Natural contaminants Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in tea are almost unknown in the general population, a study says raising questions as to how effective current risk-relevant information is in informing the public.
A new approach claims to better determine optimal micronutrient levels for different groups of consumers, opening up the possibility for personalising nutrition in the future.
Organic farming body IFOAM EU has called for new plant breeding techniques that are still in the experimental stage to be classed as GM under EU law - but this is a “Pavlov’s dog” response, says the European Seed Association.
New technology like crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence computers is the future of risk assessment, the head of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said.
EFSA’s Advisory Forum (AF) has backed the agency’s work in a formal statement, with the head of one of the member agencies saying the statement was a reaction to waves of criticism the agency received periodically.
Increased workloads in areas like enzymes, feed additives and pesticides – and health claims – is driving a reorganisation of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) into five directorates.
To BPA or not to BPA? While the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) backed the continued use of bisphenol A last week, the real question is whether the verdict was a full-blown reprieve for the controversial chemical or merely a stay of execution.
The Finnish food safety agency, Evira, has recommended warning labels for ginger supplements, after its Risk Assessment Unit highlighted dangers for consuming them for pregnant women.
A new study has found European consumers think the benefits of nanotechnology outweigh the potential risks, but are concerned about current risk assessment procedures.
EFSA has released new draft guidance on transparency in the scientific aspects of risk assessment, building on previous guidance on the purely procedural side.
Attracting top scientists, speed of assessment, and communication
are vital in ensuring EFSA's success as Europe's food risk
assessor, said speakers at the authority's fifth anniversary
conference in Brussels yesterday.
Food and beverage manufacturers are responding to commodity price
rises through risk management, product reformulation and
innovation, according to a report by the Grocery Manufacturers
Association (GMA).
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations
(IADSA) has revealed that latest attempts to insert the
precautionary principle into Codex's draft risk analysis standards
for food safety have been foiled.
Six months after filing a petition with the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) for a health claim on lycopene products,
health products supplier American Longevity has extended the
proposed list of claims.
Adequate intake of antioxidant vitamins and minerals appears to
significantly reduce the risk of cancers and mortality among men,
report researchers from the French health and medical institute
Inserm.
Lifestyle risks for heart disease differ between men and women,
according to French researchers studying the effects of vitamin and
mineral supplements on heart health.
