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Chemical hazards data and modelling boost
EFSA has updated its OpenFoodTox database which now includes toxicity data on almost 5,000 chemicals drawn from over 2,000 scientific evaluations carried out by EFSA since 2002....
Data Animal health and welfare Alternatives to animal testing
27 March 2020
New surveys boost food consumption database
EFSA has expanded its food consumption database with a new batch of data collected under the EU Menu project. The new release includes nine additional dietary surveys carried out in...
Data
7 February 2020
MammalNet is live! Download a simple app and help us collect data on wild mammals in Europe
EFSA is calling on outdoor enthusiasts and nature lovers to help us track the movements of wild mammals. When you see a species we are looking for, simply take a photo and upload it to...
Data Methodology Animal health and welfare Animal health
31 October 2019
App developer console opens up our food safety data
A new “developer portal” using application programming interface (API) technology makes?EFSA’s information more accessible to software developers, allowing them to design creative new...
Data Open EFSA
1 July 2019
Pesticide residues in food: what's the picture in the EU?
The latest edition of the annual EU report on pesticide residues in food is now available. Just under 96% of food samples were found to be free of pesticide residues or to contain...
Data Pesticides
26 June 2019
EFSA crowdsourcing challenge: extracting data from scientific literature
EFSA is funding a new crowdsourcing challenge to find a tool that will help its scientists extract data from literature relating to plant and animal health. The challenge is part of a...
Data Methodology Plant health Animal health and welfare
14 June 2019
Veterinary drug residues: compliance remains high
Monitoring data on the presence of residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in animals and animal-derived food show high rates of compliance with recommended safety levels....
Data Chemical contaminants Chemicals in food
13 May 2019
Animal health: harmonised data collection for more effective risk assessment
A report published today marks a step forward in efforts to make the process for collecting data on animal diseases in the European Union more agile. The report proposes an approach...
Data Animal health and welfare Animal health
21 January 2019
EFSA to share data on open-access platform
EFSA has taken a major step towards becoming a fully open data organisation by committing to publish the scientific data it uses for EU-wide monitoring programmes and surveys and many...
Data Open EFSA
17 January 2019

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