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News on food safety topics

Here you will find selected food safety notifications from the online portals of the food safety authorities of the EU Member States. The respective authors are responsible for the original texts of the machine-translated content. The links to the original texts can be found under each notification.

News from Germany

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    Psychoactive effects to be expected following consumption of products containing hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)

    News from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfRshort forGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment):
    Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) belongs to the cannabinoid substance group. Its chemical structure is similar to that of…

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News from Europe

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    Licorice: beware of over-consumption to avoid the risk of high blood pressure

    News from France (ANSES):
    Liquorice is used as an ingredient in certain food supplements and as an additive to flavour drinks and foods. Following numerous reports of undesirable effects, some of…

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News from EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority

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    African swine fever outbreaks in pigs in the EU are falling

    Last year African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in domestic pigs declined by 83% compared to 2023 (from 1,929 to 333), according to EFSA’s latest annual epidemiological report. The drop was mainly due…

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Videos on hazard and risk

  • Illustration of a man holding a spoiled fish in front of his open mouth. Pathogens are depicted in a circle next to the fish. In the top left corner ist a yellow textbox with the video title.
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    Hazard vs. Risk (Fish): Exploring the Distinction

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  • Illustration of a woman holding a fly agaric in one hand and a porcini mushroom in the other. In the bottom left corner is a yellow textbox with the video title.
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    Hazard vs. Risk (Mushrooms): Exploring the Distinction

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  • Illustration of a man sunbathing and getting sunburnt. In the bottom right corner is a yellow textbox with the video title.
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    Hazard vs. Risk (Sun): Exploring the Distinction

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About oursafefood.de

The information platform oursafefood.de is operated by the German EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority Focal Point, the contact point of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority). It provides a wide range of information on topics relating to food and feed safety across Europe.

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