Efsa

Why is EFSA yet to receive a novel food dossier on cell-based meat?

31-Oct-2022 By Flora Southey

Why, when cultivated meat is already on menus in Singapore, has not one cell-based meat maker even submitted a novel food dossier in Europe or the UK?

Spreading coronavirus: ‘There have been no reports of transmission through food’

12-Mar-2020 By Flora Southey

EFSA says there is no evidence that food is a likely source of transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

EFSA to consider limits for kaurenoic acid in stevia

12-Jul-2018 By Niamh Michail

EFSA may recommend limits for the impurity kaurenoic acid in stevia but suppliers have played down safety fears.

Glyphosate opinion: EFSA says new data disclosure allows closer scrutiny

29-Sep-2016 By Jane Byrne

EFSA is to release the raw data used in the recent EU safety evaluation of glyphosate, saying the move is part of its commitment to open risk assessment.

Volcanic ash could pose a threat to food safety

22-Apr-2010 By Guy Montague-Jones

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is investigating potential food safety risks emerging from the volcanic eruption in Iceland.

Illegal dioxin levels found in 8 per cent of foods

02-Apr-2010 By Rory Harrington

Excessive levels of dioxins were detected in eight per cent of thousands of foods sampled over a nine-year period, said EFSA. But the food safety watchdog has challenged the significance of its own findings.