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Food safety
Today's lifestyles are vastly different from those of the past. The fast pace of modern lifestyles and the increase in single-person households, one-parent families and working women have lead to ...
Some Animal Diseases and their Possible Impact On Food Safety
Zoonoses are infectious diseases that are transmissable from animals (i.e. non-humans) to man. Humans may acquire zoonotic infections through a number of routes, including food, water, direct contact ...
The potential impact of animal diseases on food safety
Public concerns over food safety are heightened during outbreaks of any disease in food-producing animals. Some of these diseases, however, have few or no implications for the human food chain. Others ...
How safe is the food we eat?
This is a question asked frequently by consumers. Consumers often react to food scares by avoiding certain food products altogether although the actual risk is very low. Often, they are unaware of the ...
Consumers' role in food safety is critical
In the latest in a series of excerpts from EUFIC's guide to food safety and hygiene "From Farm to Fork", we set out some of the simple yet highly effective measures consumers can follow to prevent ...
Nutrition information on food labels?is it read and understood?
Nutrition labelling becomes more and more widespread on food packages in Europe. But do consumers really notice these labels and do they understand them? Most critically, are they able to use such ...
Focus on food allergens
The prevalence of food allergy has received much interest over the past few years, with an estimated 2-4% of adults and 6% of children now suffering from some type of food allergy. Despite knowing ...
Food labels?Who reads them? Do they understand them?
EUFIC announces the results of its pan-European consumer research on in-store behaviour, understanding and use of nutrition information ...
European consumers spill the beans on food labels
A pan-European study by the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) that was announced at the First European Food Congress in Slovenia on 8 November 2008, presents food for thought, for those who ...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
In an interview with EUFIC, Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle explains the agency’s role and current activities, and considers the ...
