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European Food Safety Authority
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We are the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), ensuring safety across the entire food chain 🌾🍽️. Protecting human, animal, and environmental health with independent, transparent science 🧪.

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Ready for your next EU challenge?

EFSA’s call for Seconded National Experts is ongoing — with no deadline to apply.

Use your expertise to support EU food safety, protect public health, and bring valuable knowledge back to your administration.

Apply 👉 link.europa.eu/3JjVTW

#EFSACareers #EUJobs
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January 26, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Today we're hosting the first Interagency #AMR Working Group meeting in Parma.

We're strengthening cooperation across EU agencies to support a #OneHealth approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance.

With @ecdc.europa.eu @ema.europa.eu @echa.europa.eu @eea.europa.eu.

link.europa.eu/JckGBJ
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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Welfare of horses: Plain Language Summary

In case you missed it, our review of horse slaughter processes and their welfare impact is available in clear, simple terms.

Our experts have made recommendations to enhance animal welfare & reduce possible hazards.

doi.org/10.2903/j.ef...

#AnimalWelfare
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January 22, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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🆕 Update on the #Xylella spp. host plant database

Latest review (up to June 2025):

• 1 new host plant added: 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘦-𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴
• 464 confirmed host plants (Category A)
• No new sequence types
• More data on tolerant & resistant olives

🔗 doi.org/10.2903/j.ef...

#PlantHealth #Science
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January 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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📣 Have data or expertise on acetaldehyde?

Join our stakeholders meeting and help shape the safety evaluation of this flavouring.

📅 6 Feb 2026 | 📍Online

👉 Register by 30 Jan: link.europa.eu/W7p4BQ

#Flavourings #OpenEFSA
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January 19, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Join us as an observer at the 139th Plenary meeting of the Panel on Plant Health (PLH).

💻 Online
🗓 18 February 2026, 09:00–13:30 (CET)

✍️ Register by 9 February 2026

More: link.europa.eu/HxtKbm

#OpenEFSA #PlantHealth | @efsa-plants.bsky.social
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January 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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📰 Our first newsletter of 2026 is here!

From microplastics and health risks to bird flu updates, rising Listeria cases, plus new episodes of Science on the Menu — start the year informed.

Subscribe now → europa.eu/!8kpkBK

#FoodSafety #EFSA #Newsletter
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January 15, 2026 at 9:04 AM
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🎙️ We’re back! A new #ScienceOnTheMenu episode is out 🍽️

From legumes to mealworms to lab-grown duck cells 🫘🧪 — what are alternative proteins and why the hype?

We bust myths, explore safety, and look at food innovation.

🎧 Listen now 👉 link.europa.eu/4X3W3F

#Proteins #EUFoodSafety
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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🗣️ #PublicConsultation | Draft scientific report on cumulative risk assessment of pesticide residues for reproductive function, including fertility.

EFSA’s Pesticide Peer Review Unit invites feedback as part of the 2021 EFSA–SANTE action plan.

📆 9 March 2026
→ link.europa.eu/dFNNcK

#EUHaveYourSay
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January 13, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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What makes the EU-FORA programme worth applying for❓

Watch alumnus Josef Rasinger share his experience and get inspired to gain hands-on training, exchange knowledge, and collaborate across Europe in food safety risk assessment.

✍️ Apply by 26 Feb: link.europa.eu/DrRB3J

#EFSAFellowship
January 12, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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📣 Contribute to EU scientific risk assessment and communication

We invite experts in animal & plant health & welfare, food & feed safety, GMOs, chemicals, pesticides, nutrition & social sciences to support our scientific and technical work.

✍️ Learn more & apply: link.europa.eu/NmNryp

#EFSACareers
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January 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Explore Europe’s zoonotic disease trends through data.

Interactive storymaps & dashboards from the EU One Health 2024 Zoonoses Report make it easier to visualise foodborne outbreaks and 14 zoonotic pathogens across Europe.

