Food Safety news

Welcome to the September edition of the Hub’s newsletter, bringing you the latest news and resources in food loss and waste prevention. This month, we have a special focus on consumer food waste:

Eurostat publishes second round of EU-wide food waste monitoring (2021)

This year the international day makes a clear call to for public and private entities to take action to reduce food loss and waste to support the transformation of agrifood systems and contribute to the achievement of the 2030 agenda.

DG SANTE launches new LinkedIn Page

Cats and dogs should not be kept permanently in boxes, cages and crates

This newsletter brings you the latest news and resources from July and August, which show that work to prevent and reduce food losses and waste has not stopped during the summer season.

EC published a call to give the opportunity to business operators to submit the technical data needed to address issues identified by EFSA in the re-evaluation of the safety of celluloses (E 460(i), E 460(ii), E 461, E 462, E 463, E 464, E 465, E 468 and E 469) as food additives

Report on official controls to ensure the safe production of live bivalve molluscs

EFSA recommends increased surveillance