EFSA’s expert panel on nutrition has completed its provisional assessment of the safety of dietary sugars following a comprehensive scientific review. Valeriu Curtui, head of EFSA’s Nutrition Unit, said: “This has been a hugely challenging work so far, involving the evaluation of over 30,000 publications. Our experts and staff have made an immense effort to reach this point and applied the highest standards of scientific rigour throughout.” A public consultation starting today will run until 30 September and EFSA will hold a public meeting to discuss the draft opinion on 21 September....

The EU Bee Partnership has unveiled a new online data platform that will play a crucial role in efforts to protect bee and pollinator health. The ground-breaking platform will bring together and visualise harmonised data related to bees and other pollinators.

EFSA is stepping up its efforts to halt the spread of African swine fever in Europe by expanding its campaign to a further nine countries.

EFSA’s Management Board has adopted our 2022-2027 Strategy, setting out the priorities for the organisation, the results we aim to achieve and the high-level actions that will help us to meet our objectives.

Use of antibiotics has decreased and is now lower in food-producing animals than in humans, says the latest report published by EFSA, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.