in 2016.

A Hazard is something that has the potential to harm you. Risk is the likelihood of a hazard causing harm.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) refers to the ability of microorganisms to withstand antimicrobial treatments. How do EFSA and the EU fight AMR?

Before a pesticide can be authorised for use in the EU, the safety of its active substance must be assessed.

Vectors can carry diseases that can affect both animals and humans. Such diseases are called vector-borne diseases

Methods for evidence use in scientific assessment.