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EU experts agree on criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals in pesticides
12 Jul 2017
Experts from the 28 EU member states approved on Tuesday (4 July) a proposed list of criteria to identify endocrine disruptors in plant protection products – a move presented by...
Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Hormone
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Des experts européens ont sous-estimé des études sur les dangers du glyphosate
31 May 2017
Des études qui mettent en évidence le lien entre plusieurs cas de cancer et le glyphosate ont été sous-estimées par les agences d’expertise européennes. C’est ce que rév...
Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, Food Safety, Glyphosate
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Cancer warning over posh crisps as study shows they contain three times recommended levels of acrylamide
06 Apr 2017
Eating crisps could cause cancer, a study by government-backed scientists has found, as they contain high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen. Tests conducted by Fera Science ...
Tags: Acrylamide, Babies, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety
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Fifteen percent of Brussels’ friteries surveyed selling potato fries with high levels of known carcinogen
27 Feb 2017
A snapshot survey of potato fries sold in twenty Brussels friteries has discovered three samples with levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, above the EU benchmark. A joint inve...
Tags: Acrylamide, Brussels, Consumers, EFSA, EU, European Parliament
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Un cancérogène détecté à “un niveau supérieur” dans des biscuits Nestlé pour bébés: L’entreprise réagit
21 Feb 2017
De l’acrylamide, une substance cancérogène, a été retrouvée à un niveau supérieur aux indications européennes dans des biscuits pour bébés de marque Nestlé vendus ...
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Baby biscuits with high levels of known carcinogen found on sale in France
20 Feb 2017
A snapshot survey of a range of biscuits and rusks for babies and infants on sale in France shows that products with high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, continue to be p...
Tags: Acrylamide, Consumers, EFSA, EU, France
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Commission to set maximum acrylamide levels in ready-to-eat foods
10 Feb 2017
The European Commission plans to set maximum levels for acrylamide in ready-to-eat foods such as baby foods, crisps and breakfast cereals. Read the full article on BakeryAndSnacks ...
Tags: Acrylamide, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, MEP
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Bisphenol A: new immune system evidence useful but limited
14 Oct 2016
New data confirm EFSA’s previous conclusion that bisphenol A (BPA) might affect the immune system in animals, but the evidence is too limited to draw any conclusions for human he...
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Politico: Food activists attack new EU rules on cancer-causing chemical
29 Sep 2016
Newly proposed EU rules on an obscure carcinogen found in everything from chips to coffee have sparked a battle between health campaigners and lobbyists representing companies such...
Tags: Acrylamide, EFSA, European Commission
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EFSA: Chemical mixtures – debating the issues
15 Jun 2016
Researchers, scientists, stakeholders and policymakers from around the world gathered recently to discuss issues surrounding the risk assessment of chemical mixtures in Europe. Rea...
Tags: EFSA
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Food safety watchdog won’t discuss funding shortfall with Health Commissioner
27 Apr 2016
The EU’s food safety watchdog faces a funding shortfall over the next five years but will not discuss the issue with Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis when he visits its P...
Tags: EFSA, European Commission
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EFSA wants to review the chemical BPA, again
27 Apr 2016
A new report on the chemical compound Bisphenol A (BPA) has forced the EFSA, the EU’s food safety watchdog, to review the effects of the chemical on human health once more. Read ...
Tags: BPA, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors
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Draft guidance on applications for novel foods and traditional foods from third countries: public consultation and stakeholder meeting
19 Feb 2016
EFSA has launched a public consultation on two draft guidance documents in the area of novel foods. EFSA developed the documents following the adoption in November 2015 of the EU R...
Tags: EFSA, Novel foods
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EFSA: Food contact materials – building on scientific developments
28 Jan 2016
EFSA’s experts recommend refining the safety assessment of substances used in food contact materials, including the introduction of a more comprehensive approach to estimate cons...
Tags: EFSA, Food Safety
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EFSA: Pesticides – breakthrough on cumulative risk assessment
27 Jan 2016
EFSA and its European partners have taken a major step forward in their work on assessing the cumulative risks from exposure to pesticides. A software tool has been developed for c...
Tags: EFSA, Pesticides
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EU food safety watchdog hits back at scientists in glyphosate spat
13 Jan 2016
The head of Europe’s food safety watchdog has written to a group of nearly 100 senior scientists strongly rejecting their criticisms in an ongoing row about the safety of wee...
Tags: EFSA, Glyphosate
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Glyphosate: EFSA responds to critics
13 Jan 2016
EFSA has replied to criticism of the EU assessment of glyphosate that was overseen by the Authority last year. Read their reply here....
Tags: EFSA, Glyphosate
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EU scientists advise higher safety limits on glyphosate weedkiller
12 Nov 2015
Glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer in humans, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which proposed higher limits on Thursday (12 November) on the amount of re...
Tags: EFSA, Glyphosate
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New experts join EFSA’s Scientific Committee and Panels
08 Jun 2015
EFSA has renewed the memberships of eight of its scientific Panels and its Scientific Committee, boosting its scientific excellence with a new intake of experts. The 167 scientists...
Tags: EFSA
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EFSA: Acrylamide in food is a public health concern
05 Jun 2015
Following a comprehensive review, EFSA has published its scientific opinion on acrylamide in food. Experts from EFSA’s Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) have recon...
Tags: Acrylamide, EFSA
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EFSA: Chemicals in Food – Establishing safe levels
17 Apr 2015
Video by EFSA: Our bodies, our environment and our food are all made up of chemicals. Most of the chemicals in food are harmless or even beneficial such nutrients like proteins, fa...
Tags: EFSA
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EFSA: Over 97% of foods in EU contain pesticide residues within legal limits
12 Mar 2015
More than 97% of food samples evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) contain pesticide residue levels that fall within legal limits, with just under 55% of samples ...
Tags: EFSA, Food Safety, Pesticides
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SAFE concerned about EFSA decision on Bisphenol A
21 Jan 2015
From today’s press release by the European Food Safety Authority: “EFSA’s comprehensive re-evaluation of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and toxicity concludes that BPA po...
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Without correct and complete labelling there is no choice!
14 Nov 2014
On the 11 of November 2014, the Italian Presidency of the EU organized in the European Parliament in Brussels a conference titled “Food safety and quality towards Expo 2015”. S...
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Meeting on the outcome of the public consultation on “Acrylamide in Food”
25 Oct 2014
When: 10 December 2014 Where: Brussels More: Here In line with EFSA’s policy on openness and transparency, on 1 July 2014 EFSA launched an open consultation on the draft scientif...
Tags: Acrylamide, EFSA, Event
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Threshold of Toxicological Concern – EFSA meets stakeholders
23 Oct 2014
When: 2 December 2014 Where: Brussels More: Here The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have embarked on a project to review the science ...