In June 2024, EFSA’s Management Board approved a new Independence Policy, further strengthening the way in which the Authority manages the interests of its scientific experts and all professionals...

Cinco países europeos solicitaron a la EFSA que estableciera un nivel máximo de ingesta tolerable basado en la ciencia para los azúcares alimentarios de cualquier origen. Si bien no fue posible...

In June 2017, EFSA’s Management Board adopted a new Independence Policy, providing a framework for the management of the interests of its scientific experts.

This summary explains why nitrites and nitrates are present in food, and what EFSA’s experts concluded on their safety.

EFSA’s Panel on Animal Health and Welfare has examined issues surrounding the slaughter of pregnant farmed animals in the European Union.

This non-specialist summary provides an explanation of the main findings of EFSA’s Conclusion on glyphosate.

Acrylamide is a chemical that naturally forms in starchy food products during every-day high-temperature cooking.

Caffeine is a naturally occurring chemical compound found in plant constituents such as coffee and cocoa beans, tea leaves, and the kola nut.

EFSA’s experts estimated the exposure to BPA from dietary and non-dietary sources, and assessed the human health risks posed by exposure to BPA.

Antimicrobial resistance(AMR) is resistance of a bacterium to an antimicrobial to which it was previously sensitive.

With about 200,000 human cases every year, campylobacteriosis is the most frequently reported food-borne illness in the European Union (EU).

Escherichia coli is a bacterium that is found in the intestines of healthy humans and animals, as part of the normal bacterial flora. However, some E. coli strains can cause diseases.