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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Hormone, Antibiotic Residues in Animals StabilisedEU - Based on 736,806 analytical results collected by Member States, the European Commission has published a report which concludes that for the reporting period 2010, only 0.33 per cent of the total number...
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Resistance to Antimicrobials Remains UnchangedEU - Based on data collected from EU Member States for 2010, a report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), shows that resistance...
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Salmonella Cases Down - Campylobacter Increasing EU - Salmonella cases in humans fell by almost nine per cent in 2010, marking a decrease for the sixth consecutive year, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Salmonella Cases Reduced by Almost One-half EU - Salmonella – a bacterium causing salmonellosis in humans – was until 2005 the most common food-borne disease in European Union (EU) with almost 200.000 reported human cases that year. It is estimated...
Monday, December 19, 2011
Ag Council Discusses Welfare and MRLsEU - The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting last week covered animal welfare during transport – a key area for the incoming Danish presidency - bluetongue vaccination, maximum residues limits...
Friday, October 21, 2011
EU Steps up Dioxin Contamination PreventionEU – The European Commission is to put forward new proposals to improve the protection of consumers and industry against a possible dioxin contamination.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Study Recommends Changes to Meat InspectionEU - Current meat inspection methods do not enable early detection of some major hazards according to the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) first stage of a major piece of work that will provide...
Thursday, August 04, 2011
EFSA Panel Shows Risks of Antimicrobial UseEU - The use of antimicrobials in food producing animals is a risk to public health and it can help to spread the bacterial strains.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
EFSA Publishes Report on Viral Food-Borne Illness EU - Up-to-date information on food-borne viruses has been published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Report on Antimicrobial Resistance in BacteriaEU - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published their first joint report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria affecting...
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Food Labels to be Clearer for ConsumersEU - Food shoppers will be able to make better informed, healthier choices as the result of new EU food labelling rules approved by MEPs on Wednesday, according to the European Parliament.
Friday, May 27, 2011
EFSA Launches Update on GM Risk AssessmentEU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched updated guidance for food and feed risk assessment of genetically modified (GM) plants.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Vet Week Highlights Responses to Food Crises EU - A series of crises over the past 15-20 years, from BSE and Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) to dioxin contamination, led the EU to overhaul its entire Food Safety system making it today one of the safest...
Monday, May 16, 2011
EU Celebrates Veterinary Week EU - This is Veterinary Week 2011 and in the EU, they are celebrating the role of the veterinary profession in keeping food in the EU safe.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
First Guidelines on Nano-Technology in Feed & FoodEU - European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its first practical guidance for assessing nano applications in food and feed.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
EU to Target Antimicrobial Resistance in 2012EU - When Denmark takes over the EU Presidency on 1 January 2012, antimicrobial resistance will be a priority, especially for pig farmers.
Friday, April 15, 2011
MEP Calls for Tougher Controls on Animal AntibioticsEU - Public health officials have long warned of the dangers of the over-use of antibiotics in humans. The same applies to animals, and since the increase this overuse produces in antimicrobial resistance,...
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Human Illness from Salmonella Falls, Campy RisesEU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published their annual report on zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in the European...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Brussels Closes Pigmeat Storage AidEU - The private storage aid for pig meat introduced in the EU a few weeks ago because of the dioxin crisis has been suspended with retroactive effect from Tuesday 22 February.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
EU Adopts Statement on Germany's Dioxin IncidentEU - Member States have adopted a united statement on the recent dioxin incident in Germany.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Pork Crisis: Wake-up Call on Food DependencyEU - Europe's livestock farming crisis is a wake-up call that the region could become dependent on ever increasing food imports as farmers, unable to pass on soaring feed costs to supermarket shoppers,...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Agriculture Ministers Back Pig Meat Private StorageEU - European Agriculture Ministers this week backed moves for private storage of pig meat following representation from a Belgian delegation about the difficult situation of the pig meat market in the...
Thursday, January 20, 2011
EFSA Launches Consultation on Use of NanomaterialsEU - The European Food Safety Authority has launched a public consultation on its draft guidance document for engineered nanomaterial (ENM) applications in food and feed.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
EFSA Shares Progress on Work on Emerging RisksEU - EFSA has shared progress on its work on emerging risks in feed and food with participants from around the globe at its recent 15th Scientific Colloquium.
Friday, October 15, 2010
EC Proposes Ban on Use of Cloned AnimalsEU - The European Commission has proposed a temporary five year ban on the use of cloned animals for food, says a leaked draft report of DG SANCO due to be adopted by the College of Commissioners next...
Thursday, September 23, 2010
EFSA Issues Update on Animal Cloning EU - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a scientific statement on animal cloning following the endorsement of its Scientific Committee. It covers developmental abnornalities and food...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Safety of Vitamin E as a Feed AdditiveEU - An investigation into the use of vitamin E as a supplement in animal feed, has found that there is no concern for consumers when it is used at practical levels.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
EFSA Evaluates Factors Contributing to MRSA in PigsEU - EFSA has published an evaluation of factors that may contribute to the spread of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in pig holdings in the European Union, following on from...
Monday, May 24, 2010
MEPs Veto 'Meat Glue' AuthorisationEU - The European Parliament has blocked the authorisation of "meat glue" thrombin as a food additive.
Friday, May 07, 2010
MEPs Vote to Exclude Food from Cloned AnimalsEU - Food derived from cloned animals and their descendants must be excluded from draft legislation on the authorisation of "novel foods", Environment Committee MEPs said on Tuesday, 4 May. Foods produced...
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