The European Commission has set new limits for the use of nitrites and nitrates as food additives.
The tighter levels aim to protect against pathogenic bacteria such as Listeria, Salmonella,
Controls in EU countries on bivalve mollusks are not always adequate to protect consumer health, according to the European Commission.
Bivalve mollusks include mussels, clams, oysters, and scallops. France, Spain,
The European Commission is to lift import restrictions for food from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station in 2011.
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the
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
