In recent years, animal-derived food safety issues have attracted much attention. Misapplication of contraband medicines, excessive or blind medication and not following the withdrawal period to continue despite repeated prohibition. The excessive amount of veterinary drug residues in foods caused...

This reporting manual provides guidance to European Union (EU) Member States (MSs) for reporting on zoonoses and zoonotic agents in animals, food and feed under the framework of Directive 2003/99/EC, Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 and of Commission...

Aquatic products are one of the sources of high-quality meals, non-standard use of pesticides have polluted the water source of fishery breeding, and the quality and safety of aquatic products are facing a great threat. The supervision and sampling inspection of drug residues in aquatic products...

EU is the world's leading exporter of cheese and one of the world's top three suppliers of processed milk. Instruments such as those of the European Food and Feed Rapid Alert System (RASFF) play an increased role in consumer protection along global supply chains. On these premises, the objective...

Histamine (HIS) intoxication is a poisoning caused by histamine in food. Cheese is one of the most common dairy products associated with histamine levels which vary depending on the processing methods. The final content of histamine in cheese is influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic factors, their...

In recent years, the proportion of meat products consumption in global food consumption has been increasing, and the international trade of meat products rapidly increased. As the developing country, there are obvious differences in food safety supervisory system between China and other developed...

This technical report of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) presents guidance to reporting European Union (EU) Member Statesand non-Member States in data transmission using extensible markup language (XML) data transfer covering the reporting of isolate-based quantitative antimicrobial...

This reporting manual provides guidance to Member States (MSs) for reporting on zoonoses and zoonotic agents in animals, food and feed under the framework of Directive 2003/99/EC and of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/772 and also on the reporting of other pathogenic microbiological...

Nearly 700,000 tonnes of peanuts are consumed annually in Europe. In the last 5 years, peanuts imported from China exceeded legal European Union (EU) aflatoxin limits more than 180 times. To prevent and mitigate aflatoxin contamination, the stages of the peanut chain most vulnerable to...