Ever since the European Food Safety Authority was founded 15 years ago, it has claimed to operate independently of its European Union funding sources, including the legislative and executive ...

Background EFSA is governed by a Management Board that comprises 15 members with a wide range of expertise related to the food chain but who do not represent a government, organisation or sector. Four ...

EU food standards are among the strictest in the world thanks to rigorous inspections and enforcement, says EU food safety agency director Bernhard Url, dismissing Donald Trump’s recent claims ...

The European Food Safety Authority has been officially inaugurated at its base in Parma, Italy.

The Lesser mealworm has been given a thumbs up by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to use for human consumption—with worries over food security, rising prices and mouths to feed, the ...

Colorful dyes, chemical preservatives, and other once-common additives are now banned in many parts of the world as we better ...

CARMEL, IN (May 8, 2017) - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) decision upholds years of research on sucralose - the sweetening ingredient in the original SPLENDA® Sweeteners - that shows ...

Impossible Foods Inc. has made it past the first hurdle in a protracted process to sell its plant-based burger in the European Union, the world’s biggest alternative-meat market.

The time and cost linked to EFSA's novel foods approval process has long been seen as a burden by many in the food industry.

The Générations Futures urges systematic PFAS screening across all food categories and stricter REACH regulations to reduce PFAS exposure in Europe.

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