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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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    Newcastle Disease Has Reached Germany

    News from Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLIshort forFriedrich Loeffler Institute):
    Since late February 2026, cases of Newcastle disease (ND) have been detected in commercial poultry flocks and backyard flocks in Germany for the first…

    External Link: Read Newcastle Disease Has Reached Germany
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News from Europe

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    More severe listeria infections in the EU

    News from Denmark (DTU):
    Changing dietary habits and an ageing population may be among the reasons behind the rise in severe listeria infections in Europe. This is shown in the EU’s annual zoonoses…

    External Link: Read More severe listeria infections in the EU
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News from EFSAshort forEuropean Food Safety Authority

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Videos on hazard and risk

  • Illustration of a man holding a spoiled fish in front of his open mouth. Pathogens are depicted in a circle next to the fish. In the top left corner ist a yellow textbox with the video title.
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    Hazard vs. Risk (fish): exploring the distinction

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  • Illustration of a woman holding a fly agaric in one hand and a porcini mushroom in the other. In the bottom left corner is a yellow textbox with the video title.
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    Hazard vs. Risk (mushrooms): exploring the distinction

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  • Illustration of a man sunbathing and getting sunburnt. In the bottom right corner is a yellow textbox with the video title.
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    Hazard vs. Risk (sun): exploring the distinction

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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.

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