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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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    Superfood microalgae – green or blue miracle?

    News from the Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office, CVUA Karlsruhe:
    Microalgae are perhaps familiar to many as a summertime natural phenomenon in ponds, but they are also used in food.…

News from Europe

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    The lumpy skin disease and small ruminant plague are emerging in Europe. What should you know now?

    News from Lithuania (State food and veterinary service, VMVT):
    Lumpy skin disease and foot-and-mouth disease pose a particularly serious threat to animal health due to the increasing number of…

News from EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority

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    Re‐assessment of the risks to public health related to the genotoxicity of styrene present in plastic food contact materials

    The EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority Panel on Food Contact Materials (FCM) was requested by the European Commission to re‐evaluate the potential genotoxicity of styrene after oral exposure and its safety for use in plastic FCM…

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

  • 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

  • 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

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.

German institutions for safety in the food chain