Brussels, 11/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a scientific opinion published on Monday 11 May, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) points to the health risks of eating wild mushrooms containing up to 0.5 mg/kg of nicotine. EFSA proposed that the maximum acceptable concentration of nicotine in fresh wild mushrooms should be 0.036 mg/kg. The opinion comes in response to an urgent request made on 27 April by the European Commission, following reports that dried wild mushrooms, mainly...