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EU Considers Applying Health, Environmental Standards to All Food Imports

April 14, 2022

The EU is conducting a report to analyze the legality and rationale of subjecting all imported agricultural and agri-food products to EU health and environmental standards, to which the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has submitted its concerns.

EFSA Publishes Annual Report on Pesticide Residue Levels in Food

Bailee Henderson

April 5, 2022

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its 2020 EU report on pesticide residue levels in food, including a dietary risk assessment.

EU Reports High AMR in Salmonella, Campylobacter

Bailee Henderson

March 31, 2022

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the European Food Safety Authority have released a report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals and food throughout the EU during 2019–2020.

Antimicrobial Resistance in UK Lamb and Turkey Meat

Bailee Henderson

March 30, 2022

A recent survey of UK lamb and turkey retail meat reveals new information about antimicrobial resistance levels in Escherichia coli and Campylobacter.

Food Waste

'Use by…,' 'Best before…,' confusion causes 10% of food waste in the EU

The problem of date stamps in the EU is just as much of a problem as in the US, even though there are only two date stamp choices in the EU.

Wayne Labs

February 11, 2018

A recent study on date stamping shows that confusion over date marking and other food label information contributes to as much as 10 percent of the annual 88 million tonnes (97 US tons) of food waste in the European Union.