No major areas of concern have been found during an assessment of glyphosate by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Glyphosate is a chemical used in some herbicide products. It
The number of notifications in European networks monitoring food fraud increased in 2022, according to a report.
The Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) includes the Rapid Alert System for Food
The European Commission has stepped in to try to stop a multi-year, multi-country Salmonella outbreak associated with sesame-based products. Several patients from the United States have been confirmed.
An increased
A lack of resources and the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact the ability to do official controls, according to a report published by the European Commission.
The document covers EU
The European Commission has stepped up legal action against Romania for failing to follow rules on the hygiene of foodstuffs.
Romanian authorities have established national laws that are not in
The European Commission has added ethylene oxide to a list of pesticides that should be tested for following the substance being behind thousands of recalls in recent years.
New legislation
The European Commission’s health and safety agency has found most measures taken by Canadian officials to address issues raised during a previous audit have not worked.
The DG Sante
Norway is hoping for an exemption to European rules on shelf-life labeling of eggs, partly because of its good Salmonella record.
In December 2022, an EU regulation entered into force
Moldova has been given permission to export processed poultry meat and table eggs to European countries.
The decision follows a February meeting of the Controls and Import Conditions section of
The European Commission has tightened the rules on the presence of arsenic in food products.
The allowed concentration of inorganic arsenic in white rice is lowered, while there are new
Ukraine is moderately prepared to meet EU requirements in the area of food safety, according to the European Commission.
Details come from reports published by the EU Commission assessing the
The European Commission has relaxed checks on melons from Honduras but added controls for vanilla extract from the United States.
Changes were made as part of updated legislation on the
