EFSA DIRECTOR INTERVIEW – EFSA MOVES AHEAD ON COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

BY KEITH NUTHALL THE NEW executive director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed that a new system under development for detecting emerging food risks in the European Union (EU) would focus on new ways of delivering old problems, such as the salmonella contamination at Cadbury. Speaking to Confectionary Production, Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle said: "The global system will be designed for the detection of emerging risks, but also re-emerging risks, that is a known hazard but with a new or increased exposure." She said databases ...


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