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What's on the menu in Europe?

EFSA and national food safety agencies back plans for pan-European food consumption survey

FDA warns consumers nationwide not to eat certain types of raw red tomatoes

FDA recommends that consumers not eat raw red Roma, raw red plum, raw red round tomatoes, or products that contain these types of raw red tomatoes unless the tomatoes are from the sources listed below

Experts call for increased efforts to tackle emerging zoonotic infections

A zoonotic agent may be a bacterium, virus, fungus, parasite, or other communicable agent

Agency encourages clearer food labelling

The Food Standards Agency has revised its guidance on clear labelling for food packaging

Sunflower oil: contamination with mineral oil from Ukraine - Update

EFSA's in-house experts were asked to look at the preliminary data available in order to provide scientific support to risk managers on this issue

BfR co-ordinates exchange of scientific information with the European Food Safety Authority

Global networking and federal systems are a challenge for every co-ordination process

BfR sets up national expert committees for food safety and consumer protection

14 scientific committees advise the Institute

FDA strengthens safeguards for consumers of beef

Issues regulation on animal feeds with added safeguards against BSE

The role of food in human exposure to antimicrobial resistant bacteria

EFSA asked its BIOHAZ Panel to identify, from a public health perspective, the extent of how food serves as a vehicle for antimicrobial resistance

Use of Lycopene as a food colour

Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food

EFSA assesses safety of lycopene in foods

EFSA was asked to assess the safety of the red food colour lycopene from all food sources

FSA board discusses colours advice

This discussion took place following the publication last September of research into these colours by Southampton University

Scientific opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain

Mercury as undesirable substance in animal feed [1]

EFSA says pests could pose risk to French overseas banana growers

EFSA evaluated risks posed by banana pests to the French overseas departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion, all of which are banana-producing areas