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News on food safety topics

Here you will find selected food safety notifications from the online portals of the food safety authorities of the EU Member States. The respective authors are responsible for the original texts of the machine-translated content. The links to the original texts can be found under each notification.

News from Germany

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26/06/2025

Keeping an eye on antibiotic resistance

News from Friedrich Loeffler-Institut (FLIshort forFriedrich Loeffler Institute):
Antimicrobial resistance (AMRshort forAntimicrobial resistance) poses a growing threat to human and animal health. The use of antibiotics is a major trigger for the development and…

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Further news from Germany

News from Europe

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25/06/2025

Salmonella outbreak: 35 people fall ill

News from Austria (AGES):
Since December 2024, 35 people in Austria have fallen ill with a specific strain of salmonella. The Ministry of Health has commissioned AGES to investigate this food-borne…

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Further news from Europe

News from EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority

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19/05/2025

African swine fever outbreaks in pigs in the EU are falling

Last year African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in domestic pigs declined by 83% compared to 2023 (from 1,929 to 333), according to EFSA’s latest annual epidemiological report. The drop was mainly due…

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Further news from EFSA

Videos on hazard and risk

19/02/2024, Duration: 00:00:21
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Hazard vs. Risk (Fish): Exploring the Distinction

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14/05/2025, Duration: 00:00:21
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Hazard vs. Risk (Mushrooms): Exploring the Distinction

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14/05/2025, Duration: 00:00:21
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Hazard vs. Risk (Sun): Exploring the Distinction

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Service

EU-Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed External Link: RASFF
Food Safety Sytems External Link: Online BfR World Food Safety Almanac
Food Alerts External Link: Lebensmittelwarnung.de

About oursafefood.de

The information platform oursafefood.de is operated by the German EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority Focal Point, the contact point of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority). It provides a wide range of information on topics relating to food and feed safety across Europe.