EFSA OFFERS SEAFOOD INDUSTRY EXPERT HEALTH, SAFETY GUIDANCE
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLSEAFOOD species are often the ocean's dustbins, finding nutrients in the particles and waste that filter down to the seabed, and as result they are very sensitive to contamination. This is of course a bigger issue in regions where coasts are heavily populated, causing municipal and industrial pollution, and so it is of little surprise that the European Union's (EU) news agency the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is concerned with contamination of foodstuffs, including those harvested from the sea. Its scientific advice on such matters is ...
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