On Wednesday 17 April in Strasbourg, the European Parliament confirmed by an overwhelming majority (603 votes in favour, 17 against, 27 abstentions) the provisional Interinstitutional Agreement reached last February on the reform of the EU's general food law, which will ensure greater transparency and reliability for EFSA's risk assessments for substances such as pesticides and food additives (see EUROPE B12192A19).
The revision of the EU's General Food Law (Regulation 178/2002) had been...