EFSA AND FDA STRIKE FOOD RISK ASSESSMENT COOPERATION DEAL
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have signed an agreement pledging cooperation and the exchange of information when assessing food safety risk. This is the first formal international cooperation agreement EFSA has signed and the first Euro-American deal on food safety risk assessment. Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, EFSA executive director said she was "delighted" with the deal: "Food safety knows no national boundaries and the food chain is today truly a global one," she said. "We need to work ...
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