Brussels, 03/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - At the end of April, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) made scientific independence and trust in its expertise the goal of its 2020 strategy, "Trusted Science for Safe Food".
The EFSA is a key body in the EU's food safety policy and is in charge of scientific risk assessment. It has been advising those responsible for deciding risk management since 2002 but it has also been accused of lacking independence. The controversy created by its opinion on...