The EFSA Strategy 2027 captures how far EFSA has come over the last 20 years. Not only does it confirm our commitment to a One Health approach for our risk assessments, protecting consumers, animals...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases recorded in Europe among poultry and water birds have risen since the summer according to the latest report by EFSA, the ECDC and the EURL.

In 2021 there was an overall increase in reported cases of zoonotic diseases and foodborne outbreaks compared to the previous year, but levels are still well below those of the pre-pandemic years...

Europe’s national food authorities have called for continuous R&I investment in generating the scientific knowledge needed for risk assessment. This will ensure that providing healthy nutrition and...

The outcomes of the ONE - Health, Environment & Society – Conference 2022 have been published in an international peer-reviewed journal and an editorial was published in the EFSA Journal laying out...

EFSA today published its scientific protocol for the hazard assessment of plasticiser substances used in food contact materials (FCMs), setting out the principles for how the work will be carried out.

Dietary intakes of sulfites could be a safety concern for high consumers.

EFSA website now available in all the 24 official languages of the European Union.

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Minimising transport duration and thoroughly cleaning vehicles and equipment used are some of the measures considered effective in reducing the transmission of resistant bacteria during animal...

Our advice aims to support the European Commission’s ongoing policy initiative on plants produced by targeted mutagenesis, cisgenesis and intragenesis. Don’t miss our info session scheduled on 12...

Nitrosamines (or more formally N-Nitrosamines) are chemical compounds that can form in food as a result of food preparation and processing. They have been found in several types of foodstuffs such as...