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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11311

9 May 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 26
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) food safety
EFSA improves harmonised data collection

Brussels, 08/05/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 4 May, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) gave FoodEx a new boost. This is the harmonised food classification and description system that helps national data collection agencies and other scientific bodies deliver comparable scientific data to EFSA.

This is a breakthrough for EFSA's scientific assessment work but the scope of this updated instrument may also be extended internationally because the FAO and WHO recently decided to work with...