EU member states have backed a proposal to ban Bisphenol A (BPA) in food and drink packaging, to protect the health of citizens and ensure “the highest food safety standards,” the European Commission said on 12 June.
The spread of H5NI, otherwise known as bird flu, in cattle and mammals in the United States, has raised concerns among European stakeholders, but the European Union says they are well prepared.
The European Commission vindicated the scientific robustness of the new legislation on new genetic techniques bred-plants at a hearing before the European Parliament's Environment Committee on Tuesday (9 April), countering the critical remarks of French food agency Anses.
A Delegated Regulation is threatening the EU fish processing industry and consumers. To avert foreseen risks, the Polish Association of Fish Processors urges MEPs to reject it at the plenary session of 10-11 April and call for consultation with EFSA.
The management board of the EU’s food authority EFSA is ‘not satisfied’ with the outcome of the recruitment process for a new chief executive and will ask the European Commission to ‘relaunch’ it, the board’s chairman said in a statement on Thursday (29 February).
A new Delegated Regulation jeopardises the fish processing industry. To avert risks to food safety, quality, and industry competitiveness, Polish and Danish fish processing associations urge European policymakers to reject it, calling for prior consultation with EFSA.
The European Commission has proposed to renew the approval of glyphosate - a common and contentious herbicide - for a period of 10 years, with a number of restrictions.
The agriculture ministers of Spain and Germany have opposite views on what the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) recent verdict on glyphosate should mean for the decision on re-approving the contentious herbicide.
Agrochemical giants Bayer and Syngenta are in breach of legal obligations for withholding information on the brain toxicity risk of pesticides, the European Commission said on Tuesday (18 July).
In its long-awaited verdict on the risk posed by the divisive herbicide glyphosate, EU food safety authority EFSA has found 'no critical areas of concern,' although it said data gaps did not allow conclusions on certain aspects.
A growing ‘change of philosophy’ in animal welfare is studying how to promote positive indicators - such as satisfaction - instead of simply preventing animals from having negative experiences, according to expert Antonio Velarde.
A powder made of yellow mealworms could be the next insect-based foodstuff to hit EU supermarket shelves after winning the approval of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) who concluded it raised ‘no safety concerns’.
The current regulatory brain-teaser on the use of the 'probiotics' term in the EU can only be solved at the political level with an initiative by the European Commission pushed by lawmakers, according to Italian professor Lorenzo Morelli.
A new opinion from the EU food safety agency (EFSA) has found 10 nitrosamine substances, found in many processed foods, to be carcinogenic, concluding current exposure levels are a ‘health concern’ for all ages.
Avian influenza outbreaks will increase in the poultry sector along with occasional infections in mammals, but this poses minimal risk for humans, concludes a new report by scientific EU agencies.
The use of cages, the practice of mutilation and feed restriction should be avoided for the welfare of farmed broiler chickens and laying hens, according to new scientific opinions from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
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While the European market for food with beneficial live bacteria known as probiotics is particularly 'alive', the EU regulatory framework on the topic is stuck in 2006 blocking the potential of the sector. Requests to the European Commission for overcoming the …
Latest developments on the ‘probiotics’ term saga suggest that the time is ripe for overcoming the current regulatory framework which, for more than 15 years, has hindered the EU probiotics sector from flourishing as well as restricting consumer information.
Member states once again blocked the Commission's proposal to extend the marketing authorisation of the herbicide glyphosate for another year, but the EU executive is set to still approve an interim renewal before mid-December.
Several member states blocked the temporary extension of the EU approval of the controversial pesticide glyphosate for one more year on Friday (14 October) after it failed to reach the necessary majority.
The two European agencies in charge of the risk assessment on glyphosate have defended their approach to evaluating whether the herbicide is safe for re-approval in the EU against criticism from environment lawmakers.
The EU marketing authorisation of cannabidiol oil (CBD) as novel food has been put on hold by the EU's food safety agency (EFSA) as more data on the effect of this lighter chemical compound extracted from hemp plants on human health is needed.
It is "not justified" to conclude that the herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, an expert committee inside the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has said, invoking widespread criticism from health and environmental campaigners.
A case of EFSA’s maladministration has disadvantaged the public consultation phase concerning the ongoing restriction procedure on lead in ammunition and it risks undermining the resulting legal framework with unreliable data.
