A five-year, mass vaccination programme is needed to eradicate Bluetongue in Europe, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)....
March 10, 2017
Antimicrobial resistance is an alarming threat putting human and animal health in danger, the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety,...
February 27, 2017
The EFSA recently published its first EU summary report on the monitoring of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in cattle, sheep...
January 3, 2017
The strict enforcement of high levels of biosecurity measures is key to preventing bird flu outbreaks on poultry farms, according to...
December 21, 2016
Of all the food samples collected in the EU in 2014, 97% were free of pesticide residues or contained traces that...
October 27, 2016
The European Commission recently gave the go ahead for the placing on the market of products – for food and...
September 19, 2016
A new GMO soybean has been approved by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), with the soybean strand deemed as...
August 29, 2016
The European Commission has adopted two Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for food or feed uses, despite MEPs from the European...
December 9, 2015
Glyphosate, the chemical used widely in pesticides including Roundup, is ‘unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans‘, according to...
November 12, 2015
Two genetically modified (GM) crops have received the green light for import into the EU from the European Food Safety...
July 17, 2015
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