World Food Safety Day 2024
On 7 June, food safety will once again take centre stage. To mark the World Food Day, this year the organisers are raising awareness of the need to prepare for sudden and unexpected events.
On 7 June, food safety will once again take centre stage. To mark the World Food Day, this year the organisers are raising awareness of the need to prepare for sudden and unexpected events.
The 43rd FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Committee of Analytical and Sampling Methods (CCMAS) meeting took place in a hybrid framework this year from 13-18 May 2024.
Dr. Zsuzsa Farkas participated at the symposium 'Modern inspections with new technology' organised by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) in The Hague at the end of February.
The aim of the project was to improve rabbit meat as a food product and the production process. The main tool is a big data analytical system fed by an automated data collection system, which can provide information from the barn to the table, covering the whole vertical of rabbit meat production.
A new paper by our colleagues explores patent networks that can help identify emerging technologies.
In 2022, campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis were the most commonly reported zoonotic diseases in humans in the EU. The number of cases was still lower than in the years 2018-2019 before the pandemic. An increase in the number of infections was observed for West Nile fever.
On 6 December 2023, between 10:00 and 15:00, the University of Veterinary Medicine and the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) held a joint workshop on the identification of emerging risks.
A new EFSA corporate video has been released, showcasing EFSA's objectives and the partners with whom it works closely to ensure that EU citizens are protected by the best food safety standards.
The World Food Safety Almanac website, created by the German BfR (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung), has been relaunched.
Often used synonymously, but the two have different meanings. EFSA's new mini campaign highlights the difference between the two concepts.