Dive into the data: 🔗 link.europa.eu/PNhVpV

#OneHealth @ecdc.europa.eu
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January 8, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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🦊 Fur Animal Welfare: catch up on the latest findings

In case you missed it, our plain-language summary breaks down the key findings on the welfare of mink, foxes, raccoon dogs, and chinchillas kept for fur production — in clear, simple terms.

Read it here: europa.eu/!9xg3VY

#AnimalWelfare
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January 7, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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From gardens to journeys, small everyday choices make a difference for plant health.

Thank you for being part of #PlantHealth4Life. We’ll be back later this year with more science, stories and practical insights.

Stay tuned: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/plh4l
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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🐮 Beef cattle welfare: catch up on the latest findings.

In case you missed it, our plain language summary presents key scientific evidence and recommendations on housing, feeding and wellbeing.

Read it here: 🔗 link.europa.eu/7vH3W9

#AnimalWelfare #BeefCattle | @efsa-biohaw.bsky.social
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January 5, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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Sweet but safe? 🍬 Learn the facts about acesulfame K (E 950)

Our new Plain Language Summary explains the science in simple terms:
✔ Why it’s used
✔ How safety is checked
✔ What the latest review says

🔗 europa.eu/!gJBxjP

#FoodAdditives #FoodSafety #AcesulfameK
January 2, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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All these recordings — for science, of course! 🎥

From women in science to World Food Safety Day, Eurobarometer & more, every #ScienceOnTheMenu podcast episode served a bite of the science behind your food.

Here’s to more discoveries (and flavour) in 2026.

🎉Happy New Year!

👉 link.europa.eu/Tgn9Pm
December 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Not all plants can freely enter the EU and there’s a good reason why. Some species pose a higher risk of carrying pests that could damage Europe’s crops, forests and ecosystems.
One pest can spread fast and cost millions.
How the system works: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/infograph...

#PlantHealth4Life
December 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🦅 Keep wild birds out, keep your flock safe

Strong housing, secure fences, no standing water, and simple deterrents help stop the spread of Avian Influenza on farms.

Join us in saying #NoBirdFlu and explore our toolkit:
👉 europa.eu/!TQxq8K

#AvianFlu #H5N1
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December 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Read the key findings of the annual report on foodborne diseases in simple words.

EFSA & @ecdc.europa.eu have published the plain-language summary of the One Health Zoonoses Report:
✔ Top findings
✔ Most reported zoonoses in 2024
✔ Number of foodborne outbreaks

🔗 link.europa.eu/jrMdp8

#OneHealth
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December 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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📣 We’re hiring: Scientific Data Officer

Join EFSA and help shape the future of food safety through data. Your work will focus on data curation, validation, and supporting the Common Data Platform on Chemicals (CDPC).

🔗 Learn more & apply: link.europa.eu/hDkpyT
🕰️ 19/1/26

#EFSACareers #Data
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December 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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A 60-second quick-fire Q&A with an EFSA expert on plant-safe travel.
Which souvenirs are safe? Which ones can carry pests?

Watch the clip and learn more here: www.efsa.europa.eu/en/plh4l/tra...

#PlantHealth4Life
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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📢 Save the date!

We will host the 5th European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa:

📍 Bari, Italy
📅 22–26 June 2026

Join researchers & risk managers to discuss latest science and sustainable solutions for plant health.

More at link.europa.eu/WwpXyr

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December 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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🌐 Want to strengthen Europe’s food safety expertise?

Since 2017, nearly 150 professionals have graduated from the EFSA Fellowship via EU-FORA.

✍️ Apply to become a fellow sending organization and contribute to Europe’s risk assessment culture:
link.europa.eu/DrRB3J

⏰ 26 Feb 2026

#EFSAFellowship
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December 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Behind every EFSA opinion is teamwork, trust and shared responsibility - even around the fridge.

This festive season, we celebrate collaboration that keeps food safe across Europe.

🎄 From our fridge to yours, happy holidays with safe food.
December 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM