Report on the 'Modern inspections with new technology' symposium
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 "Full digitisation of the rabbit meat production" project has been ended
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.
New publication by our colleagues
A new paper by our colleagues explores patent networks that can help identify emerging technologies.
The 2022 Zoonoses Report is out
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.
Workshop on emerging risk identifiation
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.
EFSA corporate video
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.
World Food Safety Almanac website relaunched
The World Food Safety Almanac website, created by the German BfR (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung), has been relaunched.
Hazard versus risk
Often used synonymously, but the two have different meanings. EFSA's new mini campaign highlights the difference between the two concepts.
Change of name
DFI will continue to operate unchanged but under a new name, as the Department of Digital Food Science.
The 42nd CCMAS meeting was a success
The 42nd session of the Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling took place between 13 - 16 June 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. Several working papers were adopted at the meeting.