European Food Safety Authority

EFSA slam Monsanto GM cancer study as scientifically unsound

EFSA slams GM cancer study as not ‘scientifically sound’

By Nathan Gray

The European Food Safety Authority says recent research linking Monsanto’s herbicide and genetically modified maize to an increased risk of cancer and premature death is of ‘insufficient scientific quality to be considered valid.’

EFSA opinion on modifying existing MRL for pyridate in celery leaves

EFSA approves increased levels of herbicide

By Joe Whitworth

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved an application to modify the existing maximum residue level (MRL) for pyridate in celery leaves (dill leaves).

EFSA role vindicated by auditor

EFSA role vindicated by auditor

By Nicholas Robinson

Successful provision of risk assessment in the food and feed industries after a decade has proven the usefulness of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), said Ernst & Young.

Food ingredients firms resist rising costs - Euromonitor

Food ingredients firms resist rising costs - Euromonitor

By Rod Addy

Food ingredients firms are resisting the impact of rising costs by switching to less expensive options and delivering added value products, solutions and blends to customers, according to Euromonitor International.

EFSA sets autumn deadline to deliver low-dose hypothesis verdict

EFSA sets autumn deadline to deliver low-dose hypothesis verdict

By Mark Astley

A two-day summit on the potential health hazards from low levels of chemicals in food and packaging has pushed the debate forward – although major questions remain unanswered, said event hosts the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

EFSA to consider non-dietary exposure in bisphenol A data call

EFSA to consider non-dietary exposure in bisphenol A data call

By Rory Harrington

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is inviting a host of stakeholders – including packaging companies and food businesses - to submit data on migration of Bisphenol A (BPA) from packaging and levels of the chemicals in food and beverages.

Current EU meat inspection measures do not address human health risks - EFSA

DISPATCHES FROM ANUGA FOODTEC 2012

Current EU meat inspection measures do not address human health risks - EFSA

By Rory Harrington

Speaking at the FoodProductionDaily.com Meat Technology Conference at Anuga FoodTec 2012 in Cologne, Dr Marta Hugas, the head of biological hazards at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), highlighted the urgent need for modernisation in European...

Mooted PARNUTs revisions have been welcomed

PARNUTS revision

Industry backs vote to amend PARNUTs framework

By Kacey Culliney

European industry and consumer groups have broadly backed draft amendments to the much-debated specialised foods Directive known as PARNUTs.

EFSA to publish report on Schmallenberg

EFSA to publish report on Schmallenberg

By Melodie Michel

The European Commission has asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to provide a scientific assessment of the risks related to the Schmallenberg virus.

Watchdog rules against EFSA

EU ombudsman finds against EFSA in 'conflict of interest' case

By Jane Byrne

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is failing to ensure transparency in how it carries out its duties, claims a German non-for-profit group, after the European Ombudsman ruled in its favour over a complaint it filed against the Parma-based agency.

Hear this: Defining and communicating food risk is far from clear-cut

Special edition: Risk communication

Communicating when the data are not clear-cut

By Shane Starling

In the first part of this special on risk communication, FoodNavigator looks at the often highly contradictory and inconclusive data that can surround a single ingredient or food, and how that information is best relayed to the public.

Clement-Jones: Value for money

Peer probes FSA aspartame study as costs double

By Elaine Watson

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Clement-Jones has called on the Department of Health to explain how spending £322,000 of taxpayers' money on a study addressing consumer concerns over aspartame represents value for money at a time when budgets are so stretched.

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